The monkeys at the beach	Three monkeys in a bed

Port Alberni, British Columbia - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily Canadian, living in Canada. Family speaks English. Looking for a female or male Au Pair. Our aupair will need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 12/01/2004	Last Activity 11/17/2008	Profile added to 11 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 36 Due
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Contact Information for this Host Family
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City	Port Alberni
State/Province	British Columbia
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Country	Canada

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair
Prefers an Au Pair gender of	No Preference
Au Pair must be able to speak	English German
Prefers an Au Pair in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair of the nationality	No preference
Years of education required	No preference
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair	35 to 40 hours/week
We require the Au Pair to live in/out	Live In
A car is available for Au Pair's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$101 - $200
Light housework required of Au Pair	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Spiritual - Not Religious
We require care for children under age 2	No
Number of children	3
Children's ages	5, 6, 10
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	Yes
Our family falls in the age group	30-something
Single parent family	Yes
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair required	June, 2009
Latest starting date Au Pair required	May, 2009
Shortest period Au Pair is required	3 months
Longest period Au Pair is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair job description

6 months in Canada on a tourist Visa To apply FIRST read the entire JOB description. Add me to your HOTLIST if you are the right Nanny :) You must be able to pay for your OWN travel. and make your own travel arrangements to either Victoria BC or Vancouver BC. Pocket money: $600 CA a month and room and board Please note that my home is modest and not fancy in any way. I really need help running the house. This means helping to keep the house and yard clean, cooking, shopping, ect.

Family's Message to Au Pairs

Job description continued; Work as a team with Mom to make sure our home runs smoothly. Childcare, housework, & cooking for the children/family are all required. Organize children's bedrooms, toys, and wash their laundry. Keep the children's schedule, arrange playdates and activities. Plan fun outings, games, and learning experiences. Your childcare Philosophy should reflect routine, structure, and caring but not be authoritative. We want someone who is kind but firm in their childcare style. Someone who likes to sing silly songs and make every chore a game! We are a liberal family single parent family. Spiritual but not religious. If your religious practices are extremist you won't be happy with us :) Five days a week (usually Monday- Friday) at least 2 consecutive days off each week. 7:30-10:30am - 2:00 pm - 5:30/6 pm Some evening babysitting. Job Requirements: Drivers license Be able to take written direction and keep a dayplanner/journal. Requirements: - have a valid drivers License - be willing to obtain a criminal record check AND CPR First Aid. - Experience is an asset but NOT required. You must be willing to work together, take direction, have initiative to complete tasks & plan activities. -MUST BE ABLE to MULTITASK :) Are you a mom assistant? That's what we need! We have three children aged 5, 6, and 10 All children will be in school this is more about helping to run the house :) Laundry, cleaning, errands, shopping. A personal assistant for a family. We have had 2 aupairs that where great experiences and 1 aupair that was a horrid experience. That aupair was not interested in being an aupair but in moving to Canada to be with a boyfriend :P I have references from my aupairs! Please note that we can not assist you with your airfare :( Sorry I am now good friends with two of my past aupairs. I find 5-6 months is a good period of time for an aupair. This way you have time to travel before you return home. Being an aupir is about your dreams and I want to make sure you have the opportunity to experience Canada. I am a paid member and if you add me to your hotlist I can contact you. Please make sure you have completed your online interview;) I can only be successful in my job with your help and I need someone who can take initiative to help me keep everything organized. I work from a home What you would be -> Like Alice on the Brady Bunch and Mary poppins combined. You can expect us to ask you to sing silly songs ! You must love pets - we have a cat and a border collie (very well behaved ... who you can take with you if you like to walk the forest trails). My children are not perfect but if you are kind and fun they will LOVE YOU :) Liam takes medication for ADHD. ** We do NOT discriminate based on age, gender, religion, ethnicity, or orientation and would expect that you hold the same values. Please note I am not rich, we have a modest older cottage style home in a very safe neighbourhood and a beautiful location. You will have a small bedroom and have to share a washroom with the family. I will consider both female and male applicants. We look forward to hearing from you. Karrine, Abigail, Darryl, Liam