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Paris, Ile-de-France - Host Family at a Glance
40-something family, primarily American, living in France. Family speaks English, French, and Spanish. Looking for a female Au Pair or Nanny. Our aupair will not need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 11/10/2004	Last Activity 11/16/2008	Profile added to 29 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 23 Due
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City	Paris
State/Province	Ile-de-France
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Country	France

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair or Nanny
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny gender of	Female
Au Pair or nanny must be able to speak	English French
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny 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 or nanny	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair or nanny to live in/out	Live In
A car is available for Au Pair or nanny's use	No
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$301 - $400
Light housework required of Au Pair or nanny	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English French Spanish
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Jewish
We require care for children under age 2	No
Number of children	2
Children's ages	10,4
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	No
Our family falls in the age group	40-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	November, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	December, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair or nanny is required	24 months
Longest period Au Pair or nanny is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair/Nanny job description

We have a wonderful 10 year old boy, Cameron, with a compassionate heart and a keen sense of humor, and a 4 year old boy, Kaelan, who is funny, loving and full of energy. We are looking for someone whom we can trust with our children, who will love them and care for them. Beyond taking care of Cameron and Kaelan, there are some basic day-to-day household tasks, such as shopping, laundry, making the beds, and some minimal cooking. Our weekly cleaning service takes care of the house as long as we pick up a bit behind the boys. Because of our professional lives we need help in keeping this house and family as a going concern! We are very relaxed in our interactions as long as responsibilities are well understood. We are looking forward to having you join us, for a long time, as a friend and a family member. We are only looking for a long term match (2+ years).

Family's Message to Au Pairs and Nannies

We are kind and light-hearted professionals with busy lives and two adorable children. Cameron, our oldest, is 10. He is funny, bright, affectionate, and he has a good heart. He is in fifth grade. As we arrived in Paris just a few months ago, he is now working very hard at catching up in french. Later, we expect that he will have quite a few afternoon activities. Kaelan is four years old and goes to school all day in ecole maternelle (except wednesdays). He is happy and mischievous. We hope he grows up as well as his older brother! Our family is quite laid back and relaxed. We are californians (Michel is originally French), but recently relocated to Europe for a few years. After spending 8 months Italy and Spain, we arrived in Paris a few months ago, where we intend to stay for a couple of years. In California we spent a lot of time outdoors, skied all winter, and did a lot of camping in summer. Here in Paris we figure the scope of our activities will be definitely more indoors... But, since we are in Europe for a few years, we intend to travel a lot and have the boys discover a lot of different countries and cultures. We have a moderate social life, and mostly enjoy spending time together, and with some close friends. We tend to schedule our activities spontaneously and on short notice, rather than planning ahead months in advance. We all enjoy reading most of all, and our life at home is relaxed and quiet. We are both good cooks, and enjoy exposure to many foreign foods and cultures. we live in a lovely and spacious apartment in the center of Paris, in a very desirable neighborhood, on an adorable street which leads to the seine three blocks away. We are located 5 minutes by foot from the Louvres and 10 minutes from Notre Dame, on the left bank. Our building is a beautiful 18th century building with 4.5 meter ceilings and gorgeous wood beams. Andre Malraux, the writer, used to live here! your bedroom is a very large room, with its own comfortable bathroom, and wonderful 18th century staircases. We have had live-in childcare with us ever since Cameron was a few weeks old, so we are very comfortable with having someone else in the house and in the family, and we are easy housemates. We are looking for a friend and a member of the family, easy to live with, with a strong sense of responsibility, and whose privacy standards are comparable to ours. We know how difficult it can be to uproot yourself to a new home. We will be your friends, and we will do our best to help you feel welcome and comfortable. We hope that you will soon come to feel that this is your home too:-) best - Mary Pat, Michel, Cameron and "little bean" Kaelan ps: because we are not familiar with French legal requirements for the aupair program and we are trying to find a quick match, we would prefer someone who is already legally able to work or to stay as an aupair in France.