Tauranga, Bay of Plenty - Host Family at a Glance
40-something family, primarily New Zealander, living in New Zealand. Family speaks English, French, and Greek. Looking for a female Au Pair or Nanny. Our aupair will need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 04/25/2009	Last Activity 11/18/2009	Profile added to 13 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 9 Due
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City	Tauranga
State/Province	Bay of Plenty
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Country	New Zealand

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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
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny of the nationality	American, Australian, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Malaysian, Maltese, New Zealander, Norwegian, Swedish, Uruguayan
Years of education required	No preference
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time or part-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair or nanny	30 to 35 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	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	Negotiable
Light housework required of Au Pair or nanny	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English French Greek
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Christian
We require care for children under age 2	No
Number of children	4
Children's ages	2, 4, 6, 9
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	Yes
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	November, 2009
Latest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	December, 2009
Shortest period Au Pair or nanny is required	6 months
Longest period Au Pair or nanny is required	18 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair/Nanny job description

Hello and maybe welcome to New Zealand . . . . Our current au pair will be moving on in the last week of November 2009, so we are looking for another special person who can come sometime just before or very soon after. We have really enjoyed having au pairs over the last couple of years, and will do our best to make sure that you have a great time during your stay here . . . . . If you joined us, we would want you to become like one of the family, and would treat you as such. Think "big sister". Please respond if you are open, honest and reliable. Previous au pairs have become good friends during and after their stay with us. Mariska, our current au pair would love to hear from you and tell you about New Zealand life, and life with us . .. There is a self-contained flat 10 meters from the house - stay there, or if you prefer then use a spare bedroom in the house. We respect your privacy and freedom whilst staying here; the kids are not allowed in your flat, for example

Family's Message to Au Pairs and Nannies

Dad and the kids enjoy being a little silly at times. . . Lots of dancing to loud music, jelly fights and horsing around, relaxed fun but also teaching good values to the kids. We are separated - Mum and Dad share the care of our 4 children. You are only expected to help me out for 50% of the week, the rest of the time is yours to do as you wish . . . . . . We live in a 5 bedroom house, with a 2 bedroom self contained flat next to the house. Our house has its own land with native forest and also a small farm - with Max the soppy dog, Witter the minature pig and Batman and Goldilocks the young chickens living around the home. We also have a few sheep and cows on the farmland, with its own river that you can walk down to and swim or kayak any time you like. The beach is 10 minutes away, and although we look out onto countryside, we have neighbours and are only 10 mins drive from the city center. Tauranga is a sunny seaside town next to a popular 40 mile long beach. It is close to everything that NZ has to offer; skiing, hot pools, geysers, volcanoes and bush etc. I am active with the children, and you will love them. We are always going off on adventures here and there . . . . The children love going to the beach, down to the small farm and they occasionally \'help out\' there. You are not expected to help out with the larger animals, as we have somebody to look after the farm. Most au pairs enjoy driving the tractor though . . . . . . Kayaking on the river or off visiting hot pools or nearby waterfalls, beach, hiking . . . the children love doing anything out in the sunshine. We live 10 minutes drive from the city center. Tauranga and Mount Maunganui are holiday resorts where New Zealanders come to take their holidays, so it often feels like we are holiday all year round ! We are separated - Mum and Dad share the care of our 4 children. Sam-I-Am\' is 1 year old, he is very cute and also has Down Syndrome; at the moment Sam spends most nights at his Mum\'s house, but we get to see lots of him too ! Sam is very easy to look after, less demanding than other babies; he barely poops, sleeps when he should and never cries ! Ben is 9, into reading, computers, card / board games etc but just as happy kicking a football about or playing tennis. Ella Bella Cinderella is 6. She loves her affectionate hugs and kisses. She loves having a \'cool big sister\' around to talk the girly talk to. She also enjoys swimming, tennis, princesses and anything pink. . . . Nina Athina Ballerina is 3. She loves having you to herself a couple of days a week to read or play. She is very able, and wants to get into whatever the other 2 want to do. She recently started pre-school for a couple of days a week. There is a granny-flat next to the house with bedroom, en-suite, phone, and kitchen / storage area. Our past au pairs have very much been part of the family and do as we do. Work description: The kids stay at my home alternating Weds-Fri, or Weds - Mon so you would have a stretch of 2 or 5 days off every week. Whilst the kids are here, you need to be organised enough to help to run the house, and be proactive regarding the needs of the household. After school is finished, I often want to share in the homework / fun time with the kids. There is a fair amount of driving involved, so you need to be a confident driver. You would have exclusive use of your own car, and welcome to use it for your own traveling as you wish. Mornings for the breakfast / school run involve helping get the kids ready for school, preparing packed lunch and taking them to their classrooms. You would look after Sam and Nina during the daytimes when they are here. Prepare the evening meal and help keep the house clean whilst the children are here. School pick up is at 3pm, from then until bedtime you would help me with them. I\'ll do the \'bedtimes\' but they are usually in bed by 7 - 8 pm, no problems. During the school holidays I often get time off work, and help out with them. When the children are not here, you are \'off duty\', relax at home or go out with friends, study, read, hobbies, travel, experience and see the best that New Zealand has to offer. You will have careful use of your own car, internet, etc. I am housetrained, and work 2-3 days a week in healthcare work. I organise this so that I am often at home whilst the children are here. I love leisure time with the kids, sunshine and other simple things. The work includes tidying, vacuuming, laundry and occasional ironing whilst the kids are here. The kids have their own chores to help around the house. Your free time is your own, but as the children will look up to you, you shouldn\'t expose them to smoking in any way.