be an au pair for a year

i need a gap year form uni, i want to work as an au pair in the united kindgom for 8 months or so. i’m not ready have children of my own, but i absolutley love kids. i cook and clean for fun (oh, yes!) and i’ll be good life experience.

next year i want to do this…maybe leave next summer?

....in SWITZERLAND
!!!
requirements are minimum 12-18 month stay….
30 hours a week of work….
at least one day off a week
4 weeks of vacation time!!!
and your employer pays for language classes….
plus now i know some ppl there…

so why not? :)

I didnt quite make the year (only 6 months) but I loved it. I had a great time in Madrid!

I am going to be an au pair in spain for 1 year in 2007

I want to au pair in Germany, I’ve already got a lead.
I need a year to do something, without anyone else to depend on.
Plus I love the idea of learning another language while being forced to learn it to get around day by day.
I love you Canada, but its time to get out for a bit, so i can remember why I love living here.

Just need to find a way to get 200 hrs experience working with infants. Maybe my cousin will let me babysit over the summer…

How did all you get the experience?

I signed up because a friend of mine was doing it,
I`ve been here two years now and now its time for me to go back to sunny olde Wales, Its great you`ll find a second family, I am working to screen new au-pairs who want to come from the uk to the usa, drop me an email and i can help!!

A year from now, I should going to france to au pair for 8 months… I’M SO EXCITED!!!

Been dreamin’ about it since I was 15.
Well now I’m 24 and still it’s on my mind. So I guess I have to do it… soon, let’s hope I have the guts to quit my dreamjob!