HOST FAMILY: Why an AuPair?

Having an AuPair means huge support in organizing the daily life. Especially for parents with flexible working schedule is an Au Pair the ideal solution having their children observed and safe. The fact that your children get safely picked up from kindergarden, preschool or school gives you the flexibility in planning your day. Even making plans in the evenings gets more easier. An AuPair is also three times a week available for babysitting. For families who got a newborn, an AuPair can be big support – especially when other siblings are around. Furthermore a lot of families experience having a foreign family member as an extension of their own horizon. Au Pairs may enrich family life as they tell about their countries and culture, introduce typical dishes to their host families or even talk in their native language to parents and children.

Origin countries of the Au Pairs

Many host families’ preference would be an English-speaking AuPair. Unfortunately there are hardly applications from these countries. Multiple reasons are decisive for that. The enlargement of student-exchange-programs or EU-subventioned mobility-programs offers young people bride and very popular opportunities to come to Austria and study the language. EU-citizens whom wants to work in childcare in Austria are free to do that everytime in every country as a nanny. They get a salary, which is not to compare with the usual AuPair pocket money. For AuPairs from overseas, actually the application skills for the Austrian Au Pair program, which are prescribed by the labour exchange, are the hindrance of becoming an Au Pair in Austria. Especially the confirmation of german knowledge performs a problem for interested people. In conclusion we may establish, that for young people who are able to afford a longer stay abroad, the AuPair program is not that attractive anymore. In opposition, for girls from the eastern European countries, the Austrian AuPair Program means a huge chance to them. First of all they get the chance to bring their german knowledge up to perfection and get a language diploma. On the other hand in regard with the EU-extension, every stay in some EU-countries increases the job-opportunities in the girls' home countries. Most applicants have already been as an AuPair in Germany, speak german pretty well and got experience in childcare. Occasionally we also get applicants from our corporative-agencies in south America.