What is Au Pair Childcare?
Au Pair child care provides safe, reliable live-in child care and supervision of your children,
while offering a valuable cultural experience for your family.
Register to view Au Pair profiles and start finding the right match for your family.
Advantages of Au Pair Childcare
Au Pairs work up to 45 hours per week and 10 hours per day which offers flexibility. Au Pairs participate in your family life and activities creating a consistent, safe and loving environment.
Overview: An Au Pair Is
A young adult (18 to 26 of age) from a foreign country.
Able to provide up to 45 hours per week, up to 10 hours a day, of childcare for your family.
A live-in solution and will live with your family for one year – can potentially extend for a second year
Able to only perform childcare related tasks
Seeking a cultural childcare experience
Screening: All Au Pairs
Successfully pass a criminal background check
Successfully pass a psychometric test and a physician’s physical examination
Complete 32 hours of childcare training
Provide two childcare references and at least one character reference
Complete a personality profile containing character and child care related traits
Au Pairs vs. Nannies, Babysitters, and Daycares
As a live-in childcare provider, an Au Pair provides a unique cultural exchange experience and offers unmatched convenience for a family seeking childcare. Don’t be limited by your daycare center or nannies anymore; from budget, skills to schedule and more – with Go Au Pair, you choose what is most important to your family.
| Go Au Pair | Nanny/Babysitter | Day Care | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills and Regulations | Au Pairs Complete a 32-hour child care training series. The U.S. Dept of State regulates all Au Pair agencies. | Skills Vary Not all agencies provide background checks. | Skills Vary Regulations vary by state. |
| Lifestyle | Live-in Convenience | Subject to nanny or babysitter’s schedule | Subject to Day Care hours |
| Budget | $7.98/hr per family, not per child | Typically $10-15/hr | Approximately $8/hr per child |
| Schedule | Up to 45 hrs/week and 10 hrs/day | Nanny/babysitter’s discretion | Day Care hours and late fees |
| Culture | Au pairs from 16 countries | Varies | Varies |
“After years of stress and frustration, and many different nannies, we decided to look for an au pair. When Veronika arrived on January 2, 2016 our lives were forever changed. We had no idea that a real life Mary Poppins had just arrived!”
“I can honestly say that bringing her to live with us as our au pair has been the best decision we could possibly have made. She has afforded us so many priceless “intangibles” during her time here that I can’t begin to quantify her contributions to our family.”
