Live-in au pair
Chiswick, London (zone 2)
Looking after two lovely children - Sophia aged 8 and Wilfred aged 12.
Large bedroom on top floor, separate kitchen/dining room and bathroom from the family.
Working afternoons only, so free to study or work until 3pm.
Hours of work
3 – 7Pm Monday to Friday, and a maximum of three evenings babysitting a week on any evening including weekends.
Remuneration:
£80 A week, with four weeks paid holiday a year, and all bank holidays.
Accommodation:
A large bedroom on the top floor of our house, with separate kitchen/dining room and bathroom shared with our long-term lodger.   Meals with the children when working.
Overtime:
Occasional additional work, for example during the day at weekends, in school holidays or when the children are sick, will be paid at £10 an hour, or can be taken as time off during the week.
Responsibilities

To collect Sophia from the local school which is 10 minutes’ walk across the park.  (Wilfred comes home from school by bus on his own.)
To help Sophia and Wilfred with homework, craft projects, games, performances, music practice, etc.
To take the children to local clubs, lessons and playdates, and collect them afterwards as necessary.
To cook a healthy supper for Wilfred and Sophia, to eat with them and tidy and wash-up afterwards.
To wash, iron and put away the children’s clothes.  And to wash and change their bed-clothes every week.
To tidy and clean the children’s rooms, including sorting out their Toys, emptying their bins and dusting and hoovering when necessary.
To tidy and clear away the children’s things wherever they are playing.
To buy food and other items as required.
You will be expected to babysit a maximum of three times a week, and this will include Saturdays and Sundays.  We will try to give you at least a week’s notice of these times. Babysitting will involve putting the children to bed, and staying in all evening to be on hand if they need you.  Once the children are in bed you are free to go to your own room and do what you want, including going to sleep.
We may need you to work extra time at weekends for special events such as birthday parties, during the day during school holidays, and if the children are sick and off school.  Again, we will try to give you as much notice as possible, and we will pay you £10 an hour, or else give you time off in lieu for any extra hours worked.

Situation
You will share the top floor of the house with our lodger who has lived with us for 14 years, and  is a quiet and lovely dance teacher, working  in the school opposite.  You will have your own large bedroom, and share a kitchen/diner, toilet, shower and washing machine with our lodger.  The children are not allowed onto the top floor unless you invite them, and you and our lodger are responsible for keeping it clean and tidy. We will provide furniture, bedding, a television and wifi.
Holidays
You will have four weeks (20 days) paid leave pro rata. This time must be agreed in advance with us.  You will also have all bank holidays off.
Weekends
You will have weekends off, unless you are required to babysit in the evening.  Occasionally we may ask you to help with the children during the day at the weekend (for example birthday parties).  We will give you two weeks’ notice, and give you time off in the week, or, if this is not possible, pay you £10 for each extra hour worked.
School Holidays
We may need you to do extra hours looking after the children in the school holidays.  We will give you at least two weeks’ notice, and pay you £10 an hour for any extra hours worked, or give you time off in lieu.
Sickness
We may ask you to look after the children if they are sick.  We will pay you £10 an hour for any extra hours worked, or else give you time off in lieu.
Other work
When you are not working during the day, and at weekends, you are welcome to do as you wish, including taking on other paid work.