Au Pair Duties

Daily Tasks and Responsibilities as an Au Pair

An Au Pair’s main duty is to look after the children. It is advised that only 20 % of the working hours should be household duties.

Childcare duties typically include:

• Entertaining the children with age-appropriate activities
• Preparing simple meals and snacks for children
• Taking children on outings, such as to the park or the playground
• Taking the children to and from nursery or school
• Helping children with tasks, such as bathing/showering, getting dressed and personal hygiene
• Encouraging children to tidy up their rooms and to look after their belongings

Household duties can include:

• Washing dishes, including loading and unloading the dishwasher
• Keeping the kitchen tidy and clean, including sweeping and mopping the floors
• Loading and unloading children’s laundry into the washing machine and putting washed clothes away
• Ironing for children
• Vacuuming
• Dusting
• Making and changing children’s beds
• Cleaning children’s bathrooms
• Light shopping (not the entire household shopping)
• Walking and feeding pets (if you like pets and are willing to do it)
• Emptying bins
• Everything to do with keeping your own room and bathroom clean and tidy