Nannies Australia is created by Early Childcare Educators who believe that quality in home Nanny services is advantageous to children, as opposed to a one size fits all approach offered in early childcare centres. Our aim is to create a community of caregivers and families all seeking to have their lives enhanced.

We believe that a Professional Nanny Melbourne should enhance the life of the child/children being cared for and the family, by ensuring that the family can come home and relax in the evening after a hard day’s work – having their children been well taken care of, and the home tidy and organised.

This is an article for anyone who is thinking about becoming an au pair, or any family who wants to take the exciting leap and invite an au pair into their home and lives.

Finding an au pair can be exciting for all parties involved. It’s important to be well informed about what the job of the au pairs entail, as well as the process of becoming an au pair, which will bring you both together to start this exciting journey.

What is an Au Pair?

Typically, an au pair is a young, single person from overseas who wants to move to another country to learn their new language and integrate into the local community. An au pair’s main responsibility is to provide childcare to young children whilst living with the host family and becoming a member of their household. The word au pair is French for ‘at par’ or ‘equal to’, because an au pair is intended to become a member of the family!

Is there a difference between a full-time nanny, a part-time nanny and an au pair? Technically, their responsibilities are similar, and the only true distinction between nannies and au pairs, is that au pair are typically young, international workers, who will work and live in a new country on a working visa. Both look after children as their primary job and responsibility.

What are the benefits on an Au Pair for families?

Au pairs, like traditional live-in nannies, will help take the stress off raising your children and running a household.

Au pair’s love to spend time with children. An au pair is to live alongside the host family in their home and help to be one of the primary caregivers to the children in the house. Au pair duties varies from household to household, but their main responsibility usually involves child care and light household chores such as cooking or cleaning – duties, which will be discussed during the interview process – in exchange for board and pay.

We make sure that our families have been verified, and all the information you need from them is clear and easy to read and manage. All your information will be private and only accessible to families who are also signed up to the site. You can only be contacted by our verified families as well, so you know that you’re speaking to real and safe job prospects.

When you sign up to our nanny agency platform, you can create your own profile, set up your own expectations and schedules and then you can start getting in touch with families you’d like to work with.