Does this sound ok for au pair role?

I don't understand how that isn't a nanny job if he/she will be looking after a one year old?

Oh yes, there is an agency specializing in swedish au pairs in London, google swedish connection. De annonserar på Londonsvenskar sajten ibland, ifall du föredrar att använda en agentur.

We used the Aupair world site, and were very specific in what we wanted, Swedish speaker, independent and over 20. Its easy to use as you can read all the ads and the au pairs can apply to you as a family too. As you have to pay if you want to email the au pairs directly I did the cheapskate thing and googled/facebooked them instead. We had lots of applicants, and had a good selection to chhos from.
Londonsvenskar is good for swedes, there is a specific forum for au pairs and if you need a short notice replacement thats a good place to look.
As hubby and I work opposite shifts our au pair doesnt have set hours, we plan each week ahead and depending on our work load she takes over when needed. Its quite a cushy au pair job, lots of time off but sole charge of 3 when working. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.

I wouldn't use a contract of the Internet. They rarely have all the stuff you need. If you PM me I'll send you the one we use with ours (which is long because DH is a lawyer).

Sure they should contribute to daily housework that's created ie join in with whatever family does. Hoover if it needs it, wipe kitchen etc. having set days and chores isn't 'helping'. It's doing it for someone else so they don't have to.

Yes someone may do it but a limited amount. If there's 20 people that fit bill, only 2 may want to do that, hence me saying you could loose out on 18 potentially better applicates.

( have been an au pair when young, then nanny and maternity nanny for many many years...)

Sounds fair and good to me, as an ex au pair from Sweden. We have just emoloyed our first au pair, a lovely Swede too, and as part of the contract we will supply and pay a basic contract mobile phone as we will need her to be contactable when shes working. Any usage over the agreed sum she will have to pay herself ( allowance given to cover calls and txts needed). We are on the outskirts of London so are paying £85 per week.

There are basic contracts on au pair world for download.

Lycka till! :)

I'm imagining that the baby will be asleep during the au pairs 'lunch break', so won't actually know about the change in carer unless he wakes up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_pair
www.contactaupair.com/info/what-is-an-au-pair

Just a pointer - you may want to keep the wage at just under £109 per week which is the point at which you need to start paying national insurance contributions.

Have you thought about the effect on the baby to have 1 hour with you at lunchtime and then be handed back to the aupair? Some babies may be ok with that but a lot of 1 year olds will find it unsettling.

If your out until 10, and can't really afford a nanny I would shorten hours 10-4. Is there anyway you can just work through lunch ( quick lunch in your home office), and then au pair work 10-3 with no lunch break ( will just eat with 1 year old).
This would appeal to more people as most come to study English/ something do your supposed to give one in the day for them to do this. Finishing at 3 would allow them to attend late afternoon classes.

I'm afraid not being able to afford a nanny shouldn't au pair does the same work. Also ironing etc is hard housework to me so could you afford a cleaner once a week to do this? All these things will give you more choice of applicants as another person is likely to be offering 5 hours, 5 days, no housework, etc etc

Sounds OK as long as those really are the hours and you genuinely don't expect her to help with morning/evening routine. The pocket money is at the top end of the recommended amount, and if you're in fairly central/naice part of London that will be an attraction in itself. My experience is though that if the 1 year old knows you're in the house it will be really difficult for all of you, so you'll need to sort out plenty of Monkey Music etc for her to take ds to during the day.

I know a Swedish au pair actually and her English is better than mine (though her parents don't speak any English at all )!

Largeish bedroom and bathroom to herself or shared only with children is standard I think.

The wage is at the generous end of normal for an au pair, so that's fine. Although I'm not sure that not counting the lunch hour as a work hour is really on....though I suppose if she is absolutely free to do whatever she wants in that hour then it would be ok.

Many au pairs want to come to improve their English and therefore attend language school, which is why they tend to do before/after school hours. Here you've got the au pair booked up all school hours, all week. She could probably do a weekend or evening class though. Maybe have a look what is available in your area so you can advise the au pair about evening/weekend language school choices. There are some au pairs who don't want to attend language school of course, so you could get one of them!

Have you got adequate room for an au pair in a 3 bedroom flat with 2 adults and 2 children already living there? They'll usually need more than a box room and a share in the family bathroom.