Au Pair from Phillippines

Hi, we are looking for a Nanny/ Au Pair who is already in the UK.We offer a double private room with private bathroom in a new/modern home.Food included and a generous weekly salary.Monday to Saturday 7am till 2pm, Sunday day off. Based just outside London.We need help with day to day family life and look after our son who is 7 month old.Please feel free to get in contact or recommend someone you think would be interested.

Hi the charity/agency Bonifacio mentioned is the centre for Filipinos. Look at www.centreforfilipinos.org .

Just to add, make sure that you are certain that it is a Filipina that you are looking for, with regards to their culture, views etc. From my experience (British expat living in the Philippines) Filipina's tend to be; hard working - they will do exactly as you ask, but no more. Are not self starters. Very quiet and shy. Giggle a lot! All of them seem to love children, especially white / foreign children.
This is obviously just my experience of Filipina's, and I have quite a few household staff and DP has an office full. They are a lovely bunch of people definately very friendly but often frustrating with regards to the amount of common sense they have! Hope this is in some way helpful to you

i once contacted that charity/agency. its called something like the filipino centre i think they have two branches, one in camden.
they only offer help from ladies who have visas. there is always some who can have a visa either through some eu relative or marriage or other?...

escape - they are all sending money home. my au pair does.

funkypea - could you ask your friend for the name of the charity? I would rather help someone out of trouble than hire a teenager any day (although our last teenage Scandinavian AP, was fab, QS ) It would be great to know the name of this charity when I am looking next for a nanny/ap/housekeeper (we seem to need them all these days..)...

That was to escape

I guess I cross posted, I did not realize she was in Dubai.

I tried to have hired help when I lived in India, but that is a long story and I was so disatisfied I sacked her on her third day, I rather do things myself and became the talk om my neighbourhood.

but it must stll be illegal - 'rescued ' or not

FWIW I have a friend who has a filipina live-in help - she 'found' her through a UK charity who helps badly treated filipinas escape from overseas families and basically helps them find a more accommodating family. The charity is London based but I don't know the name - sorry

QS - how does that work then for hre in Dubai - there are literally thousands of fillipinas working in private houses (all sponsored and above board)
what really is meagre wage doesn't seem a problem for these girls and their backgrounds. and most of them are mothers aswell

I recruit through Aupair World. I did use an agency in the beginning, but like having the control of doing it myself.

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier5/aupairs/

www.bia.homeoffice.gov.u k/workingintheuk/othercategories/domesticworkers/

Geisha. I have had 2 polish au pairs. My dh is also polish so I have also plenty of polish friends and family. They have a really good work ethic, a real "muck in" attitude. Something my former norwegian au pair lacked. And being norwegian myself, and knowing something of the norwegian attitude, I was not surprised. She turned out to be exactly what I thought, but I just had to prove myself wrong...

Good Luck.

I have had loads of aupairs, and the only thing I can say is that there is no such thing as the perfect one. If you think of the main tasks are to look after children, do some cooking, and cleaning - it's had to get someone who checks all three boxes.

We have had been fortunate that they have all been honest and clean - we have not had anyone that has been dubious re drugs and alcohol. We've never had to ask any to use deodorant.

I would not generalise on nationalities.

My knowledge is purely hobby-based. I am not a lawyer, so am not giving any legal advice.

I am in a multicultural marriage, and have been both the recipient and sponsor for visas. I also employ aupairs

There is also the issue that unmarried Phillipino girls will be suspected of having immigrant intent if they come to the UK - ie, they will come and not leave.

As far as I am aware the Phillipine govt bans its citizens from being AU Pairs in another country so they would not be granted a visa by the UK govt

People from the Philippines are not usually part of the au pair system. The reason is that most of them are mothers themselves and leave their own young children thinking they will have a better future and that they will be able to send money home. An au pairs salary is in reality so meagre, pocket money really, that there is nothing to send home. The result is that a Philipino family is left without a mother, but no salary is coming in. This may cause a problem for the father who is left behind to care for the kids, and with no wife, and no extra money, and no child care, he cant work. Very often the Philipino woman, having realized this, is trying to come home, to take care of her own kids, so her husband can work and their kids stay safe while he does so, but she cant even find a way of saving up money to the plain ticket. This problem has resulted in Au Pair from the philippines being classified as modern day slavery rather than au pairing, and they can for that reason not be part of the au pair system as it is today.

Must your au pair be from the Philippines? I have had great luck with Polish au pairs.

Your choices are basically the European Union and the Commonwealth. European Union citizens can come to the UK visa-free; Commonwealth citizens currently need Working Holidaymaker visa (the name of this visa is changing in the next few months).

You are fairly stuck for anywhere else.