Live in Au Pair - How much to pay?

[MSJunior]

We are having to change our child care for our 1YO as work have complained about time spent looking after him when he is ill (a separate thread completely, but we won't go there).

We can offer a room in the flat (SW19), with food, bills, etc included. Hours would be 7.30am - 5.00pm, Monday - Thursday. We are both teachers so the au pair would only need to work 39 weeks of the year. Plus we would want them to drop off and pick up our 7YO from the (very) local primary school. We may request 2 nights babysitting per month.

So, the £64,000 question.....how much would we expect to pay the au pair, as well as offering bed, board, and quite a lot of holiday!

Never looked in to this before, so please help!

You need a nanny, that's a full time job with a child under three. An AP should really only be for children over the age of 3 and for 25-30 hours a week.

I agree with confusedpixie that an au pair shouldn't be in sole charge of such a young child. Good luck in your search for suitable childcare.

wouldn't a au pair with a lot of experience work if baby went to day nursery some of the work? Bringing in within the 25-30 hours time.
Also please consider au pairs tend to be very temporary and young!

The title 'au pair' does not fit the role of sole charge of a 1 year old for 9.5 hours a day - the appropriate title is 'live-in nanny', and I'm pretty sure you would want someone with relevant training and experience.

I would have thought you are looking at £225-£350 a week: I know that's a very wide range, finding someone with the right skills who is willing to accept the lower end of the range is going to depend on how much they value the relatively short hours, 4 day week and long holidays.

Look on gumtree.com and you will see similiar roles advertised, will help you determine the right price. Aupair plus roles do more hours which might suit. Also perhaps a mature individual is more suited.

this is definatly a nanny's job, not an au pair

I do not think it would be fair to ask an au pair (who is generally young and inexperienced) to look after a baby full time for au pairs wage (usually 70-90 pounds per week).

You need a nanny and need to pay a nannys wage!