How much do I pay a live out full time au-pair ? South West.

[PeonyStick]

Thats it really. I am meeting a girl who has just finished her childcare course and wants to be a Nanny or work in a nursery. ( she is highly recommended as has been doing voluntary work once a week with the play therapists on the children's ward I work in) I want her to work for me over the summer ( before she gets her exam results -so not qualified yet) as an aupair. One DD aged 4 and dopey labrador at home. I work full time.

Also - what is the difference between aupair and a nanny ?

Sorry - newbie to this topic !

An au pair lives at home with you - they're supposed to be like a big sibling to your children and live as part of your family.

You won't get a live out au pair. They're also supposed to learn English whilst they're with you, and only work limited hours each day, helping with after school care etc.

I think it's pretty safe to say you don't want an au pair, you want a full time live out nanny.

Not sure! I pay my AP 80 in London - but the reason that amount seems on the low side is because he is getting a big bedroom and lots of food as well as his 80. Live out AP I am not sure.... I would be thinkning babysitting money or NMW?

If she is going to be live out she will be a mothers help rather than an au pair. You will need to pay at least the minimum wage for her age group if she is under 18 it s £3.72 and if she is between 18 and 20 it is £5.03 per hour.

She may not have her exam results but she will of completed the course and taken the exams so I would think of her as qualified or at least a junior nanny with a little experience.

If live out then like any worker you will need to pay at least min wage for her age.

An au pair lives with you and works a max of approx 35 hrs a week, a nanny (junior or otherwise) lives in or out and can work the number of hours you need. A mothers help would not have more than a couple of hours sole charge a week.

So if you need someone to live out and have sole charge of your children (ie you won't be around at all) then you need a nanny, qualified or experienced or both. And pay min wage as a minimum depending on how much responsibility she will have and jobs you want her to do.

The definition of au pair is not 'nanny who hasn't got her certfifcates yet'!

If she'll be doing full-time, sole-charge, live-out care she will be doing the work of a nanny. You need to pay her at least minimum wage. You'll be employing her so you'll need to pay her tax/NI as well.

Thats great advice, thankyou.

She definately wont want to live in as she lives only a street away from us and is happy with this temporary summer job as I work from home and knock off at at 2-3 each day, so she will finish early every day and get to see her mates, before knuckling down to her first job permanent job in September.

I think from what you have said I need to treat this as her first nanny position and pay her accordingly. I had hoped to avoid the hassle of tax etc, as its only 2 months - but from what you've all said I need to sort it out.

Many thanks