Au Pair Personal Care Workers
SaveWhat Does an Au Pair Do?
Au pairs live and work for a host family in another country and are usually in charge of taking care of the family's children. They are young individuals, seeking to explore another culture while providing child care services as well as other light housekeeping activities such as cleaning, gardening and shopping.
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Where Do I Start?
Workplace Sanitation
The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.
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These are common skills for this role. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box — use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become an Au Pair
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialWorkplace Sanitation knowledge
The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.
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EssentialAssist In Children's Development Of Basic Personal Skills skill
Encourage and facilitate the development of children's natural curiosity and social and language abilities through creative and social activities such as storytelling, imaginative play, songs, drawing, and games.
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EssentialAttend To Children's Basic Physical Needs skill
Tend to children by feeding them, dressing them, and, if necessary, regularly changing their diapers in a sanitary manner.
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EssentialCommunicate With Youth skill
Use verbal and non-verbal communication and communicate through writing, electronic means, or drawing. Adapt your communication to children and young people`s age, needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, and culture.
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EssentialGive Constructive Feedback skill
Provide founded feedback through both criticism and praise in a respectful, clear, and consistent manner. Highlight achievements as well as mistakes and set up methods of formative assessment to evaluate …
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EssentialHandle Chemical Cleaning Agents skill
Ensure proper handling, storage and disposal of cleaning chemicals in accordance with regulations.
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EssentialMaintain Relations With Children's Parents skill
Inform children`s parents of the activities planned, program`s expectations and children`s individual progress.
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EssentialPrepare Sandwiches skill
Make filled and open sandwiches, paninis and kebabs.
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EssentialPromote Human Rights skill
Promote and respect human rights and diversity in light of the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of autonomous individuals, taking into account their opinions, beliefs and values, and the …
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EssentialSupervise Children skill
Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.
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EssentialAssist Children With Homework skill
Help children with school tasks. Assist the child with the interpretation of the assignment and the solutions. Make sure the child studies for tests and exams.
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EssentialEntertain People skill
Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance.
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EssentialPlay With Children skill
Engage in activities for enjoyment, tailored to children of a certain age. Be creative and improvise to amuse children with activities such as tinkering, sports or board games.
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Optional Skills (5 of 22 displayed)
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OptionalDisability Care knowledge
The specific methods and practices used in providing care to people with physical, intellectual and learning disabilities.
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OptionalCommon Children's Diseases knowledge
The symptoms, characteristics, and treatment of diseases and disorders that often affect children, such as the measles, chickenpox, asthma, the mumps, and head lice.
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OptionalBaby Care knowledge
The procedures required to take care of children up to the age of 1, such as feeding, bathing, soothing, and diapering the baby.
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OptionalAssess The Development Of Youth skill
Evaluate the different aspects of development needs of children and young people.
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OptionalClean Rooms skill
Clean rooms by cleaning glasswork and windows, polishing furniture, vacuuming carpets, scrubing hard floors, and removing garbage.
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OptionalClean Surfaces skill
Disinfect surfaces in accordance with sanitary standards.
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OptionalDemonstrate When Teaching skill
Present to others examples of your experience, skills, and competences that are appropriate to specific learning content to help students in their learning.
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OptionalDispose Waste skill
Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.
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OptionalDrive Vehicles skill
Be able to drive vehicles; have the approapriate type of driving license according to the type of motor vehicle used.
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OptionalFeed Pets skill
Make sure that pets are given appropriate food and water on time.
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OptionalIron Textiles skill
Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.
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OptionalManage Children's Problems skill
Promote the prevention, early detection, and management of children`s problems, focusing on developmental delays and disorders, behavioural problems, functional disabilities, social stresses, mental disorders including depression, and anxiety disorders.
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OptionalProvide First Aid skill
Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.
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OptionalSpeak Different Languages skill
Master foreign languages to be able to communicate in one or more foreign languages.
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OptionalSupport Children's Wellbeing skill
Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others.
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OptionalSupport The Positiveness Of Youths skill
Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.
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OptionalUse Cooking Techniques skill
Apply cooking techniques including grilling, frying, boiling, braising, poaching, baking or roasting.
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OptionalUse Food Preparation Techniques skill
Apply food preparation techniques including the selecting, washing, cooling, peeling, marinating, preparing of dressings and cutting of ingredients.
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OptionalUse Gardening Equipment skill
Use gardening equipment such as clippers, sprayers, mowers, chainsaws, complying to health and safety regulations.
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OptionalBuy Groceries skill
Purchase ingredients, products and tools that are necessary for daily housekeeping activities.
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OptionalCarry Out Wound Care skill
Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.
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OptionalPrepare Ready-made Dishes skill
Get ready for serving snacks and sandwiches or heat up ready-made bar products if requested.
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