6 Essential Character Traits For Au Pairs

6 Essential Character Traits For Au Pairs Would you know if you found a text book au pair straight away? You're pretty lucky if you are, finding an au pair without flaw is like searching for a needle in a haystack, without our help at Great Au Pairs of course! We want you to feel comfortable with the au pair you choose to look after your children and we have devised this list of character traits that yoU might find useful when you are contacting interested parties. Experience Would you let somebody look after your children that had little or no experience of dealing with kids? That wouldn't be the brightest thing to do so one of the first things you need to establish is does the au pair have any dealings with children. They might be young but do they come from a large family where they have helped to look after brothers and sisters from an early age? It'll| be a huge bonus if they do. Fun How much fun is the au pair? Can you see them stimulating your children, making them laugh and generally being a pleasure to be around? It's great if you can find an au pair that knows what games to play with children, how to keep them occupied with a range of fun activities and constantly encouraged at all times. Responsibility Au pairs are placed in a position of great accountability, parents need to know they can depend on their child carer when they look after their brood. Responsible child carers do all they can to keep their host family happy, they go the extra distance and take their position of responsibility seriously as you would expect from a caring person. Nurturing Au pairs help to nurture young children through life, they can assist with homework and be a good mentor for the child regardless of their age. Trust The biggest position of trust you can give to anybody is to leave them alone with your children. Therefore, total trust is required, parents like to know they can rely on the au pair to safely look after their family. Patient Children have their moments, they test the patience of a saint on some days so it's critical for an au pair to have a calm and patient nature. It helps if the au pair has an easy going nature, they need to keep control but do it in a gentle and relaxed manner. Brought to you by great Au Pairs, the UK's premier Au Pair Agency www.greataupairs.co.uk