Your name: Your email adress: Personality & Life Experiences: 1. Have you ever lived away from your family before? (If yes please explain the exact details) 2. Do you have any siblings? (If yes, please state their names and ages) 3. Where were you born and where did you grow up? 4. What is your relationship like with your siblings? 5. How frequent is your communication with your family? 6. Why have you chosen to apply for an Au Pair? 7. Does your family support your decision to be an Au Pair and are they comfortable with you being away from home? 8. Have you thought about doing some extra work or study in Australia during your Au Pair position? (If yes, please list potential jobs & schools you will be working/studying at) 9. Are you able to pay for your own transport including air travel and public transport when in Australia? 10. Will you be travelling direct from your home country to Australia or will you be having a stop over? (If you are having a stop over, please list where you will be stopping over and how long for in each destination) 11. Are you able to travel and work immediately should you be accepted in the Au Pair program? (If yes, please list when you are arriving and details of your visa arrangements. If no, please state when you will be ready and when you expect to arrive) 12. Which visa will you have when you commence work as an Au Pair? 13. Have you ever been to Australia before? (If yes, please list where you went and when you were last here) 14. What is your favourite subject? 15. What are your educational qualifications? 16. Do you have the relevant English qualifications and if so when did you complete these? 17. What job experiences do you have? 18. Do you or have you done any volunteer work? 19. What do you hope to achieve out of becoming an Au Pair? 20. Would you describe yourself as fit and healthy? 21. Have you ever had any treatment for conditions such as depression, alcoholism or any other relevant disorder? (If yes, please state what you have been treated for and how long for) 22. Do you have any allergies? If so what are they? 23. Are you prepared to be placed with a family of a different religion? 24. Can you cook? 25. How do you plan on combating homesickness? 26. Do you think there will be any issues with you being an Au Pair? Australian Family Hosting Questions Have you ever worked in an environment where the only language spoken is English? (If yes, please list details) The four main points for being an Au Pair in a home stay program are as follows: - You will be responsible for house duties and the general care and well being of the children in the house. - You will essentially be apart of the family for your stay and will be there for a job, not a holiday. - You should be able to learn the tasks you need complete within the first week of your stay, and it is your responsibility to ensure all questions you have are answered. - You should be able to communicate effectively with your host family and not have any issues understanding them. - Do you understand what these points mean and do you feel like you can effectively communicate with your family should an issue arise? 1. Being in another country, it is your responsibility to adapt to their different cultures, language and laws. You must always respect their way of life and not assume that you have the right of way in anything just because you aren't an Australian. Do you understand this? 2. In Australia, the language spoken is English. It is your responsibility to ensure you know how to effectively communicate in English and you will not have any issues in communicating with your host family or other locals and that you can understand them and be understood yourself. Will you ensure that you will follow this and that your English is up to this level? 3. It is important that you follow all instructions in your first week of staying with the family as these will be the majority of things you will have to do during your time as an Au Pair. If you have any issues with the jobs you will be asked to do or are unsure as to how you can do them effectively, then you must question or raise your concerns with your host family immediately. Do you feel as though this is something you can follow and do? 4. You will be presented with a work schedule before you arrive which you should agree on upon seeing it. If you don't agree with the work schedule or there are any issues relating to the schedule, you need to raise this with your host family to avoid any issues down the track. Do you feel comfortable bringing up any changes that might possibly need to be done in order to ensure your job is done correctly? 5. You will generally find that you will be required to do about 4-5 hours a day worth of work and this will be signed upon on your agreement. If you were to finish your tasks earlier, it is your responsibility to check with your family if any further jobs need to be done, and don't just assume you can have some free time. Do you agree with this term and understand what will be required of you? 6. Given that you may find yourself with lots of free time around your Au Pair work, you will have the opportunity to potentially find yourself another job or even do some study when you are in Australia. You must always however check with your host family as to if they agree with you doing this extra work/study as it may not fit in with their schedule and what they have planned for you. Do you understand that you need to check with your host family before signing yourself up and committing to another job and/or study load? 7. Being able to speak a good level of English isn't the most important factor in an Au Pair job, it is to be able to be talkative, flexible in your time, proactive in your approach, ability to have a flexible roster, always honest and open and being able to take responsibility. Are these things that you feel are part of your personality and would suit you for the role of an Au Pair? 8. Children are inquisitive beings and can get into all types of mischief and strife. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are able to control children and remain in charge no matter what the situation. Will you be able to control the children, receive instructions from the parents (even if you don't agree with them) and bring up any concerns you may have during your time in control? 9. Children always require time to learn and adapt to new things, and may invade your privacy at certain times as they get used to their new living arrangements. Is this something you can cope with and will you have the patience to teach children new things? 10. As an Au Pair you will essentially be classed as 'the second mother/father' of the household. Do you feel as though you can accept this responsibility? 11. As an Au Pair you will be witness to a great deal of positive benefits for both you and the family you stay with. You will be saving countless amounts of money by getting free accommodation as well as earning a little bit too for doing your work. Do you understand that the Au Pair program is all about giving and receiving? 12. You will find out information on your host families such as their personal hobbies and activities, some of which you will find they will do without you. It will be up to you a lot of the time to find entertainment and source out activities to do for you. Are you able to effectively find entertainment and activities to keep you occupied during your spare time? Do you feel you are independent enough away from home to find entertainment? 13. We always like to provide you with as much support over the length of your stay as possible, however sometimes problems arise during your stay that need sorting out. The best way to do this sometimes is to try and work out the problem yourself before taking it to a higher source. Do you think you can try and sort out problems without always taking them 'higher'? 14. Do you understand all these questions so far? (If not, please list any concerns or issues you are having) 15. Do you need anything specific to enjoy your time as an Au Pair? 16. Is there anything you would like to add that you feel would help us put you with a suitable family? Previous Child Experience 1. Do you like kids? 2. Do you have a preferred age of child you like to work with? 3. Do you feel you will be able to work with the host's mother effetely? 4. What did you enjoy and what did you not enjoy about the last time you looked after or worked with kids? 5. List some activities you would provide for: - Infants: - Toddlers: - 4-6 Age Group: - 6-9 Age Group: - 10-12 Age Group: 6. What are the best skills you have that would make you a great Au Pair? 7. Were you disciplined as a child? If so what happened to you? Situation Description Please describe what you would do in these situations: 1. A child asks for you to get them a toy that their parents won't let them have: 2. The baby you are looking after is vomiting: 3. Twins you are caring for are both crying at the same time: 4. A child is choking: 5. Your family asks you to look after multiple babies overnight: 6. A toddler won't stop crying: 7. A diagnosed hyperactive child is become too hyperactive: 8. An Autism affected child is having a tantrum: 9. The children want to go to the pool, but the parents have said no: 10. Two of the children are having a fight: 11. You have made plans, yet the host family need you to baby sit: 12. The child you are looking after has cut themselves and is bleeding: 13. You are looking after undisciplined children with the family not doing anything about it: 14. How do you change a nappy: I agree to the terms and conditions:
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