Dear xxxxx
We would like to offer you the position of Au pair in our family. The terms and conditions of the job
are as follows:
Hours
You will be required to work for approximately 35 hours per week. Every weekend, will be spent with
the family or anywhere you wish as you would have the weekends off.
Accommodation
You would have a Private Live-Out or Live-In Accommodation depending on your preference with Private Bathroom, Sitting Room and Bedroom. Your room would also be furnished with a Television Set, an Internet Ready Computer System and a Fixed Landline telephone. We ask that all rooms be kept tidy and that friends staying over should only do so with our permission. If we go out as a family,
you will generally be invited to come with us (at our expense) should you so choose.
Duties and responsibilities
Your main duty is the due care of Mathew Phillips. You will be required to get him ready for the day, get him to kindergarten school, collect him after school and see to his needs in the afternoon. You will also be required to assist with homework, bath and change as required, arrange visits with friends, and see to after school activities, play games together as well as anything else that may be necessary for his amusement and wellbeing.
Salary
You will be paid an amount of £450 (Four Hundred and fifty Great British Pounds per week) and this money shall be given to you every Friday. Additional hours will be paid at a rate that we may agree between ourselves from time to time.
Start Date and Period of Employment
You are expected to start xx o f Febuary 2012 and to stay for a minimum period of 6 Months or 1 Year. If due to circumstances beyond your control or for any other reason, you wish to leave at a date earlier than our agreement, you will be required to give one month’s notice. Medical Insurance has also been put in place so you can receive free medical attention.
Discipline
Reasons which could give rise to disciplinary measures are as follows:
- Causing a disruptive influence in the household
- Job incompetence.
- Conduct during or outside working hours prejudicial to our interests.
- Unreliability in timekeeping or attendance.
- Failure to comply with our reasonable instructions or procedures.
In the event of a need for disciplinary action, the procedure will be:
First - a verbal warning.
Second - a written warning.
Third - dismissal without need for further notice.
Reasons which would give rise to summary dismissal would be:
- Theft or other dishonest offences.
- Alcohol or drug abuse.
- Child abuse
- Any form of criminal behavior or conduct.
Vacation
You will have 2 weeks paid vacation after 3 months of work. However, vacation must be negotiated in advance and only when you have stayed with our family for up to a period of one (1) year and above and subsequently decide to leave shall we be entitled to also take care of your travel ticket back to your place.
We look forward to having you with us and are sure that our association will be a long and happy one.
Contract Approval/Travel Instructions
Important : You are to adhere to the following travel instructions as we would be responsible for your travel arrangements hence your strict compliance is required so that you do not make any mistakes or have any problems on arrival here in United Kingdom.
A Certificate of Eligibility is important to prove that we are sponsoring your travel down to the United Kingdom and to prove that you are eligible to take up a job position in United Kingdom before the UK Home Office would send the hard copies of your traveling documents, Job Reference Number and the Certificate of Eligibility would be issued to you with your Reference Number.
You are to sign the contract letter after going through it and send a scanned copy indicating your intended travel date (For Flight Booking which we shall pay for) to the barrister in charge of your applications via this email address
[email protected] for your Certificate of Eligibility, Reference Number, and for his records and advice to us regarding the procurement of your traveling documents through the Home Office.
Barr. Greg Smith
E-mail:
[email protected] Home Office,
UK Border Agency.
PO Box 3468,
Sheffield S3 8WA
United Kingdom (Applications).
We look forward to receiving you at the airport upon your arrival into the Country.
Signed: Greg Smith
CC: Dr. Maxwell Phillips
Enclosure:
Please complete the details below to signify acceptance of the terms above:
Full Names …………………………………………………………………...
Signature: ………………………………………Date…………...................
