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We are a Danish/German family living in the north of Hamburg. Mother is Danish and Father is German, but we both speak Danish, German as well as English. We have two children. Our daughter is 11 years old and our son is 8 years old. They grow up bilingual. We are a modern family with both parents working full-time. We like to do fun things together and to meet up with friends and family in the weekends. We look for an au-pair to start after the summer holidays. We need an au-pair to help take care of our children during the week when not at school and to do some household chores. We live in a newly build house with a spacious, light room available for you. The job Most mornings we the parents will take care that the children get to school. You will help with breakfast and getting the children ready. You will pick up the children in the afternoon. Then you need to make sure they manage their homework, bring them to afternoon sports or have some fun together at home. Sometimes the children might also want to bring home a friend for playing together. In the evening we will expect you to set up a small cold bread meal. It is not necessary to cook warm every evening as we all have a warm supper at work or at school. But it will be preferred if you could cook a warm simple meal once or twice during the week. While the children are at the day-care/school we ask you to help with the daily chores. We have a cleaning aid once a week. Therefore, your support will mainly consist of tidying up, smaller cleaning, doing laundry and shopping groceries. Some evenings you might need to babysit as well if we are on business trips or will be working longer. We expect flexibility to help with the children in case of sickness or days when school is closed. The expected work hours on a week day are around 5-6 hours. As we all speak Danish it is not required that you speak German. It is however an advantage if you have had some basic German classes. If you like to learn more this is the perfect opportunity. Most weekends you will be off and can take the time to explore Hamburg or the surrounding. You will easily be able to get around Hamburg either by public transport or by bike. We have a bike here you can use. It is also possible to borrow our car if needed. We like to hear from you if you think we are the right family for you to have a gap year as an au-pair in Hamburg.