Host family
Who can become a host family?
To become a host family, you should have at least one child under 13 years and be officially registered in Belgium.
Each host family should be open for other cultures, integration and dialogue and willing to offer a warm home for their au pair.
Which conditions for a host family?
Each host family should meet the following conditions:
- Provide a separate bedroom,
- Provide free access to their house and provide cost and living,
- Support the au pair to follow language courses (French, Dutch or German),
- Subscribe for a health insurance covering medical, hospitalization and repatriation costs,
- Transfer monthly a minimum amount of 450€ (pocket allowance) on the au pair’s bank account. This allowance is exempted from social contributions since the au pair does not work under your employer’s authority. To benefit from this exemption, all conditions of the placement agreement should be respected,
- The au pair can take off: at least 1 day per week, 1 full weekend per month, and 1 full week every 6 months.
Tasks of the au pair ?
The au pair can take care of the children and have some light household chores.
For example:
- Bring and pick up the children to and from school or kindergarten
- Prepare the children’s lunchbox,
- Help the children bathing and get dressed,
- Prepare a snack after school,
- Tidy up the children’s bedroom and make the children’s bed,
- Dress the table,
- Empty the dishwasher,
- Iron the clothes of the children,
- Mob the kitchen after cooking,
- Do some daily shopping, …
- The au pair could also have other light household chores, insofar they do not exceed 4 hours per day and 20 hours per week.