World Au Pair in JAPAN （WAPJ）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　日本オーペア情報センター

What is an Au Pair?
Au pairs are caring, live-in childcare providers who live as an extended member of their host family and provide childcare for up to 10 hours per day and 35 hours per week. Au pairs are between the ages of 18 and 30, and come from more than 40 countries. In exchange for providing childcare, au pairs receive room, board, and a small stipend.

An au pair's responsibilities can also include:

Dropping the children off and picking them up from school or activities,
helping children with homework,
assisting in keeping the children's rooms clean,
cooking light meals for the children.

Your job will entail

Providing childcare for a maximum of 35 hours per week (usually on a daily 6 hour basis):

taking care of the children: supervision, games, meals, baths..
Participating in the daily housework
The family may ask you for an extra 2 evenings of baby-sitting a week.

In exchange, you will receive from your family:

an individual room,

 food ( Mealtime is not considered work time, except if you are alone with the children.  Food is provided, however you may have to cook for yourself) ,
a stipend of 10,000yen a week,
a weekly day-off, usually on Sundays.

2 weeks vacation (if you stay in JAPAN for 1 year.)

You are not entitled to any additional vacation time during your stay. However, an arrangement could possibly be reached between you and your family. 

Japanese courses

Japanese language courses are compulsory for all Au Pairs coming to Japan. The expenses for the courses will

be paid by the Au Pairs.

World Au Pair in JAPAN will assist incoming Au Pairs in finding affordable Japanese Courses.

Health Insurance

The host family will pay your health insurance in JAPAN when you are an au pair.

●Medical Benefits : 100%

Coverage is limited to not more than ￥2,000,000 per year

and shall not exceed 180 days from the start of medical care for a particular illness or injury.

Minor illnesses will be covered up to ¥10,000 for each illness.

●Term Life Insurance :

Cause of Death Adults

Accidental : ￥7,000,000

Illness:/Natural : ￥3,000,000

●Disability : Benefit for physical impediment or disability due to an accident up to ￥5,000,000 (the amount shall correspond to the degree of injury).

●Personal Liability Indemnification :

Up to ￥10,000,000 for bodily injury and/or property damage to another person caused by an adult member of the Plan

※Travel costs:

The travel costs are usually paid by the au pair herself/himself. If you as a host family want to bear a part of the costs, please do not do this until the au pair has successfully arrived and stayed with you for a part of the agreed time.

Placement in Japan is FREE for Au-pairs.