Are you unhappy with your host family?
Do you constantly have to work more than 30 hours a week and don't get any time off in lieu?
Do you have poor accommodation without adequate privacy?
Do you have the opportunity to meet friends and spend your free time?
Are you allowed to practice your religion?
Are you being treated badly? Are you and your work not respected?
Don't you have a chance to take a language course?
Don't you get pocket money?
Does the family not want you with them for meals and family activities?
Have your documents been taken from you and are you threatened to be sent back home?
Are you employed more as a "cleaning lady" and not as an au pair?
Are there other differences or is the chemistry wrong between you and the family?
No German is spoken with you.
Will changing my family help me?
You came to Germany to get to know the country, the culture, the language and nice people!
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You want to be treated like a family member in your German family.
You want to play with the kids and have fun.
You want to support your host family in their everyday life.
You would like to have the opportunity to learn the German language.
You want to get to know and meet friends and take part in cultural events.
You would like to develop yourself further during your time as an au pair and set the course for your future.
You want to have a happy time in Germany.
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Anyone can change families!
Documents
You urgently need your documents!
The most important thing is the passport!
Electronic residence permit, au pair contract, registration of residence, health insurance certificate, written notice of termination
Emergency!
If you are given termination without notice, your host family will have to pay for another 14 days to ensure that you have accommodation, for example in a hostel or youth hostel.
If the family doesn't do that and you don't have a place to sleep, there is emergency help for au pairs.
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Find family
In your application, please give me precise details of what you want from your new family, what your talents are and what you definitely don't want to experience anymore.
The more detailed the better I can help you.
Administrative procedures
In your new family, the first thing you will have to do is register your new address and adapt your electronic residence permit to the new address. When you sign in to the new city, you will be automatically signed out of the old city.
Please remember that you will also have health insurance again.
Termination of your au pair contract
In any case, you have to have your au pair contract terminated. If you quit, you have to give your family 14 days to find a replacement for you, if the family quits you they have to give you 14 days to find a new au pair.
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If you have any questions and need support, please contact me!
Notfallhotline
Per Telefon: 0800/1110111, oder 0800/1110222 oder 116123
per Chat oder Mail unter: www.telefonseelsorge.de
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24 Stunden an 365 Tagen im Jahr für alle!
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Kostenfrei für Anrufe aus Deutschland.
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