Demi - Pair Families

Busy families who need "an extra pair of hands" need a Demi - Pair!

A Demi-Pair is a person who helps you with both childcare and light housekeeping. Demi-Pairs live in your house and work for 20 hours per week and 2 nights’ babysitting per month in exchange for a single room and all meals.

Taking a Demi-Pair

We welcome new families who can offer a happy home to our demi-pair applicants and who live within easy commuting distance of Dublin city centre or Bray. All families are visited and garda vetted by a representative of Living English, prior to the placement of a demi-pair.

We present our demi-pair programme as the original cultural exchange and we ask our families to provide an individual bedroom and to make their demi-pair feel part of their family.

Demi-pairs attend English language classes in the mornings at ATC Language Schools, Dublin or Bray. They are then available to look after your children and do light housekeeping in the afternoons and evenings, Monday to Friday. Weekends are free for the demi-pairs to meet friends from school or explore Ireland.

During the summer months, we offer a demi-pair programme with English language tuition in the afternoons, thus the demi-pair will be free to assist you in your home in the mornings.

If you would like to become a host family to a demi-pair, please complete the application form below or email info@livingenglish.ie for more information.

“We have found that Living English have always worked closely with us to ensure they match us with suitable demi pairs who will fit into our ever changing family dynamic. We enjoy hosting the students, and learning about their country and traditions.”

Claire, a host Mum living in Lucan.

Application Form - Demi-Pair Host Family

Application Form - Demi-Pair Host Family

(Please select No if there is a smoker in the house and/or you would accept a smoker)


Host Mum:



Host Dad:



Children:
(starting from eldest, please note this programme only suits families with toddlers and school-going children. Families with children under 18 months cannot be considered for this programme unless they have older siblings.

Children:



(Please list all animals you keep)


English Lessons as ATC Language Schools:

Living English Demi-pairs attend English lessons in the morning with the option of studying for 10 (09.00 to 11.00) or 20 hours (09.00 to 13.30).



Demi-pair Duties: (20 hours per week + 2 babysitting times per month)

Demi-pairs provide the family with 20 hours combined childcare and light household duties, Monday to Friday with weekends off. Please tick the most relevant duties required by your family:

Childcare: (minimum 10 hours)

  • collecting children from school
  • preparing light snacks
  • homework supervision
  • outdoor walks
  • indoor/outdoor activities
  • morning routine
  • bedtime routine
  • Other, please specify



    • Light Housework: (maximum 10 hours)

  • vacuuming
  • ironing
  • sweeping/mopping floors
  • making beds
  • washing and hanging out clothes
  • food preparation
  • some cooking
  • emptying the dishwasher
  • Other, please specify



    • The duties do not include heavy cleaning of bathrooms, windows etc.


    Babysitting: (2 nights/afternoons per month)
    The family must discuss in advance with the demi-pair when this will take place in order to arrange accordingly.



    Driving Licence

    Is it compulsory for your demi-pair to have a full driving license.



    When does your family require a demi-pair to start?



    What duration would you consider (our minimum applicant is 12 weeks in the school year and 8 weeks in summer)?