Paid positions available on our beautiful family estate by the sea and mountains, West Coast of Scotland, United Kingdom

Infos

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  Description

  Dear Workways
  
  We live in Torridon, one of the most beautiful areas on the West Coast of Scotland. Our home is an old estate house made up of 150 acres of amazing old woodland on the shores of Loch Torridon.
  
  We are looking for someone, male or female for an Aupair position ( minimum stay of six months or longer ) Someone who loves Children to help with our wee chaos club ( 4/7&10) If you are creative, maybe musical, sportive, etc. The gang is really good fun - oh one thing would be extremely great if you spoke GERMAN because they are bilingual...
  
  We are also looking for someone who is good with DYI - we have some projects: i.e planned to build raised beds in the Polytunnel and around the house various projects.
  
  If you have experience in hospitality and love the outdoors we are definitely the perfect place.
  
  We offer Payment for workaways. You need a valid work visa (please see Brexit note on the bottom of this info) and a National insurance number as well as a Uk bank account. We recommend a longer stay minimum 4 weeks since we need to go through the employment routine and it would not make sense for just four weeks.
  
  Sarah and I are both musicians. Sarah plays the fiddle and is specialized in teaching Celtic Fiddle. I work as a producer and composer. We have three young children.
  
  We moved to Torridon in 2015 and we are still in the process of developing the place. At this point in time, during the high season (from April to the end of September) the main estate house is run as a Bed & Breakfast, with five B&B rooms and the main dining hall used as the breakfast area. As well as this, there are four self-contained cottages rented out as holiday cottages all year round.
  
  Torridon is a truly magical place and if you are looking for a true Scottish Highland experience you will come to the
  right place.
  
  Safe travels to everyone and all the very best.
  Felix & Sarah

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are an open house and a lot of interesting people come by. We are well connected into the community so you will experience some real highland life. During the summer we will have house concerts and other cultural events.
  
  Of course our surroundings are stunning - so if you are an outdoors type you can enjoy one of the most beautiful landscapes on the West coast of Scotland.
  
  If you are into woodwork or crafts - you can use our wood workshop to build and make things in your free time. We have had a different artists here staying with us painting, composing, writing. If you are interested to learn how to meditate we offer meditation instructions.
  
  Also we are very open for any project suggestions if you have skills that you could apply here - any idea are welcome.

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  Aide « au pair »

  This host has let us know they’ll be complying with UK regulations for au pair stays.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

  Host has indicated that they will pay at least the UK minimum hourly wage for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided inline with UK guidance. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.

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  Aide

  We offer Payment for workaways. You need a valid work visa (please see Brexit note on the bottom of this info) and a National insurance number as well as a Uk bank account. We recommend a longer stay minimum 4 weeks since we need to go through the employment routine and it would not make sense for just four weeks.
  
  For paid work we expect a minimum of five hours work per day, please provide a CV that shows that you have done professional hospitality work. Details need to be negotiated on a contract basis.
  
  As mentioned in the about section, during the high season (from April to the end of September) the main estate house is run as a Bed & Breakfast, with five B&B rooms and the main dining hall used as the breakfast area. As well as this, there are four self-contained cottages rented out as holiday cottages all year round.
  
  Areas of help can be:
  - Generally supporting the overall Estate situation and ad hoc tasks
  - Restoring the garden
  - general Gardening
  - Fixing roads
  - Help with the family
  - Painting
  - DIY
  
  Important Notice: We do not tolerate any drug and alcohol abuse on the Estate and will ask you to leave immediately if we experience this.
  
  There is usually always a Workaway team of 5 to 10 Workaways depending on the time in the season.
  
  If you have any specific skills that could be of benefit to us, i.e. carpentry, general maintenance, etc., then please let us know. We enjoy making the most of people's skills.
  
  BREXIT notice
  Unfortunately, as you all know, freedom of movement from the EU to the UK ended on 1st Jan 2021. As a listing site, we are in the process of reminding all hosts that are requesting work-related tasks to comply with the new rules in the UK and to review their listings as well as to ensure anyone they accept has the correct visas for the UK. We have extended our UK visa warning to now include EU nationals.
  
  Please note UK, Irish, Commonwealth citizens with the right to abode in the UK, BNO passport holders with visa (Hong Kong), and those with Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme (working holiday) visas will not be affected by these changes.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  Depending on how many Workaways are here, you will have your own room in the house. The Workaways share an apartment with kitchen, living room and dining room for cooking and hanging out.

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  Autres infos...

  We live in a very beautiful area by the sea, surrounded by 1000m high mountains, ideal for walking, mountain biking and climbing. Loch Torridon is great for sea kayaking, boating and fishing. We are an open home, which at times can be lively with music and different events or programs like yoga and meditation. We have a meditation room in the house which everyone is invited to use.
  
  Torridon village is about 1.5 km from the estate, where you can find a small shop and cafe with great atmosphere. The village hall offers yoga, badminton, country dancing, a great fitness studio as well as another cafe.
  
  Generally very friendly people and great community.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  There is a workspace we can provide. Internet is about 32 meg. If you need to use high-volume data it would be good to have your own 4g mobile router connection. 4G works really well with the EE provider any questions please ask cheer Felix & Sarah

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  is possible but check in first

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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