Nanny & Child Care Background Screenings
What does a federal and state background check require?
Federal law requires that all states have policies in place to protect the health and safety of children in child care programs. Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia require background checks.However, not all of them require comprehensive background checks. A comprehensive background check should be conducted on all adults living in a family child care home and all staff employed in a child care center. This should include administrative, janitorial and kitchen staff. Contract staff who are in your program during operational hours and regular volunteers in both child care center and family child care programs should also have a comprehensive background screening. A comprehensive screening includes:
- State and federal criminal history check using the individual's name.
- State and federal criminal history check using the individual's fingerprint.
- Child abuse registry check.
- Sex offender registry check.
What Is Included in the $20.00 Background Check?
Our $20.00 comprehensive 50 state criminal record background search utilizes all city, state and county
databases, including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.
All of our searches are FCRA, EEOC, OFAC, and
ADA compliant. Our reports contain all arrests and convictions, including the type and nature of the arrest, court dates and final disposition, including parole, probation and incarceration records. This also Includes all felonies, misdemeanors, DUI's And sexual predators!
This guarantees that ALL the Information you Receive Is 100% Accurate, Reliable and updated daily. All our searches are SSL encrypted and 100% confidential. Your information is never released or sold to other databases.
10 Reasons to Conduct a Background Check on Your Nanny
- If a nanny has provided truthful information about her job history. By verifying the information provided on a job application by contacting past employers parents can determine if the job information provided was truthful.
- If a nanny has provided truthful information about her education. By contacting the registrar at the provided school or university parents can determine if a nanny provided accurate educational information.
- If a nanny has a criminal record. Criminal records checks with reveal any crimes a nanny has been convicted of. Parents should pay careful attention as to how these records are checked. Online databases may not house the same types of records, detail and accuracy as county court and state court record checks provide.
- If the nanny is registered as a sex offender. Parents can check the sex offender registry to see if the nanny is listed.
- The driver’s license status of the nanny. With a motor vehicle records check parents can see if a nanny is currently licensed and if there are any motor vehicle infractions.
- If the nanny has wants and warrants. By checking for wants and warrants parents can determine if a nanny is wanted by law enforcement.
- If the nanny has financial pressures. A credit check or civil court records check could reveal bankruptcy or an excessive amount of debt.
- The residential history of a nanny. A social security trace will provide past and present addresses associated with the social security number.
- If the nanny’s social security number is valid. A social security number verification may tell when and where a social security number was issued.
- If there are gaps in employment. By reviewing job history, parents can determine if there are any unaccounted for gaps in employment.
Nanny Screening is Essential for Child Safety
Whether you found a childcare candidate through a nanny placement agency, word-of-mouth or through an online website, Nanny Screening Service.com will provide you with the tools you need to thoroughly screen potential childcare providers before entrusting them to care for children in a private home.
While several internet based background check services exist, Nanny Screening Service.com is a traditional background screening firm with an online presence. For background searches, we utilize a search that includes all 50 States for pulling up criminal records, which includes all cities, states and county databases in the USA. There are over 2.7 billion arrests, convictions and court records in the system and it is updated daily. Our $20.00 nationwide criminal background search includes a sex offender check as well.
Our search results are not instant. Once final reports are prepared, typically in just a few hours, they are forwarded to the requester (nanny agency or parents) to be analyzed, scrutinized and reviewed.Nanny Screening Service.com provides the information to assist in make an educated and informed hiring decision but nanny agencies and parents have to trust their gut too!
While it can be uncomfortable to ask a nanny or caregiver for permission to run a
background check, qualified nannies expect to undergo a rigorous
background screening as a condition for employment. It should be a red
flag if a caregiver declines a comprehensive background
screening, license check, drug screen, credit check or any other pre-employment search you feel is best to perform on your nanny-to-be..
Criminal background screening is just one tool in the arsenal of screening tools. Parents should conduct phone and in-person interviews, check references and verify education and credentials prior to hiring a nanny. We offer all of these services too.
All of these may or may not be necessary for you to get comfortable with your next nanny, but they are all worth consideration. One thing is certain, you can't be too safe when it comes to hiring a caregiver for your children. Parents should also listen to their gut instincts when it comes to hiring a nanny. If a nanny doesn’t feel like the right fit, she’s probably not.
You need to carefully consider which searches you conduct on a nanny candidate. Not all searches make sense for all candidates. For example, a 35-year-old woman whom you met through an online nanny recruiting site and has lived in three different states will require more intensive screening than your 23-year-old neighbor who has lived next door her entire life.
At minimum, nanny agencies and parents should consider incorporating the following into their childcare screening process:
- Proof the candidate is legally authorized to work in the US
- An in-person interview
- Childcare reference checks
- Character reference checks
- A criminal records check
- Motor vehicle records check
- Sex offender registry check
- Drug testing
Childcare Provider Background Checks Help Keep Your Child Safe!
We cannot stress enough how important it is for parents and nanny agencies to
perform a thorough background screen on an individual prior to hiring them as a nanny.
Parents and agencies should gather as much information as possible about
a potential candidate to ensure that they are making an educated and
informed hiring decision. It can be equally important for nannies to run
a background check on potential employers, especially when they are
relocating for a live-in position.Whether you find your nanny online, through word of mouth or through a traditional nanny placement agency, the ultimate hiring decision rests with you. We are only here to provide you with information that will assist you in making your hiring decision with confidence.
While many online services offers background checks that are simple runs through outdated databases, for $20.00 we perform a comprehensive 50 state criminal record background search that utilizes all city, state and county
databases, including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.
All of our searches are FCRA, EEOC, OFAC, and
ADA compliant. Our reports contain all arrests and convictions, including the type and nature of the arrest, court dates and final disposition, including parole, probation and incarceration records. This also Includes all felonies, misdemeanors, DUI's And sexual predators!
This guarantees that ALL the Information you Receive Is 100% Accurate, Reliable and updated daily. All our searches are SSL encrypted and 100% confidential. Your information is never released or sold to other databases.
Your Child's Safety is Our #1 Priority! Order a nanny background check today!
How To: Nanny & Babysitter Background Checks
The practice of conducting effective nanny background checks for
prospective nannies should be a priority for parents. What is more important
than your children? Due to recent child abuse and kidnapping incidents in the USA, every parent MUST perform a comprehensive nanny background check. onAco Services can give parents peace of mind.
★PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN!
The Nanny Search includes:
- Credit Report Pre-employment
- Motor Vehicle Report
- Sex Offender Report
- SSN Verification
- National Criminal Super Search
Current & Previous Addresses -Sexual Offender Check -*Motor Vehicle Driving History -Professional License Verification -Social Security/Identity Verification -County Criminal History -Employment & Education Verification -Reference Verification -Felony & Misdemeanor Criminal History, Complaints, Rumors, Awards.
★Social Security/Identity Verification: This search can help you pinpoint the names and addresses used with the Social Security Number and can also help you identify or catch any type of fraud conducted in relation to the number.
★County Criminal History: This search manually checks felony or misdemeanor's recorded at the County level at the county courthouses.
★Motor Vehicle Driving History: This search will show any motor vehicle offenses in the state including speeding tickets, drunk driving, and reckless driving. If your Childcare provider will be driving your children, this is a must have! Additional states can be checked for a fee.
★Current & Previous Addresses: This search checks and verifies the individuals address history. This can help you determine if what the individual told you matches with what is found in various public records.
★Sexual Offender Check: A sex offender is a person who has been criminally charged and convicted of a sexual offense. This can include sexual offenses against children. In most states Sexual offenses are often reported beyond the 7 year period of most other felonies and misdemeanors.
★Professional License Verification If the childcare provider purports to hold a professional license, we can verify that this is true. We will need the license number and state of issue.
★Employment & Education Verification: We will contact the last two employers of the individual to verify the date employed, title, and salary. We will also contact a single educational institution to verify dates of attendance and degrees received. We will make three attempts to contact these institutions. Additional employers and education institutions can be contacted for an additional fee.
★Reference Verification: Your childcare provider may have provided you with a list of references. We will contact the two of your choosing to verify that these are in fact valid references and that the reference recommends the childcare provider for this position. We will make three attempts to contact these individuals. Additional references can be called for a fee.
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