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
