Checking refs on MB and DB - Call Maryland Child Protective Services

[Anonymous]

Nannies, please educate yourselves.

Social Worker here who has to call CPS many times.

You don't get in a CPS database for being reported or investigated.

You get put in the CPS database AFTER an investigation is finished and the determination was made that the report had merit. The CPS worker makes a determination based upon the facts after his/her investigation and if there is a positive finding then you would be put in the database. Basically the same as if you were convicted of a crime.

[Anonymous]

Untrue.

If a CPS caseworker is called to INVESTIGATE your situation, there is a record of the visit even if the case was unfounded.

Haven't you heard those situations in the news where some child was found dead and the news says that CPS was called, but nothing happened, etc.

Trust me, in this day and age of modern technology, everything that happens gets recorded somehow. Don't believe the hype guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nannies, please educate yourselves.

Social Worker here who has to call CPS many times.

You don't get in a CPS database for being reported or investigated.

You get put in the CPS database AFTER an investigation is finished and the determination was made that the report had merit. The CPS worker makes a determination based upon the facts after his/her investigation and if there is a positive finding then you would be put in the database. Basically the same as if you were convicted of a crime.

You apparently missed the fact that OP of the other thread who started this issue is a nanny employer, not a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Untrue.

If a CPS caseworker is called to INVESTIGATE your situation, there is a record of the visit even if the case was unfounded.

Haven't you heard those situations in the news where some child was found dead and the news says that CPS was called, but nothing happened, etc.

Trust me, in this day and age of modern technology, everything that happens gets recorded somehow. Don't believe the hype guys.

the fact that it is recorded somewhere does not mean that it is recorded in a database accessible by the public and made public

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Untrue.

If a CPS caseworker is called to INVESTIGATE your situation, there is a record of the visit even if the case was unfounded.

Haven't you heard those situations in the news where some child was found dead and the news says that CPS was called, but nothing happened, etc.

Trust me, in this day and age of modern technology, everything that happens gets recorded somehow. Don't believe the hype guys.

the fact that it is recorded somewhere does not mean that it is recorded in a database accessible by the public and made public

This exactly. Just because someone calls CPS and there is a record of the call and/or the investigation doesn't mean you are in the database of abusers. It's the same as calling the police and then coming out to investigate the call. They make notes and keep a record, but it doesn't go on your record if they don't find anything. It's similar to going to trial and being found not guilty of the crime you were charged with. That's not on your record either.


I've worked in the system for several years as a Social Worker. I've called CPS at least a hundred times and I've worked with families who had CPS called on them a hundred more. I know how the system works.

[Anonymous]

And BTW, CPS workers are usually pretty saavy at figuring out calls that are BS. Most of them have been doing their jobs for a long time and would be able to spot a MB lying about her nanny out of spite or revenge from a mile away.