Criminal background check now done for HFs
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Anonymous
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I mentioned this in the other thread but I think it got burried...
Anyway, Cultural Care sent out a newsletter that HFs now have to pass a crim background check before welcoming a new AP. No explanation of what necessitated this or where the authority comes from. What other employer has to undergo such a check? |
Anonymous
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Finally!
You would not want that for your daughter's basic safety? |
Anonymous
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I disagree about the "wouldn't you want this for your daughter" arguement, as au pairs are adults. Yeah, I'd want this for any loved one who is going to live with a new family, but knock it off with the infantilization of grown women.
In any case, I think it makes sense. OP, employers don't typically have to undergo background checks, but: 1) au pairs are going to LIVE WITH the families. I wouldn't balk at a nanny agency making the same requirements for families hiring live-in nannies 2) au pairs are also paying into the agencies to perform a matching and oversight service. 3) the au pair program is a government program designed, in part, to share positive aspects of our culture with the rest of the world. Sending a guest to our country into the home of a criminal is kind of counter to that whole plan. |
Anonymous
| There is also much more accountability for employers in more traditional employment scenarios. Anyone who can afford it can sign up for the AP program and accountability is very low. |
Anonymous
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Is there some slew of criminal acts being performed by HFs against their au pairs that I haven' t heard about???
(And please don't point to the California pimp case -- we have no info that that scumbag was involved with the HF/Au pair process in any way) Agree that this would not be on my list if I were sending my daughter abroad. If it is a good program, I might be worried about her being placed with jerks, or people who would mistreat her... but that is nothing that a criminal background check is likely to show. |
Anonymous
| It is good news. I have a lot of respect for them. Doing the right thing takes a lot, these days. I bet the better parents will sign up with them, because they're doing such a detailed job. Everyone should want that, no? |
Anonymous
| It won't be long before the best nanny agencies will step up to the plate and follow suit. It's time to start some sort of "qualification process" of the families, especially for live-in nannies. These nannies have to often been sexually harassed, especially when MB works late or is away on business travel. Oh, you haven't heard much about that? Nanny makes up a different excuse to quietly quit. She doesn't want to cause MB or the children, any embarrassment. Such a sweet girl she is. |
Anonymous
| Like many of us said on that other thread, I am a host parent who is completely fine with undergoing a background check. I'm with CC though and I don't remember seeing that requirement... |
Anonymous
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I think I heard it just started with CC in 2013. Good for them to be the leaders for AP's.
I wonder which nanny agency will be the first to take such a bold step? I imagine they will experience an instant advantage over the other agencies who don't do it. Just as the best nannies like to feel "qualified", so would the best families, no? |
Anonymous
+100000 |