Hiring a nanny- would you skip a background check in this situation
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Anonymous
| I am hiring a 1 day a week nanny/sitter and the person I am hiring lives about a mile down the road (I don't know her family). She graduated from a good high school and is at a good college in 2nd year of nursing school. Excellent references all checked out. She will be watching my 4 year old. At least 1/2 of the time husband will be working from home. Problem is I always use background check on care.com but there is a problem with my account that I haven't been able to fix regarding the credit card and I can't get ahold of anyone to fix this so I haven't been able to run a background check. I was planning on her starting this week and my husband and I talked about it and we feel okay skipping the background check but was wondering what others think about this. Do you always run background checks? |
Anonymous
| I am a high paid nanny for wealthy DC families and actually have never had a BG check run on me by a family. I tell them I have copies for them but they also haven't asked to see them. So I wouldn't worry. It's not uncommon. |
Anonymous
| Going to good schools just means they're good at school. It doesn't mean they're not a psychopath. Can't your husband create an account and use a different credit card to run the background check and then cancel his account? I background check no matter where they went to school or what their references say. |
Anonymous
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When it comes to your child, you should never cut corners OP.
I would find some website or software and run a background check on her. |
Anonymous
| I always do a background check. If you can't get it done this weekend, call her first few days a trial (paid, of course) and say the final offer will be contingent on a clean background check. |
Anonymous
| She wouldn't have gotten into nursing school without a background check OP, and were anything significant to have happened in the 2 years since it was run, she would not STILL be in school. I would let it slide this time. |
Anonymous
| Except someone telling you they are in college is the same as someone telling you their background is clean. At least call her school and confirm she is enrolled and not on any type of academic suspension. |
Anonymous
They won't disclose any of that information to OP. |
Anonymous
| I've never had a background check run on me. Never. It's fine OP. The only thing a background check would show is if she's been convicted of a crime. It would not tell you if she's a sociopath. Trust your gut, it's there for a reason. |
Anonymous
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Don't cut corners because you are in a rush for care.
I know of nannies that have friends pose as references and lie for them. |
Anonymous
| If you are in md and I think other states have it too you can go on the court case search and check for free there |
Anonymous
| I had pretty good luck with Nanny Verify. The national criminal background check was completed within a few minutes. The county criminal checks took a few days. Was totally worth it, but I'm pretty risk-averse. |
Anonymous
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In my county, San Diego, you can simply ask her to go to the local police dept. and get a printout automatically from there to let you know her criminal record is in the clear.
Ask her to go in during regular business hours and she can get one right away. If she really wants this job, she won't mind getting it done. Then you can compensate her it later. |
Anonymous
that's not true that she won't mind. Most people don't require a background check, so why would she bother doing it with op when she can get another job with someone else who doesn't require that hassle? |
Anonymous
Because if she likes the job she will do what is required. I would go out of my way to get a background check to work with a family I really liked, even if it is an annoyance. |