Why check background of your Nanny?

The mistake that many families do is hiring a nanny without checking her background. Those families have put their kids in a risk. How do you know that your nanny is a good person without checking her background?. You do not want to make same mistake as many families do. Because hiring a wrong person as a nanny is a potential threat to your family. Many people who are hiring a nanny without checking their criminal history does not know there are significant number of problems with child abuse cases and stealing caused by nannies. In fact the percentage may be low, But if you are not performing a criminal background check on your prospective nannies there is a possibility that you will be paying for a criminal to come into your home and look after your kids. Doing criminal background will not only help you to have a peace of mind but you can be confident that you are out of risk as well.

It may cost bit, but it is for your family's safety. If you can, hire a professional private investigator. Do not rely on $99 background checks that offered by internet sites. Often all they do is check databases, not actually criminal histories and also do not rely on references. Nanny may give phone number of someone who might not be her previous employer, but that person may act like her previous employer and give good reference to her. If someone else have done the background check for you, always ask for actual report. When in the process of choosing your nanny, you can ask from prospective nannies to bring their police report. Instantly you can Google your nanny's name and check that name on the social media sites also. If your nanny has worked before ask for the details of those families and contact them. Consider a nanny cam if you want to keep an eye on your kids from your work computer.

Summary is there are many good nannies that want to and enjoy looking after kids. They really love the nanny job and that is their occupation. Hire a nanny is a very good option to keep your child safe while you are not at home and balance your work schedule. Just keep in mind that, there can be very few people who are not suitable to take care of your kids, so make sure you are not hiring one without doing a proper background check.