The Essential Guide to Hiring a Private Detective for Effective Private Investigations

 
If you’re looking for a babysitter or nanny to be there for your little ones when work and other responsibilities keep you away from home, you have more choices than ever before. Whether it’s an individual hanging out their shingle on Craigslist, an agency, or one of the thousands of professionals who advertise with online services, the options can seem endless — as can the work of identifying and vetting the most qualified people. Because reference checks can be inadequate, and because many of these online venues have no real obligation to vet their users, savvy parents are turning to Barefoot Professional Investigations for babysitter background checks as part of their hiring process.

Employment Eligibility

A valid SSN and I-9 are important to establish employment eligibility. Even if an individual is great with your kids, you don’t want someone who isn’t eligible for work in the US causing you a number of financial and legal problems later on.
Criminal History
If your babysitter will be driving your daughter to soccer practice, or taking your son to his trumpet lessons, you’d probably rather she didn’t have a history of DUIs or reckless driving. If a nanny will have nearly unfettered access to your home, you’d probably rather they weren’t in the habit of petty theft. Criminal record checks can uncover these problems and a host of others — financial impropriety, sex offenses, outstanding warrants, and more — so you don’t inadvertently put your children and your home at risk.

History of Abuse and Neglect

Unlike criminal history, child abuse and neglect records are much harder to obtain. There’s a good reason for this, since agencies seek to protect abused children and their families from further hardship. If you’re looking for information that doesn’t come up in a criminal history search, it’s something that’s better handled by a professional investigator.

Education and Certifications

Hiring a sitter who has a CPR certification can set your mind at ease. If you have a child with special needs, you’re likely to be looking for a caregiver with different qualifications. If you’re homeschooling, you may want someone who can double as a teacher or tutor with better-than-average qualifications (education, childhood development, or a similar background). It’s always a good idea to ensure that someone’s qualifications check out.

Social Media Check

Someone may have a squeaky-clean record in every other respect, but there may be aspects of their social media life that can give you pause. If discretion matters to you and you find that a prospective hire has a habit of posting about the kids in their care — photos, derogatory or defamatory comments, and the like — or their social media suggests other questionable activities, don’t ignore your gut.

Dealing with Negative Results

While it won’t always happen, you will occasionally go through the interview process with someone who seems like the ideal candidate only to find that their background check returns information that is disqualifying. What now?

If you have multiple candidates in the pipeline, there’s nothing wrong with moving further down your list. On the other hand, identity theft is by no means uncommon, and you may wish to alert the individual to what they’ve found; even if you don’t hire them, that information can be taken to the FTC to start the long road back to recovering their identity and reputation.

Babysitter Background Checks in Charlotte, NC

Like online caregiver services, online background checks can be hit-or-miss, relying on databases that may be outdated or inaccurate. When you’re dealing with your kids’ health and safety, that kind of imprecision is unacceptable. Hiring a Charlotte private investigative service like Barefoot Professional Investigations can bring you the peace of mind that only comes with knowing the most important details have been handled with the utmost care.

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