Background Check - Dallas,TX

Hi L.!

I LOVE your question! I was a nanny for almost 7 years and a mommy for three. I absolutely recommend doing some kind of a background check on anyone who will be watching your babies! There are many sites that do them but they are rip offs. I have included a web address for you to look at a comparison of some good services. Net Detective is the best I think, and only $30 for a 3 year membership. I would just suggest that even if there is a blemish on someone's background, ask them about it, because it could have been a stupid phase in their life or something. Another important thing to check is their references. Make sure that other people have trusted them with their kids and would recommend them.

Also, if you are looking for a way to work from home, I would LOVE to tell you about what I do! I am a Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay and make full-time pay at a part-time schedule, just by hanging out with fun girls! It has truly changed our family for the better. If you are interested in just talking about it let me know, I'll buy you a coffee at Starbucks and we can chat for 20-30 minutes.

Here is the website for the background checks:

http://consumer-guide.to/Background.Checks/

Hope it helps!

C. Odom
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www. marykay.com/candaceodom

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Hi L. -

I signed on with Mom's Best Friend, it's a temp/perm nanny service. I have been with them for over 1 year and have had nothing but superior service. What sold me on them is that they run the background check for you. They hire responsible adults that have a true interest in children. Most of the girls that have watched my kids are in the process of getting a degree or are degreed in childhood development/education or a related field.

I'm attaching the web address in case you are interested.

Good Luck!
M.
http://www.momsbestfriend.com/

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I also used Mom's Best Fried when I was in the Houston area. They were great, the lady I used on a regular basis had a master's degree in child psychology!

I'm not sure on this...so check into it. I think you have to get permission from the person before conducting a background check. I am a recruiter and before we are going to hire someone, we have to have them sign something saying that they are aware of us performing a background check on them.

Not sure how it works with Nannys...just thought I would share. Good luck!

We used Hirecheck. I would absolutely background screen your nannies. The cost is typically pretty minimal - $30-$50 depending on the types of screenings that you would be doing. The one thing that I would caution you on is to be certain that you do a social search first to determine what states they have lived in prior to be certain that you get results from everywhere. It is so worth it to have peace of mind. Good luck!

HECK YEAH I'd do a background check for someone who is in charge of my child at my house! I don't know the best companies - maybe you could call your local police department and see if they have any suggestions, or call surrounding daycare facilities and see who they use. I think it's a requirement for daycare facilities to runthem, so I don't see why having a nanny would be any different. However, if you go through an agency, check with them to see if that's one of the placement services they provide.

Not only do a check but do it yourself. Agencies may do them but how do you know the criteria that they use for employment. NetDetective is a high ranked and affordable source for running background checks and other information on people. I say this because when we ran our bussiness out of our home we ran the standard bg checks on all employees. We hired a guy that when he quit decided to tell us he was quitting because we had children. He was actually a Registered Sex Offender who raped a 15 yo girl. 10 years ago. It was a violation for him to be in the company of a child. My kids are not allowed to be alone with any employee just because I am paranoid, but the thought that he was here and his bg check did not pull anything up is scary.

Yes, I would strongly recommend a background check. Keep in mind that a background check is always done by county. So if you just check in one county, a person may have felonies/crimes in ANY other. Texas is a very lenient state when it comes to this. In California EVERYONE who works around children has to be fingerprinted and it is done through a special dept of FBI. See that way people cant hide anything. Whenever there is an arrest made, people get fingerprinted. You always take a chance when you leave your chidren with someone else, I would look into getting your nanny fingerprinted if I were you, that said there are plenty of kind and child loving people. Good luck.