Nanny Background Checks: What a Real Screening Actually Includes

Every website sells you a background check for $29.99. None of them tell you what that check misses: unreported incidents, expired certifications, invented references and candidates who interview brilliantly but fail in real homes.

What a real screening includes

• Identity verification against government-issued documents
• Multi-year criminal record check — county, state and federal
• Direct reference calls with previous families, not written letters
• Verification of certifications (CPR, first aid, education)
• Driving record check for any candidate transporting children
• A structured personal interview assessing judgment and character

The questions databases cannot answer

Will she stay calm when a toddler chokes? Does he respect boundaries in someone else's home? Does she actually love this work? No database answers these — only rigorous interviewing and honest reference conversations do.

At Elite Swiss, fewer than two in a hundred applicants are ever presented to a family. Every candidate passes the full process above — before you ever hear their name. That is what screening means when children are involved.