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Childcare security
issues for interviews, advertising and in general |
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Introduction
The advice below is based on common sense plus our knowledge accumulated over several years of working in childcare.
It is sensible to maintain vigilance in all dealings through the Internet and we have compiled the advice below to assist you in this.
At interview
Make sure that you leave full details of the time, place, telephone number, email address, etc of the interview with a member of your own family.
We recommend that you speak to more than one member of the family/nursery school/etc by telephone before agreeing to an interview.
Always contact the family/nursery school/etc yourself by telephone at least once.
You should always take someone such as a friend along with you to the interview for support, and make sure that the interviewer is aware that the other person is
waiting outside for you. Establish in advance how long the interview is likely to take. This advice also applies to babysitting work.
Make sure that you have a guided tour of the home or nursery school.
In the case of nursery school work, ask to meet other employees before agreeing to start work with them.
Do not accept a job in childcare, including babysitting, if it is offered to you without a face to face interview in advance.
Always ask to meet the children who will be in your care in advance of accepting a job, even if it means attending a 2nd time.
Be suspicious if you are offered unsolicited and excessive payment by cheque in advance of starting work as you may find yourself involved in a money laundering scam.
Be suspicious if you are offered a wage significantly in excess of the going rate.
Expect to be asked for a current CRB certificate. If one is not requested this again may indicate there is something amiss, as all caring parents
will want to see one.
Advert security
We strongly recommend that you use an email address in your advert for contact purposes rather than a telephone number as that way you remain in control.
i.e. you can choose whether to respond to an enquirer or not. Also you can be better prepared as you won't be caught on the hop.
Another advantage of corresponding via email is that GlobalAppointments.com keeps a record of email transactions and this acts as a powerful deterrent to anyone
thinking of misusing our web site. Therefore, not only use an email address in your advert, but contact an advertiser by email, rather than telephone.
We are not able to track telephone communications.
Noone can obtain your email address held by GlobalAppointments.com unless they yield their own email address to us,
and you then choose to make contact with them by email. i.e. only you can reveal your email address to an enquirer.
If the enquirer has an advert themselves on Globalappointments.com this should be revealed in the initial email to you.
Check it out before contacting them.
To help you decide whether to contact the enquirer a personal message fom the enquirer may now be included in the email sent to you.
Can GlobalAppointments.com be trusted?
Globalappointments monitors its childcare adverts, both manually, and by computer on a continual day-by-day basis. One of the big advantages of using
our on-line service is that you will not be relying upon others to carry out checks on candidates, and make those crucial decisions on your behalf,
rather you will be relying on your own judgement. We cannot guarantee the credentials of advertisers, but we are confident that if you take sensible
precautions such as those outlined above you should not encounter a problem. Agencies regularly reject candidates and you can do likewise.
Temporary work
In the case of babysitting make sure you leave details of each job, time, place, etc, with a family member.
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