Running a background check on yourself is a great way to land more job interviews and ultimately jobs. It's a strong value added benefit to offer to families looking for care givers.
With a completed background check, you'll:
• Show up higher on search results
• Increase your trust level and safety appeal to families
• Automatically speed up the screening process
• AND become significantly more likely to land jobs
You can run a recent background check directly on SOSsitter, through BackCheck, Canada’s largest background checking company.
Once a background check is completed, a message “Background check available” will appear on your profile.
We take your privacy very seriously and take careful measures to ensure that all of your information is protected.
The certificate will not be visible to anyone unless you give personal access to families requesting to see it.
Where does your information come from?BackCheck searches information provided by numerous police departments across Canada and obtains Name-based Criminal Record Verifications from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), the only national source of criminal records in Canada.
What it will include?BackCheck conducts criminal record checks based on the Name and Date of Birth given by the applicant (you). These searches may include an indication of the existence of the following types of information:
• Records of criminal convictions, as the record exists on the date of search
• Convictions where a pardon has not been granted
• Absolute and conditional discharges where not prohibited by legislation
• Judicial orders (i.e. Probation orders and prohibition orders under the Criminal Code of Canada)
• Any disclosure of criminal history made by the applicant
What it will not include?Vulnerable sector search to identify pardoned convictions of sexual nature of individuals of 25 years and more. Please visit your local police service's website.
Who will see it?Once a background check is completed, a message “Background check available” will appear on your profile. We take your privacy very seriously and take careful measures to ensure that all of your information is protected. The certificate will not be visible to anyone unless you give personal access to families that request to see it.
Does the Criminal Record Check expire?Criminal Record Checks are valid as of the date they were conducted. Results are stamped with the date of completion rather than an expiration date. It is up to you or the hiring family to determine their own thresholds for how long a check will be considered "valid". If it is determined that it has been too long since the completion of your check, the family hiring you might request a renewal. We recommend to have your record no more than 6 month old.
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