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1	Background Check Details
2	Example Interview Questions
3	Important Family Information Packet
4	Important Pet Family Information Packet
5	What did your Sitter & Child do while you were away?
6	What did your Sitter & Pet do while you were away?
7	Recommended Pay Rates
8	Recommended Resourceful Childrens Websites

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1	Background Check Details
	EVERY sitter registered at Keikisitters.com has returned a clean background check. The background check is a National Criminal Search. Our site allows them to enter their information then Lexis Nexis, the nations leading background screening company, runs the check. Lexis Nexis will charge the sitters $ 10 for this service. Personal Information Needed The check takes 30 seconds to complete. It searches through every courthouse data base within all 50 states. The information Sitters must supply is first & last name, date of birth, address & social security number. What It covers The background check will report all Felonies & Misdemeanors committed. A felony is a serious crime such as burglary, murder, rape & molestation. A misdemeanor results in 1 year or less of jail. The Results There are 3 background check results. The first & best is Clear. Clear means the sitter have no record in any courthouse within the United States & may proceed to create an account with Keikisitters.com. The second outcome is Review. One or more results from the searches has returned information that needs to be further reviewed before a decision can be made. If you receive this result please contact us for further assistance. The third outcome is Record. This means the sitter has a felony or misdeamor record in a courthouse. If this result appears the sitter will NOT be allowed to become a member to the site. Important Considerations Important things to know about the background check. A sitter may have committed a crime & had never gotten caught. Also, When a sitter signs up, there is no way of telling if they are entering another persons name & information to create the account. Although it may be awkward, parents must check the sitters ID card to confirm their name matches the name on their sitter profile. Another thing to consider is that any time a sitter has spent outside of the United States, the National Criminal Search does not cover. The sitter may have committed crimes in a different country. Because of this we do highly recommend that parents read sitter's resumes, check references & conduct interviews. Running A More Extensive Background Check Lexis Nexis has many different background checks that parents may pay a fee to have processed. For example, a parent may request an international background check on a sitter for approximately $ 30 or request a driving background check (driving record) for approximately $ 5. For every background check ran the parent must receive permission from the sitter prior to running it. Please contact Lexis Nexis for more information. Sitter's may also run a background check on parents. Lexis Nexis Background Screening Solutions 1800.631.8777 Option 4 Hours: M - F 8am - 7pm Est.	Top
2	Example Interview Questions
	As a registered parent you have already accessed the sitters profile information, availability calendar, resume & references. This gives you the opportunity to ask them more conversational questions, which will give you a sense of what they are like as a person (sociable, energetic, creative, etc). Because it's a social interview Babysitting questions & Petsitting questions will be similar. Here are a few fun questions to ask your sitter: Parents with Children How long have you been on the island? What's your favorite age to care for? I love for my child to learn, are there any skills you can teach them? Such as Hula dancing or sign language? Talk about new products that have come out, such as the really cool finger painting gel made by Color Wonder. Have they seen or played with them? Or you can discuss current happenings around town. Pet Parents Do you have pets? What's your favorite pet to care for? Do you have any experience training pets to be obedient? (or anything that relates to something your pet can learn) Talk about new products, pet stores or vets. Or you can discuss the current happenings around town.	Top
3	Important Family Information Packet
	This form will help your Sitter get to know the important facts about You, your Children, & your home. To print the form you can copy & paste. Important Family Information Parent's Name: Mother:________________ Home #:________________ Cell: ____________ Father:_________________Home #:_________________Cell:____________ Work #:________________ Best hours to be reached:_________________ Address: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Email: Mother-_________________________________ Father-_________________________________ Family-_________________________________ Name of Child: ______________________________ Bed Time: _________________ Napt Time: _________________ Favorite Foods: _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Medications: _______________________________________________ Personal Habits:____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Favorite Activities: __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What is expected of me: _____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Are any people allowed inside of the house (neighbors, employer's friends...)? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Should I answer the phones? No___ Yes ___ NA ___ How can you be contacted in any case of an emergency? ________________ ______________________________________________________________ Alternate persons to contact in any case of an emergency: 1. Name:_________________ Home#________________Cell #___________ 2. Name:_________________ Home#________________ Cell#___________ Location of fire extinguisher and first aid: _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ADDITIONAL CHILDREN Name of child:_____________________ Age:_______* Bed time:___________________ Nap time: __________________ Favorite Foods: ___________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Medications: _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Personal Habits: __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Favorite Activities: ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________	Top
4	Important Pet Family Information Packet
	This form will help your Sitter get to know the important facts about You, your Pet, & your home. To print the form you can copy & paste. Important Pet Family Information Mother:________________Home#:_________________Cell:_____________ Father:________________Home#:_________________Cell:______________ Work #:________________ *Best hours to be reached:_____________________ Address: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Email: Mother-_________________________________ Father-_________________________________ Family-_________________________________ Name of Pet: _________________________ Age:_______________________ Play Time: _________________ Feeding Time & how many times per day: _______________________________ Favorite Foods: _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Medications: _______________________________________________ Personal Habits:____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Favorite Activities: __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is he/she restricted from any part of the house?_________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What is expected of me: _____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Are any people allowed inside of the house (neighbors, employer's friends...)? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Should I answer the phones? No___ Yes ___ NA ___ How can you be contacted in any case of an emergency? ________________ ______________________________________________________________ Alternate persons to contact in any case of an emergency: 1. Name:_________________ Home#________________Cell #____________ 2. Name:_________________ Home#________________ Cell#____________ Location of fire extinguisher and first aid: _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ADDITIONAL PET Name of Pet: _________________________ Age:_______________________ Play Time: _________________ Feeding Time & how many times per day: _________________________ Favorite Foods: _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Medications: ___________________________________________________ Personal Habits:__________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Favorite Activities: _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is he/she restricted from any part of the house?______________________ _________________________________________________________________	Top
5	What did your Sitter & Child do while you were away?
	Curious to know what your Sitter & children did while you were away? Ask them to jot it down. You can customize the form to fit your childs behavior. To print the form copy the form below& paste it into your own document then print. While you were away I... Ate:_____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Napped: _______ till _______ Played with these toys:______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Accidents:________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Comments:________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________	Top
6	What did your Sitter & Pet do while you were away?
	Please edit this form to make it specific to your pets needs. While you were away I... Was Fed ______________________________________ At __________Am/Pm Took A Nap: ______________________________________________________ Activities:______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Accidents:________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Comments:________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________	Top
7	Recommended Pay Rates
	This information is being updated. Thank you for your patience! Babysitters $ 8-15/hr Petsitters $ 10-60/hr House Sitters $ 10-100/night Elder Companions $ 8-20/hr Tutors $ 15-30/hr	Top
8	Recommended Resourceful Childrens Websites
	We were just thinking the other day how easy life would be if all child related services & activities could be found at one place. Nothing that amazing has been discovered yet, but there are quite a few fabulous, resourceful website to be explored. http://findchildrensprograms.com/ This is a very resourceful website with the huge goal of having every single child related service listed. There are approximately 20,000 across the Hawaii islands & they already have 5,000 of those listed all at this one website! http://alohaparent.com/ They have the best family friendly events calendar we have ever seen. It's interactive too. You can choose your favorite activities for the month & print out your personalized calendar at the end. They also have a listing of child-resources.	Top

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