The final version of the National Care Standards for Childcare Agencies in Scotland was published last week, amid criticism from nanny agencies that their introduction will lead to increased costs and bureaucracy.
The care standards will be used by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care to register and inspect nanny agencies.
Written from the standpoint of the service user, the document sets out six standards listing what parents can expect when they use a nanny employed by, or introduced to them by an agency.
Standard five covers management and staffing arrangements and lists the procedures and checks that need to be in place to cover 'safe recruitment practices', including the requirement for nannies to have enhanced disclosures from Disclosure Scotland, medical references and, where possible, international criminal records checks. These checks must have taken place before the nanny takes up a position with a family.
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