Who this applies to
Domestic staff verification typically covers nannies, housekeepers, drivers, cooks, cleaners, gardeners, caregivers, security guards and other residential employees — anyone with regular, unsupervised access to a home.
What should be verified
A useful household screening report can confirm identity, criminal record, address, past employment, professional references and, where relevant, character or behavioural history. The point is to move beyond a verbal reference from a friend or agency toward independently confirmed information.
Address verification matters more here than in most hires
Because domestic staff often live near or travel to the employer's home, on-ground address verification is a meaningful part of the process. Field visits and location evidence help confirm that the address a candidate provides is real and consistent with what they've stated, rather than relying on a written claim.
Set expectations on turnaround
A thorough domestic-staff check depends on identity confirmation, criminal-record search, address visits and past-employer contact — steps that take a few business days to complete properly. A same-day "clear" result on a household hire is a signal to ask what was actually checked.
Combine checks for a fuller picture
Households hiring through an agency or directly should ask whether identity, criminal record and address checks can be run together rather than piecemeal. A single combined report is easier to review than several disconnected results from different sources.
Questions to ask before hiring domestic staff
- ✓Does the verification include an on-ground address visit, or only a document check?
- ✓Is the candidate's criminal record checked against law-enforcement sources?
- ✓Are previous employers or households actually contacted, or just listed as references?
- ✓How long does the full process take, and does that match the depth being claimed?
- ✓Is the result delivered as a clear report, not just a verbal "all good"?
Avant Tech delivery
Avant Tech's domestic staff verification service screens identity, criminal record, address, past employment and character for nannies, drivers, cooks, cleaners and other household staff, with most checks completed within 2–5 business days. It can be ordered individually or as part of the Domestic verification pack, which combines address, guarantor and health-and-fitness checks where applicable.
Hiring household staff?
Tell us which role you're screening and the documents you have. Request a domestic staff check and we will confirm turnaround and what the report will cover.