Safety
Finding a vetted babysitter in Paris shouldn't mean trusting a badge you can't see behind. We reject roughly 8 out of 10 applicants — and here is exactly what the other two go through before they ever meet your family. No vague promises. Just the five checks we run, every time.
When you're far from home — travelling, newly relocated, or simply without family nearby — the usual safety net is gone. You can't ask a neighbour who's known the sitter for years. So we built that scrutiny into the platform itself. Every step below exists because we needed it ourselves, and couldn't find it anywhere.
Anyone can call themselves a babysitter. We start by confirming they are who they say they are — cross-referencing government-issued ID against official records. No nicknames, no unverified profiles, no "trust me." If we can't confirm an identity, the application stops here. This is the floor, not the ceiling.
This is where most platforms quietly cut corners. A "verified" badge usually means someone clicked a box or matched a photo. We pull an official Bulletin n°3 — the French criminal record extract — directly from judiciary sources. Not a database lookup. Not a self-declaration. And we don't check once and forget: every sitter is re-screened every six months, because a clean record three years ago isn't a clean record today.
No algorithm decides who watches your children. We sit down with every sitter — a real conversation, face to face — to understand their experience, their judgment, and how they think when a situation gets hard. CVs lie. People in a room, talking through how they'd handle a feverish toddler at 2am, don't.
We verify qualifications (CAP AEPE, nursing degrees, and equivalents), confirm real hands-on experience, and call a minimum of three references ourselves. Not "references available on request" — references we actually contact. If a sitter says they cared for newborns in a maternity ward, we confirm it before they ever meet your family.
Every sitter is first-aid trained before their first booking — no exceptions. Those with a recognized first-aid qualification are verified; those without complete our own emergency training covering choking, severe allergic reactions, and emergency communication protocols. The whole point of trusted childcare is the person staying calm and competent in the one moment that matters.
The Bulletin n°3 is the official extract of a person's French criminal record. It's the real thing — pulled from judiciary sources, not a database guess or a self-declaration. It's the difference between "we checked a box" and "we checked the record."
On most platforms, "verified" means an email was confirmed or a selfie matched an ID photo. That's identity, at best — it says nothing about background, judgment, or competence. We treat identity as step one of five, not the finish line.
Yes. Every sitter is re-screened every six months, including a fresh background check. Trust isn't a one-time stamp — it's maintained.
Every sitter is first-aid trained before their first booking, with no exceptions — either through a recognized qualification we verify, or through our own emergency training covering choking, severe allergic reactions, and emergency response.