Sitters Unlimited is a babysitter placement service that helps parents with occasional, short term & long term child care. Once you have registered with the service you can get a sitter whenever you need one. You can log onto the website using your email address and the password you create when you register. Each time you use a sitter, you

We do all the recruiting, interviewing, and qualifying of sitters over 18, so you don

We do not guarantee the same sitter for your sits, and if you are looking for the same sitter it is best to request a consistent sit and as the sit continues a regular sitter may fall into place. If you would like to request a certain sitter all you need to do is put that request in the additional comments section for each sit you schedule. We check your requests first and if they are not available we make the sit open to the other sitters. If you have a long term sit request, we

While the majority of our sitters have been through CPR / Red Cross Babysitter certification at some point in their life, this is an annual certification and only some of our sitters get re-certified annually.

At Sitters Unlimited we work to qualify only the best babysitters to provide care for your children. We recruit heavily among education, child development and nursing majors at surrounding universities and colleges. Sitters Unlimited uses a thorough screening process that includes: A personal interview, Reference checks for childcare, and Character references Effective May 1, 2007: All new sitters will be required to go to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to be fingerprinted and background checked.

You are asked to provide a lot of information to Sitters Unlimited during registration. You should feel comfortable knowing that we protect your information online utilizing many techniques and tools including individually unique userids and passwords. We ask that you protect your userid and password by not writing this information down or giving it to others. We request this information to help our babysitters and families know a little more about the person coming into their home or the person whose home they will be entering. Please do not create dummy data but input the correct information so we can serve you better.

A longterm sit is a request for the same sitter M-F all day. We offer one option. A summer sitter (June-August) buy out for $350. In a buy out relationship, you can speak with the sitter directly, use the sitter as often as needed, have full access to the sitter's schedule and utilize the sitter for tasks outside of childcare if agreed upon at the start of the sitter buy out.

See our pricing page by clicking the "Registration for Families" link on the left hand menu

We have a fill rate around 98% for all of our sits that are requested outside of 48hrs and we also fill most of our sit requests that are called in within 48hrs. We'll do our best to get you a sitter, but if we are having trouble, we'll call you on your family phone number the day before the sit to let you know how things are looking. If we are unable to fill your request we can offer you a coupon for the placement fee or a refund of your placement fee.

Call Sitters Unlimited at 614-799-9116 and we'll get working on a solution!

Sitters Unlimited is not a nanny agency. Many of the families that end up with long term sitters first met them as sitters and then opted to work with that sitter exclusively for a term, such as summer break or the school year. We can provide full or part time childcare, but cannot guarantee it will be the same person

Our parents can cancel due to weather conditions within 3 hours of the sit without any last minute cancellation fees. There will be no refund for the scheduling fees for the sits that have been placed. If parents choose to cancel their sits because they aren't going to be heading out of the house or they don't feel comfortable having the sitters travel in the weather conditions, just give Sitters Unlimited a call. We allow the sitters the same courtesy to cancel during this time as well.

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Yes. The only thing you have to pay for is the Fingerprint & Web check at the Franklin County Sheriffs Office. The cost is $30 for sitters living in Ohio for more than 5 years and $60 for those who have lived in Ohio for less than 5 years. This is a requirement for all new sitters and can be done before or after an interview is scheduled.