SunshineHelp.com provides a central location for those seeking services find those providing services quickly and easily. Services targeted by the SunshineHelp.com site include: Child Care, Elder Care, Domestic Chores, and others such as pet care, lawn care and personal assistance. SunshineHelp.com also sponsors a Market Place for the buying and selling of children´s clothing, toys, books, furniture and other items.

Candidates looking for jobs or those offering jobs create on online listing that is searchable by category, state, city or other search criteria. Families needing Child Care, Elder Care or help with domestic chores can locate service providers that match their specific geographic and demographic criteria. Candidates can list their qualifications, services, pricing fees, geographic areas of interest, and other searchable information. All listings are offered a "Thumbnail" - either a picture, icon or other graphic - to gain unique visibility.

Although listings are free, all parties publishing their listings at SunshineHelp.com must register. Registered users may publish one listing per category and unlimited listings under the Marketplace tab. Users can assure that the listing service is working by tracking the number of hits, emails and other contacts a listing receives from people who have seen a listing.

If you have a question or concern that is not addressed by our Frequently Asked Questions, please feel free to contact our excellent customer service via email at info@sunshinehelp.com.

• How are the listings structured?

SunshineHelp.com displays database search results under four main categories (Child Care, Elder Care, Domestic Chores and Others) by the date on which listings are placed, with preferential listing given to sponsors and parities who pay for our services. Currently, the following services are available:

• Sponsored Advertisement: Sponsors are always displayed first, and Sponsor listings are offered hyperlinks to their Web site or web page of the companies placing advertisement on the SunshineHelp.com site. Available for just pennies a day, this is some of the most cost effective advertising any company can do to connect with customers searching for what they sell or the service they provide. We put advertisers at the heart of one of the most important caregiving issues - finding capable, qualified caregivers for loved ones - and help them build brand awareness while driving traffic to their websites. Let SunshineHelp.com be your advertisement partner to help you connect with an audience deeply engaged in caregiving through banner ads, highlighted agency listings or click-through ads. Click here for more information on Sponsored Advertisement.
• Top-Ads: Top-Ads service allows listing to be placed at the top of a page in a exceptional spot for periods of 30 days. The goal of this service is to increase the visibility of a listing, which means more visitors and more work or more applicants. A highlighted listing will be more noticeable to more than 100,000 daily visitors to the SunshineHelp.com site. Studies show that this service increases the amount of people who will view a listing by an average of eight times when compared with listings without this service. In some categories, such as those with a higher amount of listings, this factor can be as high as 20 times. "Top-Ads" listing are rotated with others from the same category, and on any given day there are no more than 10 listings in "rotation" per category; therefore, "Top-Ads" listings are shown aproximately once every three times the page is loaded. Click here for more information on our Top-Ads Service.
• Listing Highlights: Highlighting service allows listings more visibility than the others on the list. Having a differentiating element (as a background color) will call the attention of the visitor, thus giving a listing more visibility and helps make a faster connection between the parties. Highlighted listings brings more clients and the possibility of finding more employees or contract personnel. With this option, visitors searching by a category or by a city will find highlighted listings first, as they appear on the first page before the rest of the listings. For the service to have a true effect, the duration of the service must be reduced or else most of the listings could end up highlighted, thus canceling the effect. For this reason, our "Highlight a listing" service is good for 7 days. Click here for more information on our Listing Highlighting Service.
• Background Checks: Sitters with background checks are more likely to land jobs because it increases the trust level and has safety appeal.A standard background check includes:
• Identity Check, verifying the applicant's legal name, current address, Social Security number, previous addresses, and aliases or other names used by the registrant.
• National Criminal Search, for records appearing in state and county criminal record repositories, state sex offender registries, prison, parole and release files from state Department of Corrections, administrative offices of Courts, and other state agencies, and various third-party proprietary criminal record information.
• Traffic Violations in jurisdictions where traffic violations count as misdemeanors or felonies. Traffic violations may appear on the National Criminal Search. Normally, traffic violations are not checked unless a state reports these violations as a criminal offense.

NOTES: offenses for minors may not appear in the public record and are, therefore, not accessible in the background check. Not all arrest logs, sex offender registries and conviction records are available in all counties/states, and different jurisdictions have different reporting requirements. If you would like to receive the background check requirements of the state in which you live, please send us an email at info@sunshinehelp.com. Listings with the special SunshineHelp BC icon indicate that a background check is available and speeds up the screening process. Click here for more information on background checks.

• How do I contact the people listing jobs or offering services?

Direct contact is encouraged between those listing jobs and those offering services. However, only registered users of SunshineHelp.com can use our services, which includes email contact. Visitors can access the user area or register online.

• How can I contribute written material about the services your promote?

I have written an article that your visitors would be interested in.

If you are interested in submitting written material - either articles, photojournalistic pieces - or would like to recommend a site for us to visit, please send us an email at info@sunshinehelp.com

• What does the little sun besides a listing mean?

Listings with the special SunshineHelp BC icon indicate that a background check is available and speeds up the screening process. Remember, those providing caregiving services - whether for child care or elder care - with background checks are more likely to land jobs because it increases the trust level and has safety appeal. Read more about background checks here.

• What services are included in the Child Care category?
• Babysitters - take care of children and are paid by the hour, primarily to watch over them during the absence of a parent for short periods of time. Babysitters should not be charged with the care of a baby unless qualified to do so.
• Nannies - different than babysitters in that many nannies are trained as caregivers and have taken courses in child development and first aid. The International Nanny Association defines a nanny as an individual "employed by a family on either a live-in or live-out basis to undertake all tasks related to the care of children. Nannies often are hired to not only look after children but to contribute to a child´s education and emotional well-being.
• Au Pair - usually refers to a young, single person contracted for a set period of time to watch over children and carry out certain domestic chores like housekeeping and ironing. Au Pairs normally come from foreign countries, primarily from Europe, and live at home with the family contracting them for their services. They expect to receive a paycheck and contributions to Social Security, as well as room and board. Au pairs should be proficient in spoken English and have a high school diploma or the equivalent, and should have received training in child safety and child development.
• Mothers' Helpers - helps out a stay-at-home parent or a family needing extra help while they are home. A Mother's Helper mostly works under some supervision to handle all aspects of child care, errands, easy meal preparation and light house work, usually under the supervision of a parent or other adult.
• Doulas - are trained individuals experienced in childbirth and postpartum. A birth doula is an individual trained and experienced in childbirth and whose role is to provide emotional, physical and even informational support and coaching to the mother-to-be before, during and immediately following childbirth. A postpartum doula specializes in helping a new mother care for an infant and teaches skills such as breastfeeding, sleeping, bathing, swaddling, and general help, as well as keeping an eye out for any signs of postpartum depression.
• Potty Trainers - are professionals that can help a parent with potty training problem, especially parents of children with special needs like Downs Syndrome or Autism.
• Car Pools and Pickups - services to pick up and drop off children at afterschool activity, athletic events, happenings at school and in the community.
• Shopping Aides - helpers to do your grocery shopping, drop off and pick up prescriptions, take-out and other food orders, etc.
• Family Assistants - professionals to keep the family books and process bill payments, register warranty information and schedule maintenance on appliances, coordinate travel and vacation time and activities, or other activity that requires attention to detail on a more professional basis.
• What services are included in the Elder Care category?
• Companions
• Drivers
• Personal Assistants
• Cooks
• Case Workers
• Sleep Aides
• Higiene Aides
• Personal Shoppers
• Walkers
• Assisted Living Aides
• Mail Readers
• What services are included in the Domestic Jobs category?
• Housekeepers
• Cleaning
• Housesitters
• Lawn Care
• Window Washers
• Shopper
• Car Detailing
• Gardeners
• Office maintenance
• Pools
• Shoppers
• Plant care
• Chimney sweeps
• Maids
• Painters
• Mail collectors
• Acquariium Upkeep
• Chofers
• Bill Pay
• What services are included in the Pet Care category?
• Pet care
• Dog Walkers
• Tutors and Homework Helpers
• Translators
• Personal Assistants
• Office Organizers
• Errand Runners
• Virtual Assistants
• Researchers
• Trainers
• Social Network Assistants
• Consierge Services
• Computer Help
• Over-night sitting
• Grooming
• Test Preparations
• Coaching
• Kenneling
• What is the SunshineHelp Market Place?

It is a place where people can buy and sell items associated with children, that can include baby clothes, Toys, Equipment, Books, Beds and Furniture, Strollers and Carseats, Travel items, Bottles and Feeding Utensils, Music, tapes, cassettes, Videos and movies, Christening gowns, and even maternity wear!