Background Checks
We offer the following background checks (or pre-employment checks):
- CRBs - enhanced, standard, basic;
- Passport, Driving Licence, and Right to Work Checks;
- 5 or 10-year address verification;
- Character reference check;
- Credit Search (more info >);
- County Court Judgment Search;
- Insolvency Search;
- Bankruptcy Search;
- Voters' Roll Check;
- Aliases Check;
- Directorship and company background check;
- Educational qualification verification (to highest award);
- Professional qualification verification;
- Professional association membership verification;
- Press and Internet Search;
- 5 or 10-year written* employment verification.
*Written verification means that we obtain written evidence from each employer listed on the applicant's employment history record - this offers a much greater level of assurance compared to verbal assurances.
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BPSS - Baseline Personnel Security Standard
BPSS level screening is mandatory for all entry-level government positions. Both the Cabinet Office and the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) recognise the importance not only of pre-employment vetting but also of enlisting an appropriate organisation to conduct it (especially if the correct types of checks cannot be conducted in-house).
CPNI have issued a best practice guide to pre-employment screening which states that “Pre-employment screening is a fundamentally important element of any personnel security regime”. It also goes on to say that “The guide has been written for organisations that own or operate assets, services and systems which form part of the UK Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and therefore have a responsibility for pre-employment screening.”
Sectors classed as part of the UK Critical Infrastructure:
- Communications
- Emergency services
- Energy
- Finance
- Food
- Government and public services
- Health
- Transport
- Water
staffvetting.com are perfectly placed to implement a pre-employment screening service covering BPSS for any size organisation. Contact our team today to discuss how we can help you.
Called the National Vetting Certificate, our BS 7858 background checking service allows our clients to provide proof to their customers, Executive Board, shareholders, regulators and auditors that their employees have been screened to BS7858:2006 - the recognised national standard.
Physical Proof: each applicant who passes the required background checks will be issued with a certificate, accredited through UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Society), and issued by International Professional Security Association (IPSA).
The NVC (BS 7858) also meets these other British Standards:
- BS 8507-1:2008 Code of Practice for Close Protection Services.
- BS 8470:2006 - The standard for companies who securely shred sensitive data.
- BS 7499 - The standard for Static Guarding and Mobile Patrol Service.
What is BS 7858? BS7858:2006 is the only British Standard for pre-employment background checks, or "screening", available in the UK; this standard is being adopted worldwide.
To apply for a background check please:
- Call the Vetting Team: 08450 217 634
- Office hours: 9am to 5.30pm Monday-Thursday (5.00pm Friday).
The background checking process:
- We identify which background checks are applicable to your organisation;
- We then send out the relevant forms;
- Each applicant completes the forms and returns them to us;
- We carry out the background checks;
- We report the results to the HR department or directly to the applicant.
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