Placing highly qualified experienced health and social care staff does not happen by chance. It only occurs in an environment that is process driven and highly regulated. As one of the largest criminal justice, health and social care recruiters in the UK, we continue to lead the way in compliance. We are renowned for our thorough multi-point candidate checking process and ensure we carry out suitability checks on every candidate.

We have one of the most robust compliance checks in the industry. Therefore, you know each candidate placed is safe, suitably experienced and qualified.

Let us take the pressure off

Is compliance a bottle-neck, with other departments vying for attention? Is it a headache getting a new team up-and-running? We take this headache away for you. We can handle your entire compliance process.

How does it work?

Without fail, we make sure we meet each candidate before placement and undertake all the required checks. This gives you peace of mind that your candidates are safe, suitably qualified and experienced. Once we are provided with information about a candidate, our stringent vetting process starts. This includes checking:

• Full employment history

• Personal references of employment and performance history

• Training and qualifications

• Professional registration

• Identity and original identity documents in person (face to face)

• Immigration status/Right to Work in the UK

• Disclosure and Barring Service and overseas police checks for new entrants

• Occupational health screening for role/occupational health review for all clinical staff

• Up-to-date statutory and role relevant training

Security clearance

Many roles within the criminal justice sector require additional security clearance. Where this is the case, we work with clients and candidates to assist the completion of applying for appropriate clearances. We also manage, where possible, the transference of security clearance from one employer to the other.

The most common types of clearance include:

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, undertaken at application stage for all workers and renewed on an annual basis. Sanctuary is a DBS umbrella body (DBS Registered Body Number 29889700007), enabling us to process online DBS applications in-house, often resulting in a faster turnaround

• National Offender Management Service (NOMS) clearance, carried out for those working in prisons

• Police Vetting, carried out for those working in a police environment

We will also apply for an overseas police check if a candidate has been outside the UK for any period over 6 months.

Meeting framework compliance

Our approach ensures your compliance procedures adhere to the UK legislative requirements and NHS Employer Standards. As an on-framework supplier to a number of health and social employers, we strictly follow framework compliance terms, meaning you can safely mobilise entire criminal justice, health and social care teams, without delay.

To find out more about how we are able to support our clients, visit our client page or get in touch.