The Good Care Group Recruitment Brochure - Flipbook - Page 15
Background checks
What pre-employment checks do you carry out?
We complete a DBS (police check) in the UK for all our potential carers regardless
of how long they have been out of the country. This is part of the compliance
requirements placed upon us by the Care Quality Commission. If carers are working
in Scotland there is a separate PVG clearance that the company will carry out.
Police checks
We will need to carry out an enhanced police check (DBS) in the UK. This is a
requirement for anybody working with vulnerable adults in the UK. You will be sent
a “new employee form” asking for copies of your ID documents which will enable us
to apply for your DBS. The cost of the DBS is £54, this will be deducted from your
first salary. Whilst we apply for this as soon as possible, please be aware that the
processing time for this check can be anything from 1 week – 1 month, or on rare
occasions it can be longer. If you are working in Scotland we will also need to
complete a PVG check for you.
Overseas checks
If you have lived outside of the UK for 6 months
or more in the last 5 years you will need to apply
for an overseas police clearance. You will need
to organise and pay for this (the cost is normally
minimal) and bring a copy of it with you to
training. It is normally a case of going to
your local police station and requesting
the check in person, often they can
complete it on the same day you apply.
