BPSS Checks For Employees
As the nationally recognised standard of pre-employment screening for individuals with access to government assets, BPSS checks rigorously underpin vetting processes to ensure risk thresholds are met.
What BPSS Checks are now being rolled out in the private sector more commonly. Do you need a BPSS Check for your job applicants?
Baseline Personnel Security Standard Checks
While the term Baseline Personnel Security Standard may appear an overwhelming topic, BPSS Checks are incredibly effective tools in amping up your pre-employment vetting and screening processes regardless of whether you are hiring in the public sector or private sector.
A BPSS Checks is effectively four individual checks all brought under one umbrella, these are:
- Right To Work Check
- Identity Check
- Basic DBS Check
- Employment References Check
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BPSS Check Price
BPSS Checks
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Mandatory For Government Workers, Contractors etc
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Optional for Private Sector Pre-Employment Screening
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Certified & Authorised Screening Checks Via Konfir
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Right to Work, Identity, Basic DBS, & Employment Checks
All In One
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BPSS Check FAQs
Whether you working within the public sector, and are looking for more information around the processes involved within the mandatory BPSS Check, or are working within the private sector and are looking to understand if BPSS Checks could help you better protect your business, here at Care Check we are here to guide you every step of the way.
We’ve even answered some FAQs for you below to streamline your learning process.
In order for an employer to carry out a BPSS Check on an applicant or existing employee, the following information will be required:
– Name
– Date of Birth
– Residential Address
– National Insurance (N.I.) Number
– Nationality
– Immigration Status
– 3 Years Employment History
– Criminal Record Status
The BPSS describes the mandatory pre-employment controls required by the government when hiring for public sector roles. The BPSS seeks to address the risks of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally.
In addition to these risks, the standard also sets out to minimise risk to reputation, integrity of the hiring organisation and financial assets that may sit within the remit of the applicant should the job be awarded.
Under the BPSS guidance, it is clearly stated that the employee must consent to a check. No pre-employment checking can be carried out without this consent. While there is no standardised way in which the employee’s or applicant’s consent is gathered, it is advised only to consider email consent or written consent.
While the time required for individuals to access and complete the information required to enable the processing of the check via the Konfir system can vary, the average time a candidate needs is typically between 2-3 minutes.
