Care Compliance Checks

Essential to the employment verification process, we also evaluate the competence in understanding and using both written and spoken English, which is part of our mandatory training and safeguarding checks.

We conduct employment verification by checking at least three years of previous employment, or five years for those intending to work with children. This includes references from two separate employers, with one being from the candidate's current or most recent employment. Additionally, we ensure that all candidates have completed mandatory training and undergone safeguarding checks.

All gaps in employment are explained and evidenced, including necessary employment verification, mandatory training, and safeguarding checks.

This confirms that the potential candidate has the legal right to work in the UK, which is a crucial aspect of employment verification, alongside the necessary safeguarding checks and mandatory training.

To demonstrate knowledge of the sector, the competency-based questions encompass safeguarding checks, whistle-blowing, COSHH, team-working, the role of the CQC, fire safety, and record keeping. Nurse interviews are more in-depth and include scenarios that address mandatory training topics such as the administration of medication, risk assessments, and professional negligence, in addition to our standard questions, while also emphasizing the importance of employment verification.

All certificates must be dated within the last twelve months to ensure compliance with mandatory training requirements. If certificates are outdated, we provide up-to-date training and any additional training required by our customers. Staff will not be supplied to our customers until all mandatory training is current, including necessary safeguarding checks and employment verification.

This is checked with the NMC register, and the renewal date is recorded to ensure ongoing annual compliance, alongside employment verification, mandatory training, and safeguarding checks.

We ensure that an original, current copy is held for all nurses, including their employment verification, mandatory training records, and safeguarding checks.

Copies of original documentation evidencing the candidate's identity are essential for employment verification, as well as for ensuring compliance with mandatory training and safeguarding checks.

Including clearances against the Children and/or Adults Barred Lists, as part of our employment verification process. Once staff have been signed off as compliant, they attend mandatory training through Induction Training, which details, in full, how we will work together. Crucial to this is the issue of our Staff Handbook which, over its 30 pages, outlines our safeguarding checks, policies, and how we work.