The NEW standard in employment screening and compliance

Established in 1960 and with over 50 years of experience REED remains the UK’s favourite recruiter. Operating a comprehensive specialist recruitment service across 20+ vertical markets we are best placed to provide a unique end to end candidate sourcing and screening service that rivals any competitors.

We achieve this through a Screening Charter that upholds our values and standards.

Honesty By employing screening experts we provide you with the support and guidance to fulfil your background checks.

SpeedOur streamlined service and fully automated and robust systems enable us to achieve turnaround times, that beat the industry average. Our teams work in specialist roles allowing them to focus on clearing your case as efficiently as possible. By keeping our offices open from 7am until 10pm we ensure that your case is still being worked on long after your office has closed.

TransparentOur online portal provides live updates on progress of any case we may be working on for you, and our screening executives are always available to provide you with updates on the progress of screening checks.

SimpleStraightforward service packages and expertise to help you select the most appropriate screening requirement. If these don’t suit, our experts can also tailor make a package that suits your requirements.

Quality Service REED is committed to delivering a quality service and meeting your screening requirements. We will regularly request evaluations of services to ensure that we have met our service commitment.

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Our Credentials

REED is the only recruitment agency to be a member of the NAPBS.

REED has been a member of CIFAS for over 3 years and was the first recruitment agency to become a member.

Worked with Disclosure Scotland for over 10 years.

10 year relationship with the DBS (formerly CRB).

Summary of Screening Services Available

Right to Work Screening

Since January 1997, employers have had a duty to check that all new employees are entitled to work in the UK. A civil penalty system for employing illegal workers was introduced in February 2008. REED is able to support your organisation with entitlement to work checks and will visually check documents in accordance with the Home Office guidance on the prevention of illegal working.

Reference Checks

REED will get references to confirm, where possible, previous employer’s name, and candidate’s final position and salary, employment dates, reasons for leaving and eligibility for rehire.

Criminal Record Checks

As a registered umbrella working with the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access Northern Ireland (ANI) and Disclosure Scotland Service (DSS), REED delivers a professional and tailored criminal record checking service ensuring that your employees are appropriately police checked.

Credit Checks

The report contains County Court Judgement’s (CCJ’s), bankruptcies, defaults and other pertinent information to determine the applicant’s responsibility level. We are also able to provide international credit history checks for your overseas employees.

CIFAS Checks

As a long standing member of CIFAS, we have access to and can share information with other CIFAS members about identified frauds in the fight to prevent further fraud. REED will check employee details against the Fraud Prevention Database.

Directors Checks

A directorship report will reveal any current or potential conflicts of interest between the applicant and the organisation.

Professional and Education Verification

Statistics reveal that qualifications are one of the things that applicants falsify most when completing employment applications. Education verification confirms the applicant attended the institution they claim to have attended. Professional and trade memberships are also confirmed.

Occupational Health Screening

To help your organisation achieve the safe, fit and healthy workforce, our experienced team of occupational health advisors and administrators work in partnership with your organisation to tailor your requirements providing a confidential and professional service.

Additional Screening Services

• FSA register checks • Media checks

• DVLA checks • Politically Exposed People (PEP) checks

• Sanctions checks

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Additional Services

• Right to work consultancy service

• Competency based interviews

• Online candidate testing

• Onboarding (hiring administration)

• Compliance advice & audits

• Specialist healthcare and education training

• Project support to manage transfer of screening services

2 Years 2 Years 2 Years 3 Years +Employment referencing

Professional / technical qualifications & memberships

Enhanced criminal record check

Occupational health screening

Credit check

Bronze (Level 1)

Silver (Level 2)

Gold (Level 3)

Platinum (Level 4)

Right to work document

Complete flexibilityYou can choose any of the services we offer to create a bespoke package that suits the needs of your company or you can choose one of our standard screening packages.

offer much more than pre-employment screening, we also offer…

Reed Screening & Compliance ServicesIn a world of evolving threats, employee screening can be an organisation’s first line of defence. Successful employment screening minimises the risk of making a wrong recruitment decision.

With ISO 27001, ISO 14001 & ISO 9001 certification, an unrivalled range of screening services, nationwide coverage and web-enabled screening software, REED is uniquely positioned to support the screening requirements of organisations of all sizes.

Offering a range of checks to ensure full compliance with internal policies, employment legislation and industry specific requirements, our team of experts work closely with you to ensure your organisation has the most appropriate first line of defence.

“Attempts to obtain employment fraudulently (e.g. by withholding or falsely declaring information such as qualifications or previous convictions) doubled in 2012.”

CIFAS 2013

In a survey of 2000 people, 7 in 10 people admitted that they would commit fraud if they knew they could get away with it.

Personnel Today, 2007

“Fraud perpetuated by either management or employees accounted for 80% of financial loss through fraud experienced by UK businesses in 2012...”

KPMG, 2013

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Why screening is important to your organisation

For more information about Reed ScreeningServices, screening packages or to set up anappointment with one of our specialists pleasecontact the screening team by phone or email:

Reed ScreeningFirst Floor86 Deansgate Parsonage SuiteManchester M3 2ER

Tel: 0161 200 1086

Email: compliance.services@reedglobal.com