Our built-in automated emailing reminder system alerts you when checks are required, processes them, records them securely within your account and provides you with a certificate to say the checks have been completed. Your single central record will be kept completely up to date and in real time too!
OnlineSCR customers that register with us will receive discounted rates and our on-going expert advice.
From the applicant’s perspective, on average it takes 5 minutes to complete. We ask the applicant to have their National Insurance number, 5-year address history, passport and driving licence details ready to save time when completing the online form. If they need any help, then don’t worry our helpful advisors are on hand to answer any queries along the way.
The applicant takes in their ID documentation to the ID checking person within your organisation, you simply login into the portal, complete the ID checking page and click submit – job done!
Please contact our team who will guide you through this process.
Call us on 0151 606 5101 or email OSCR@onlinescr.co.uk .
If you’re already a member, simply login to your account, click the ‘Single Central Record’ tab from the main dashboard select a record to order the required check. You can also click the ‘Reminder Notification’ tab for an overview of which DBS checks are required.
There are two turnaround times to consider:
1) How quickly we submit your application to the DBS.
We submit over 90% of all error-free applications to the DBS within just 1 hour!
2) How quickly the DBS process the application.
The DBS timescales can vary, but rest assured as soon as the DBS have finished processing the results of the checks they are submitted back to you within 1 hour. Currently, the DBS processed all our Enhanced DBS checks on average 2.8 days (Median).
Our fastest Enhanced disclosure was completed and disclosed in just 55 minutes!!!
The government fee is £40 for an Enhanced DBS check. We then apply a very competitive administrative fee of £10.00. Including VAT, the total cost is just £52.00.
Please note you will need to become a member for OnlineSCR to be able to use this service.
Single Central Record Ltd use our sister company Access Personal Checking Services (APCS) who are one of the fastest providers of DBS checks, their fastest Enhanced DBS disclosure result being just 26 minutes!
APCS submit in excess of 125,000 criminal record checks per year and with a client base of over 14,000 companies, they are the largest supplier of criminal record checks in the North West of England and one of the largest in the UK!
Built on 20+ years’ experience, they developed their own independent online system that is uniquely connected electronically to the DBS and Disclosure Scotland, resulting in the fastest possible results in the UK, enabling their customers to speed up their recruitment processes.
Working in connection with the DBS, APCS were the first organisation in the UK to provide Basic Disclosures to applicants living in England and Wales!
Their clients are from a wide range of business sectors; from small local residential homes and nurseries, local authorities, NHS trusts, schools, recruitment companies, to TV companies, airlines and much more.
Single Central Record Ltd have an API that is linked directly into APCS’s systems.
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) was launched in March 2002, due to public concern about the safety of children, youths and defenceless adults. On 1st December 2012, the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) merged to form the Disclosing and Barring service (DBS). DBS is an executive non-departmental public body of the Home Office and helps employers make suitable recruitment decisions, carrying out DBS checks online allows educational establishments to safeguard their organisation by preventing unsuitable candidates from working with vulnerable people.
For more information on the DBS, please visit their website here.
The following organisations must carry out DBS checks:
The Department for Education Statutory guidance, in accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education confirms all members of staff must have an Enhanced DBS check, this should also be recorded on your single central record.
For most appointments, an Enhanced DBS certificate, which includes barred list information, will be required as the majority of staff will be engaging in regulated activity. In summary, a person will be considered to be engaging in regulated activity if, as a result of their work, they:
For all other staff who have an opportunity for regular contact with children, but are not engaging in regulated activity an Enhanced DBS certificate, which does not include a barred list check, will be appropriate. This would include contractors who would have the opportunity for contact with children and who work under a temporary or occasional contract.
