Application Guidance
British Standards: 7858
To comply with BS:7858 security screening standards, we are required to confirm all periods of employment, education and unemployment (whether receiving benefits or not) for the last 5 years. Therefore, you will be contacted by the company we use to complete our screening and vetting – Deploi. If you are successful after your interview, you will be sent a link to download the Deploi app. On this app you will be able to upload the various forms and photos required to complete the screening and vetting process.
You may feel that the information that is requested is personal and that you do not wish to provide it, that is your choice: However, if you cannot provide the information they require, you will not pass the screening and vetting process. Providing the requested information/documentation quickly will speed up the recruitment process.
If you have claimed or are currently claiming Universal Credits, you will be required to provide screenshots from the UC Portal for all payments made to you. You will need to click on the ‘view statement by pay date’ to open up the assessment period page required for vetting. Please ensure your name and address are displayed on the screenshot.
If you have been or are currently unregistered unemployed (not claiming benefits/income) you will be required to provide copies of your bank statements to evidence that no income/benefits were received for this period. Your 5 years employment history records from HMRC will also be required as evidence under BS7858. These can be requested online by visiting www.gov.uk.
If you have been self-employed, you will be required to provide your Accountants contact details together with 2 or more forms of the following documentary evidence: documents from HMRC (letter confirming when self-employment commenced/ended), bank statements showing payments received, Invoices showing payments received/requested, Accountants contact details (this must be a business email address as personal email accounts are not sufficient) so that we may contact them to confirm your self-employment, trade or client references, Self- Assessment forms for the self-employed period.
If you have studied or are studying, please provide the name of your College/University together with the dates you studied/are studying and the course/s along with an email address that can be used to contact them.
If you have been employed, please provide the name of your employers together with their email addresses / phone numbers and the position you held there.
You will be required to provide your address details covering the last 5 years (including addresses outside of the UK)
If, after reviewing your application and the evidence you provide, we feel that you would not pass the screening and vetting process, your application will not be carried forward.