Criminal Record Checks – Basic, Standard & Enhanced

About Criminal Record Checks

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

Formerly the CRB, this executive, non-departmental body of the Home Office, the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) helps employers in England and Wales make safer recruitment decisions and prevents unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. Please note that you must confirm eligibility for the Standard and Enhanced Criminal Record Checks.  As an umbrella body for the DBS, NO 24419700006, we provide both on-line “Ebulk” and paper application routes.

Disclosure Scotland

Disclosure Scotland provides Basic Disclosures for employers in England, Wales and Scotland. It provides Standard and Enhanced Disclosures via the Protection of Vulnerable Groups legislation (PVG) for people and their organisations who are based in Scotland. As an umbrella body for Disclosure Scotland, No. SEC 3855, we offer all levels of disclosure.

Access Northern Ireland (Access NI)

Access NI provides Basic, Standard and Enhanced disclosure for people and their organisations based in Northern Ireland. Please contact NiDirect.gov.uk to secure a criminal record disclosure.

Online DBS Checks

Use our DBS online platform for, competitive, easy, fast & efficient criminal record disclosure processing or talk to us about our fully managed solution. To discuss your volume related discount, please simply contact us. Simple account set up process could see your disclosures being processed the same day. Easy terms, pay as you go, purchase credits or account invoicing, subject to status.
“I have always found whomever I speak to at SVS to be professional, efficient and personable. Using the DBS portal has been a revelation for us, it is very user friendly and easy for us and our prospective candidates to use and we find the results arrive promptly, which has greatly helped with our pre-employment screening process. It is very useful as well to be able to use SVS for foreign criminal record checks as we need to from time to time.” RS, The Cotswold Group.

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About Criminal Record Disclosure Processes

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

As an executive non-departmental body of the Home Office, the DBS is set up to help employers in England and Wales to make safer recruitment decisions and to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children.

It has replaced the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Disclosure & Barring Service Website

Disclosure Scotland

As an executive non-departmental body of the Home Office, Disclosure Scotland provides Basic Disclosures for employers in England, Wales and Scotland. It provides Standard and Enhanced Disclosures via the Protection of Vulnerable Groups legislation (PVG) for people and organisations who are based in Scotland.

Disclosure Scotland Website

Access Northern Ireland (Access NI)

As an executive non-departmental body of the Home Office, Access NI provides Basic, Standard and Enhanced disclosure for people and their organisations who are based in Northern Ireland.

Access Northern Ireland (Access NI) Website

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