OPRA Screening
Our Compliance Team work with a range of SMEs and global organisations, offering a variety of packages specifically designed to suit their requirements.
Did You Know
£ 60 k
Fine For Employing Someone Without The Right To Work
£ 8200
Cost To Business For Hiring The Wrong Candidate
54 %
Of People Falsify CV Info
Why conduct background screening checks?
Ensure your potential and existing employees represent themselves honestly and their credentials are genuine and accurate. By screening new employees you will ensure they fully comply with the specific requirements for that professionalism and role, protecting you from fines and penalties whilst reducing the chance of any legal action occurring.
The best place to start relationships and maintain positive interaction with employees is from a place of trust. Verifying a person is who they claim to be provides a safe workplace for employees and customers. Hiring the most qualified people will improve growth and productivity, minimise instances of criminal behaviour, workplace harassment, help preserve company reputation and brand image.
Our services diminish the chance of an unscrupulous person joining your organisation or an untrustworthy employee being retained. protecting your brand name, your employees, and your clients, minimising risk to your company.
Engaging in our thorough screening programme will allow you to do just that.
Who should you screen?
- Potential new hires as part of the onboarding process
- Existing employees, depending on their job role and your industry
- Temporary workers converting to employee status
- Individuals joining your company as part of a business transfer (TUPE)
- Specific contractor's businesses
- Employees being promoted to more senior roles where they have increased access to confidential information
The risk of not conducting the right background checks can be detrimental to
the organisation financially and reputationally
Outsource to The OPRA Group
Do you want to save time and money? If so, outsource your screening to The OPRA Group, we have
the expertise and technology to expedite the process.
Why outsource to The OPRA Group?
The OPRA Group’s Compliance Team has extensive experience in vetting and pre-employment screening,
whether it is for large organisations or small businesses that need to get it right every
time. This dedicated team are fully qualified and screened to BS7858
level, who ensure best practise along with robust and consistent screening.
Benefits of working with The OPRA Group:
- Stay compliant and be confident in your staffing choices
- Save your company time and money by not hiring the wrong candidate or retaining untrustworthy employees
- Protect your company reputation with the provision of effective risk management
- Ensure employees are screened in accordance with ever changing legislation and regulations
- Assess the honesty and integrity of candidates
- Verify information provided by candidates
- Check a candidate is who they say they are
- Prevent illegal working
- The technology we use is fully compliant with ISO 27001 standards
- Our client portal allows you to see the live status of how candidates are progressing through the screening process
Screening Checks
Do you know what background checks you should conduct to ensure you are compliant
with legislation and regulatory requirements?
What Checks Do You Need?
The OPRA Group’s bespoke vetting services are designed to suit your specific industry, business and legal requirements ensuring that the appropriate vetting and background checks are conducted.
We can offer set packages or you can select individual checks. Utilise our services on a ‘Pay As You Go’ basis, only pay for candidates being screened.
Available Checks:
- Employment referencing & Gaps – 3, 5, 7 or 10 year history (gaps of over 3 months are investigated)
- Education – verification of a candidate’s degree or college education
- Digital Right to Work in the UK – use of Identification Document Validation Technology
- Right to Work in the UK – check conducted via the Home Office for non-British citizens
- DBS Check – Basic, Standard or Enhanced level
- Credit Check – identification of outstanding CCJs, bankruptcies, voluntary arrangements, decrees and administration orders
- Regulatory Body Registration / Membership Check – confirmation of candidate registration/membership of relevant regulatory bodies
- DVLA Check – validation of a candidate’s driving licence and check for driving penalties
- Public / Social Media Check – review of a candidate’s media profiles, checking for any adverse publicity, illegal activity, inappropriate blogs/posts/endorsements
- International Sanctions – check that there is no affiliation with terrorist groups or illegal activities
What our clients say about us
The OPRA Group are adaptable to our changing needs and never complain when the goal posts change or we are slow at giving feedback.
The OPRA Group have shown a natural flair for sourcing candidates, they take time to put in the groundwork to understand the roles and requirements so that when they source candidates we can be sure that they will be more than capable of the role.
Due to the Industry we work in, background checks form an essential part of our recruitment process. For a number of years now we have used The OPRA Group to carry out these background screening checks and have always found them to be very thorough and with a quick turnaround. Once the screening process is complete, a full report is then produced and sent to us which provides an audit trail and proof that we are being compliant.
We have learnt that generally the pre-vetting services means less time wasted on people attending interviews when they aren’t that interested in the position or don’t have the right qualifications.
The Screening team have been amazing to me since I started last week. Nothing I ask of them is too much, and they’ve all made me feel so welcome. They’re being so helpful to me as I’m learning everything. I honestly couldn’t ask for a nicer team to be a part of. Everyone in the office has been so lovely, I just wanted to let them know how much I appreciate it!