Expert Built UK Vetting and Screening Guidance
Developed by Graham and Vivianne Johnson, industry-leading screening experts with nearly 20 years' experience conducting vetting checks across the UK. This expert-developed handbook gives you a complete professional reference covering every vetting check, eight regulated industry sectors, and the standards and frameworks that underpin compliant screening.
Covering the full vetting landscape: identity verification, right to work checks, address and employment history verification, DBS criminal record checks, credit and financial screening, professional registration checks, directorship searches, social media screening, health declarations, and overseas checks. Plus sector-specific requirements for education, healthcare, financial services, security, care, transport, government, and legal services.
Each section includes practical guidance drawn from the Johnsons' extensive operational experience, explaining what to check, why it matters, and how to handle the situations that standard references never cover.
Perfect for HR professionals, screening administrators, compliance officers, recruitment managers, and operations leads responsible for safe and compliant hiring.
✓ Covers every core vetting check in one professional reference guide.
✓ Includes sector-specific requirements across eight regulated industries.
✓ Explains BS7858, BPSS, SC, and DV standards and frameworks clearly.
✓ Built from 20 years of hands-on screening and vetting experience.
✓ Provides a quick reference guide and glossary for daily use.
Know every check. Screen every sector. Hire with confidence.
Expert Developed | UKRLP Registered Provider.
Why We Built This
We created this handbook because most vetting references cover only one check or one sector. Professionals managing screening across different roles and industries had no single guide that brought everything together.
From 2006 to 2024, we operated our own screening businesses and conducted thousands of checks spanning BS7858, BPSS, DBS, right to work, credit screening, employment verification, and more. We screened for security companies, healthcare providers, financial services firms, and government contractors, seeing first-hand how requirements differ across sectors and where organisations consistently get it wrong.
What Makes This Different
You will find clear, practical guidance on every vetting check type, from identity verification through to ongoing monitoring. Each section explains what the check involves, when it applies, what documents to accept, and how to handle complications such as overseas histories, unresponsive referees, and adverse information that requires proportionate assessment.
Every section is built from real scenarios we have personally handled across multiple sectors and screening standards. The quick reference guide gives you check timelines and requirements at a glance, and the glossary ensures consistent terminology across your team.
This handbook is built by practitioners who have screened across every sector it covers, not writers who have summarised regulations. Expert developed and UKRLP registered.
Built for professionals responsible for conducting, managing, or overseeing vetting and screening across any regulated sector.
You carry out checks daily across different standards and sectors but need one reliable reference that covers everything. This handbook gives you the practical detail to verify correctly and handle complications with confidence.
You manage hiring across roles with different screening requirements and need to understand what each check involves. This handbook gives you clear guidance on every vetting type so you can oversee the process and challenge gaps.
You are accountable for screening compliance across your organisation and need to know every standard applies. This handbook gives you the sector-specific requirements and frameworks to ensure your processes meet regulatory expectations.
Our courses are independently accredited by a recognised CPD body so every completed module converts into verifiable CPD hours you can record.
That means your team’s learning is not just a checkbox — it is formal professional development that holds up in audits, appraisals and regulatory reviews.
Certificates are issued instantly on completion in downloadable PDF format, include course duration and CPD hours, and are produced to a standard that employers, compliance teams and auditors expect.
VH Courses is listed on the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP), a public register that confirms our status as a legitimate training provider.
This registration demonstrates our ongoing commitment to governed, traceable, high-quality learning provision and makes it easier for corporate procurement, public bodies and partners to verify who we are.
In short, it removes doubt for buyers and supports procurement and audit checks.
This handbook is written in clear, practical language that explains each check from the ground up. You do not need prior experience to follow the guidance and apply it confidently in your role.
Yes. The handbook covers documentation standards, record keeping requirements, and sector-specific compliance obligations so you can present fully compliant screening files when auditors or inspectors arrive.
Yes. You will find dedicated sections on overseas verification challenges, adverse information handling with a structured risk assessment framework, and guidance on complex cases that standard references rarely address.
Yes. The handbook covers eight regulated sectors with specific requirements for each, giving you a single reliable reference that removes guesswork and ensures consistent, compliant processes across your organisation.
The handbook is delivered as a professionally formatted PDF that you can download immediately after purchase. You can view it on any device, print it for your office, or share it with your team.