The nine checks every agency care worker should pass before a shift

When an agency tells you a worker is “fully compliant,” ask what that actually means. In our system it means nine specific documents, each individually verified — not just collected — before the booking system will allow a placement:

• Right to work in the UK
• Enhanced DBS with barred-list check
• Two verified references, including the most recent care employer
• Safeguarding training
• Moving & handling training
• Infection control training
• Medication awareness training
• A signed contract of engagement
• — all tracked to their expiry dates, with renewals chased before they lapse

“Verified” is the word that matters

A folder of PDFs is not compliance. Each document needs a named person to have checked it against the original, recorded when it expires, and be accountable for that judgement. Our platform stores who verified every document and when — and if anything expires mid-booking, the worker is flagged the same day and the home is told.

Why this protects workers too

Care professionals carry their reputation shift to shift. Working through an agency that cuts corners puts that reputation at risk in every home they enter. Our workers can see their own compliance status in their portal, upload renewals from their phone, and never get booked into a situation that could compromise them.

Run a home and want this standard on your rota? Request staff. A care professional who wants an agency that takes this seriously? Apply to join.