Our Access NI Services
Whatever the needs of your organisation we have a solution to meet them. Our online system and dedicated on-hand support ensure you have everything you need to process checks for your workforce. Use the options below to learn more about each service and how it might help your safer recruitment process.
Any organisation needing to process less than 20 AccessNI checks a year for their workers needs to appoint an 'umbrella' organisation approved by the AccessNI to process checks on their behalf, however not all umbrella organisations offer the same levels of service support. Organisations that process more than 20 checks a year can choose to become a Registered Body directly with AccessNI.
A standard or enhanced AccessNI check will disclose different types of information about your criminal record history to an employer. Some cautions, fines, offences and spent convictions won't appear. But convictions for certain crimes stay unspent and will always appear on your record.
Full details of what appears on a certificate can be viewed here
A standard check contains details of all spent and unspent convictions, informed warnings, cautions and diversionary youth conferences
An enhanced check contains the same information as a standard check and police records held locally. To work with children and vulnerable adults, the check may include information held by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
If an applicant is involved in Regulated Activity the enhanced check must include a check of the DBS barred lists. The DBS is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Home Office. The DBS is responsible for maintaining the two barred lists, the ‘Children’s and Vulnerable Adults’ lists.
