Does Manchester City Council require pre-employment background checks? What kind of background check does Manchester City Council do and how long does it take to complete?

Answered 12 October 2018 - Translator and Interpreter (Current employee) - Manchester Town wall

The city council always check the background using the DBS procedure and check if you have right to work in the work.

Answered 7 June 2018

They contact the homeoffice and makesure your not an illegal immegrant or on any wanted list

Answered 28 January 2018 - Children's Services (Current employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester

Role dependent, frontline roles or those which work with vulnerable people will require one.

Answered 7 September 2017 - Business Delivery (Former employee) - Capital Programmes Corporate Services

Some checks but not enough, criminals have slipped the net.

Answered 7 September 2017 - Clerical Assistant (Former employee) - Manchester Central

The pre-employment checks at the time involved references and CRB checks. These could take upto a month before employment commenced.