-a4015eb.png/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25/rs=w:806,h:1008)
Building Industry Knowledge, Confidence & Better Decision Making
Strong screening programmes depend on knowledgeable and capable people, not just policies, technology and providers.
The Background Check Advisory delivers practical, specialist training for the teams responsible for operating, managing and improving background screening.
Sessions are grounded in real programme challenges and designed to help participants investigate more effectively, make consistent decisions and understand how screening risk is changing.
Training can be delivered in person, virtually, as part of a wider development programme or through the BCA Learning Library.
Practical Learning
Training built around real screening scenarios, giving participants knowledge and techniques they can apply immediately.
Build Confidence
Help your teams investigate more effectively, communicate clearly and make more consistent, defensible decisions.
Develop Capability
From new joiners to experienced investigators and leaders, we support continued professional development at every level.
"INDUSTRY FIRST" TRAINING MODULES
FOUNDATION LEVEL 1 TRAINING
FOUNDATION LEVEL 3 INVESTIGATIONS
FOUNDATION LEVEL 1 TRAINING
Ensuring that the individuals reviewing and approving background check results have the skills, knowledge and experience needed to make effective hiring decisions is imperative for any organisation operating a best-in-class background check program and wanting to mitigate risk effectively.
Foundation Level 1 provides people with the foundations needed to successfully assess and approve background check results.
Suitable for new and existing investigators, ensuring skills and knowledge are correct and current. Also a great refresher for people to understand the importance and purpose of a background check program.
FOUNDATION LEVEL 2 TRAINING
FOUNDATION LEVEL 3 INVESTIGATIONS
FOUNDATION LEVEL 1 TRAINING
Conducting best-in-class background check investigations go well beyond reviewing results on a background check report. To effectively mitigate hiring risk, investigators must understand how to structure a background check review to ensure in-depth assessment of results that uncovers discrepancies not revealed to the untrained eye.
Foundation Level 2 training provides businesses with the skills and knowledge needed for better risk mitigation by improving in-house investigation techniques.
Suitable for people with a strong understanding of background check products and services who want to further develop their investigation techniques.
FOUNDATION LEVEL 3 INVESTIGATIONS
FOUNDATION LEVEL 3 INVESTIGATIONS
FOUNDATION LEVEL 3 INVESTIGATIONS
Bringing judgement, communication and programme thinking together
Foundation Level 3 is an eight-part development series focused on the wider skills required to manage screening investigations professionally and effectively.
The programme goes beyond individual checks to explore candidate communication, investigative judgement, stakeholder management and the relationship between Policy, Process, Product and Provider.
The first module, Setting the Tone – Introducing Screening Professionally, examines how first impressions shape the candidate experience. Participants learn how to explain screening clearly, build trust, reduce anxiety and protect the employer brand through practical communication techniques and candidate scripts.
The wider series is designed to help experienced screening professionals develop greater confidence, consistency and professional judgement.
OUR OTHER Specialist Training
Hiring Fraud and Candidate Authenticity
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
Hiring Fraud and Candidate Authenticity
A practical session exploring how AI-generated applications, candidate impersonation, synthetic identities and deepfake interviews are changing hiring risk.
Participants learn where vulnerabilities can appear across the recruitment journey and how stronger identity, authenticity and escalation controls can reduce exposure.
Adjudication and Decision-Making
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
Hiring Fraud and Candidate Authenticity
Training for teams responsible for assessing screening results and making or supporting hiring decisions.
The session covers proportionality, evidence, consistency, escalation, risk acceptance, decision records and the treatment of comparable cases.
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
Practical guidance on introducing and operating a proportionate social media screening programme.
Topics include policy, scope, governance, candidate communication, report interpretation, adjudication and non-financial misconduct.
Policy and Programme Design
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Social Media and Online Behaviour Screening
A workshop helping teams understand what an effective background screening policy should contain and how policy should translate into day-to-day practice.
The session can include check applicability, governance, escalation, exceptions, re-screening and decision-making responsibilities.
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Training for organisations introducing periodic, trigger-based or ongoing workforce screening.
The session covers risk-based design, employee communication, check selection, governance, escalation and implementation.
Provider Management
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Re-screening and Workforce Assurance
Designed for programme owners, Procurement and Vendor Management teams responsible for screening suppliers.
Topics can include service expectations, SLAs, KPIs, management information, governance, escalation, innovation and continuous improvement.
WE ALSO PROVIDE specialist Training for Screening Providers
The Background Check Advisory has also developed &delivered specialist training for many providers.
Sessions can be tailored for:
- Sales
- Client Services
- Operations
- Product
- Compliance
- Marketing
- Leadership teams
Each session helps provider teams better understand employer priorities, explain screening risk with confidence and translate technical capability into clearer client value.
Subjects often include:
- Background screening foundations
- Hiring fraud and emerging risk
- Client conversations and consultative selling
- RFP and proposal development
- Product positioning
- Client retention and service excellence
- Investigation and adjudication
- Market and regulatory developments
Department-specific workshops can also be developed around a provider’s products, client base and commercial priorities.
-0c2b378.png/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:93.75%25,h:100%25/rs=w:400,h:533.3333333333334,cg:true)