Checks for Health and social care

Better background checking for health and social care

With fast results and a great candidate experience, Zinc helps reduce candidate drop out and ease staffing strains — all while cutting down on manual admin. 

Trusted with over 36,000 checks for candidates in health and social care
Average candidate satisfaction score of 4.8/5
Compliant with CQC requirements
Loved by users on G2

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Every essential check

CQC compliance, simplified

Create custom check packages that meet CQC requirements, re-use them across different roles, and send them with a click — no more manual admin. Get DBS checks returned faster, and reduce your time to hire to avoid losing out on talent. 

Automated employment verification

References that you don’t have to chase

Verify employment history in seconds with Zinc’s HMRC integration. Plus, our referencing tool chases referees for you with automated reminders, so you can focus on the rest of your to-do list. Making informed hiring decisions has never been this simple.

Make the best first impression

Happy candidates, fewer questions

Our top-rated candidate support offers 90-second response times on our live chat, so you’ll never waste time fielding questions again. Paired with a dedicated account manager, you and your candidates always have a direct line to us when you need it. 

A truly global check

Right to work checks, right when you need them

International hires getting complicated? Stay ahead of compliance requirements with streamlined document and identity verification through Zinc’s government-certified IDST. A simplified RTW process for you and your candidates.

“It’s working fantastically. The time saving element, which is one of the reasons we chose Zinc, has been excellent so far and the team have found it easy to use.”

Gareth Bowley

Head of Talent Acquisition

Zinc by numbers

Avg time
3
Days
The average turnaround time for our most common checks
Time saved
90
Mins
Admin time saved per candidate.
Candidate score
4.8
/5
How candidates rank their experience using Zinc.
Support
90
Sec
Live chat response time, from our real human, London-based support team.

Zinc integrates with all your essential HR tools

Create a seamless workflow for your HR team with one-click check requests that save time and provide the insights you need in one place.
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Loved by our customers

“In terms of time saved it’s priceless, I am extremely happy. Its not just time and space back in my calendar but also my inbox! The implementations and the follow up sessions have been a great experience and very beneficial.”

Ashton Tull-Bent

People Ops Manager

“It’s working really well, it is nice, once a candidate’s profile is completed it automatically filters through to Bob. This has taken out quite a manual task for myself and the Zinc support team have been a massive help”

Natalie Peace

People Specialist

“We’ve had really positive feedback from our users, it’s a really smooth process and user friendly!”

Karolina Iskrova

People Ops Associate

“Our new person that joined us this week said it was really, really user-friendly. She was really impressed with how persistent you were in getting the references that were needed. From my point of view, it's just really easy. Makes my life easier and you feel kind of reassured that you are definitely going to get the checks in....really impressed so far with my experience with Zinc.”

Elizabeth Dillon

People and Culture Administration

Working with Zinc meant that we were able to demonstrate throughout the whole recruitment & onboarding process how much we truly do care about candidate experience.

Alana

Senior Talent Partner

“Having the process automated is great, it has reduced the time I am spending in the process. DBS checks are coming back in a matter of days means we have not had any issues with start dates as a result.”

Dominika Mielniczek

People Team Associate

“It’s working fantastically. The time saving element, which is one of the reasons we chose Zinc, has been excellent so far and the team have found it easy to use.”

Gareth Bowley

Recruitment Manager

“We have been using Zinc for nearly 2 years now and it has made a world of difference with our onboarding. Zinc saves us a huge amount of time, takes the admin off our team along with having all the references in one place. We can click a button and everything is done for us, we will never go back to manual reference checking”

Craig McElroy

Talent Acquisition Manager