<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/A6DF31D0-E805-4A7F-AC6A-FCA96B6E7F90" ns1:id="A6DF31D0-E805-4A7F-AC6A-FCA96B6E7F90"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/433C9554-DB8B-4BB7-BAC4-C127A52AC046" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/B04FE070-3D5E-4FB5-B9CA-7C38242D4EDF" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/B04FE070-3D5E-4FB5-B9CA-7C38242D4EDF" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/9A54C1A0-8BCA-45D3-A5B7-BB493B707D82" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">54140</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Rapid digitised staff on boarding for the care sector</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>SureCert's vision is to facilitate a frictionless &amp;quot;future of work&amp;quot;. As Covid exacerbates existing problems in the care sector, this project has the following objectives:

1. The connection of such a platform to a candidate database, enabling the care sector to search for candidates, interview and assess them remotely and to move successful applicants to the background checking system seamlessly;
2. The completion of one digital platform that incorporates a full digitised background checking system, which supports all of the safeguarding checks required to recruit a new staff member into the care sector in one place;
3. The ability to provide a compliance system that can be checked by regulators in a way that does not compromise the personally identifiable information (PII) (e.g. Identity documents) of candidates and which summarises the extent of a person's background by way of a score similar to a credit score - a SureScore; and
4. The assessment of impact of SureCert on the care sector in terms of the administration time reduced and how that time was then spent more effectively by finding and verifying candidates quicker and enabling the auditing of candidate information by the regulator to also be provided seamlessly, in one place (and potentially remotely).

Over the last year, SureCert has developed its digital platform in a way that is particularly suited to the health and care sector, although it is used across a range of sectors as well. SureCert had the approach endorsed by the regulators in Scotland (Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Sector Council), who were positive about the Care Sector's ability to &amp;quot;save time and effort&amp;quot; using the system and we are also Preferred Suppliers to Scottish Care and Care England. In addition, the proposed &amp;quot;SureScore&amp;quot; approach was endorsed by the www.lorca.co.uk London cyber accelerator, (SureCert are on the programme), for the potential to reduce fraud and identity theft online. This project would focus initially on the care sector in Scotland and England in partnership with the two care home associations and it can be developed beyond that sector post-project.

It will also complement SureCert's recent financial award through the TechForce 19 project on behalf of NHSx, which is focused on developing a national system and service for the recruitment and triaging of volunteers into the care sector.

The extension for impact funding will enable us to integrate directly with a major customer (regulator within the care sector), beta testing with their members and provide us with significant monthly recurring revenue from April 2021. It will also enable us to work with a technical partner active within the membership database market, which will provide us with additional channels for sales and marketing and help us scale our solution.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>