Ministry of Justice Personnel Security Screening Office staff conduct the criminal record check, request any required information from the hiring manager, and notify the hiring manager if the applicant is eligible or not eligible to be hired. All checks must be completed by this office.
No. Information from a criminal record check must come from the Personnel Security Screening Office of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General directly to the hiring manager. Centralizing the administration of criminal record checks makes the process less expensive, faster, more reliable, more secure, and fully protects the privacy of the applicants' personal information.
The BC Public Service Agency will recover criminal record check costs corporately from ministries. The Personnel Security Screening Office won't invoice individual hiring managers for each check, and hiring managers don't have to provide account coding on each consent form. Fees for enhanced security screening are negotiated separately.
Information on the designation of positions and the successful completion of security screening will be stored and maintained in PeopleSoft. However, no information about a criminal record check is stored in the system.
Yes. When the hiring manager initiates a recruitment action for a new position, a Position Screening Designation form must be completed and approved if a form hasn't already been completed and submitted to the BCPSA. The hiring manager can contact AskMyHR (IDIR restricted) for assistance by submitting a service request using the category My Team or Organization (or) A Hiring Manager > Job Classification > Other Issues & Inquiries.
The hiring manager takes the completed Consent for Disclosure of Criminal Record Information (PDF, 278KB) and enters the information into the Personnel Security Screening Office Online Service.
If you have questions regarding entering the information into the Personnel Security Screening Office Online Service, or you encounter technical problems with the service, call the PSSO helpline at 1-855-587-0185.
The target turnaround time to receive the results is approximately 1-7 business days excluding any time required for adjudication.