Driver licence checking for care and home visits
Community care runs on cars, and they are usually the carer's own. The law does not distinguish: someone driving their own vehicle to your rota is driving for work, and the employer's duty of care applies just as it would to a liveried fleet.
Where the risk sits.
Grey fleet is still your fleet
Staff using their own cars for work journeys are business drivers. If one of them is unlicensed or disqualified on your rota, the fact you never owned the car is no defence.
A distributed workforce, rarely at a desk
Carers are on the road between visits, not in an office where paper mandate forms get signed and returned. Manual checking rounds stall on logistics alone.
The record changes silently
Points accumulate, photocards expire and licences are revoked between annual checks — and none of it announces itself to the employer.
How DV Check fits.
Two minutes on their phone
Each carer gets a secure link by email and enters their driving licence number between visits. No office trip, no paperwork.
Re-checks without chasing
Checks repeat on a risk-based schedule automatically — every three months, tightening to monthly when penalty points build — so cover stays current across a high-turnover workforce.
Evidence of the duty discharged
Consent, check dates and DVLA's answer are kept against every driver, so demonstrating the duty of care is a report, not an archaeology dig.
Start with a single check.
Create an account, add a driver, and have a DVLA verdict back in minutes. Pay per check — no subscription.