Links
Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB)
6 Callender
Street
Belfast
BT15BN
Tel: 02890 503 000
Website: www.adviceguide.org.uk
CAB is the largest advice charity in NI working against poverty and meeting the information and needs of some 250,000 people each year across a wide range of advice categories. Advice is available to all communities from 28 offices across NI and from over 120 other outlets.
Criminal
Records Bureau
PO Box 10
Liverpool L69 3E
Tel:
0870 90 90 811
Website: www.crb.gov.uk
Criminal Records Bureau is an executive agency of the Home Office set-up to help organisations make safer recruitment decisions for employers and voluntary organisations in England and Wales.
Department
of Education (DE)
Rathgael House
Balloo Road
Bangor
BT19 7PR
Tel: 02891 279 279
Website:www.deni.gov.uk
The DE is responsible for the central administration of all aspects of education and related services in NI excepting the higher and further education sectors – see below.
Department
for Employment and Learning (DEL)
Adelaide House
39-49 Adelaide
Street
Belfast
BT2 8FD
Tel:02890 257 777
Fax: 02890 257 778
Website: www.delni.gov.uk
DEL’s aim is to promote the learning and skills to prepare people for work and to support the economy.
Department
of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS)
DHSSPS
Castle
Buildings
Stormont Estate
Belfast
BT4 3SJ
Tel:
02890 520 500
Website: www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
Disclosure
Scotland
PO Box 250
Glasgow
G51 1YU
Tel:
0870 60 96 995
Website: www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
Disclosure Scotland provides a valuable service protecting the vulnerable people in our society by helping organisations make safer recruitment decisions when duties involve contact with children or adults at risk.
Information
Commissioner’s Office Northern Ireland
Room 101 Regus House
33
Clarendon Dock,
Laganside.
Belfast BT1 3BG.
Tel: 02890 511 270
Fax:02890 511 584
E-mail: ni@ico.gsi.gov.uk
The Independent Commissioner’s Office is the UK’s independent authority set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information.
Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NIACRO)
NIACRO
Amelia House
4 Amelia
Street
Belfast
BT2 7GS
Tel: 028 9032 0157
E-mail: niacro@niacro.co.uk
Website: www.niacro.co.uk
NIACRO – (Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders) is a voluntary agency and registered charity providing services and policy comment within the Criminal Justice System. NIACRO provides services under the headings of; promoting safer communities; working with children and young people who offend; providing services to families and children of offenders; supporting offenders and ex-prisoners in the community and working with prisoners. NIACRO supports employers to provide advice and training on how to deal fairly and safely with individuals with past convictions. The training ‘The Fair Recruitment of People with Criminal Convictions’ is therefore designed as a guide to good practice to equip Managers with the necessary skills and knowledge to make sound and fairer recruitment decisions when assessing the suitability of hob applicant’s convictions to particular posts.
Northern
Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA)
61 Duncairn Gardens
Belfast
BT15 2GB
Tel: 02890 877 777
Website: www.nicva.org
NICVA is an umbrella organisation, seeking to represent the interests of voluntary and community organisations in NI. In its role as a voluntary sector development agency, NICVA acts as a catalyst to promote innovation and new approaches to the challenge of social need. It works for justice, equality and dignity throughout society by promoting opportunities for community participation in the essential decisions that affect the lives of people in Northern Ireland
The
Volunteer Development Agency (VDA)
129 Ormeau Road,
Belfast,
BT7 1SH
Tel:028 9023 6100
E-mail:
odtc@volunteering-ni.org
Website: www.volunteering-ni.org
VDA is the lead Agency for the promotion and development of volunteering within Northern Ireland. The Agency offers support, information and training to organisations which involve volunteers. VDA also has an active policy role and aims to monitor and influence policy that affects volunteers and volunteering.
VDA’s ‘Our Duty to Care’ project has a remit to provide support, advice, information and training to the voluntary and community sector, on good practice for the protection of children. The project is supported by the Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety.