Dozens of safeguarding records from Northern Ireland have been destroyed, the Home Office said. A total of 64 files on people seeking work with the vulnerable or children were scrapped
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The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have published the Adult Safeguarding Policy for Northern Ireland ‘Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) have made a recent lunchtime seminar on domestic abuse available to download. The “Tackling Domestic Abuse – Working inside and out of
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If you are currently resident in Northern Ireland (or the Republic of Ireland) and you have gained your social work qualification outside the jurisdiction in which you now reside, you
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland has today published the findings of a study into the aftercare received by those who attended hospital after self-harming. The report, ‘Recommended
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced that he will consult publicly on proposals for a new revenue grant scheme, which will be open to voluntary and community organisations
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Self confessed paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth found peace with God, an inquiry has been told. In a letter written in 1995 after his conviction for sexually assaulting more than
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are on the rise in Northern Ireland and to try and reverse this upwards trend the Public Health Agency (PHA) has recently launched a major new
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A notorious paedophile priest told a doctor he had sexually abused hundreds of children, an inquiry has heard. Fr Brendan Smyth made the admission in February 1994 – the year
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced his intention to introduce compulsory registration for social care workers in domiciliary care and day care settings. Speaking at the Health and
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