The Department of Health would welcome your views on its plans to introduce a prototype Regional Obesity Management Service (ROMS) in Northern Ireland .
Obesity is one of the most significant public health issues facing the population of Northern Ireland today. Having obesity can reduce life expectancy, can increase the risk of a range of health conditions including heart disease, stroke and type II diabetes, and can have a significant detrimental impact on mental...More
You recently attended a Working with Ministers refresher session. We hope you found the session informative and useful. We would appreciate your feedback on the session as this will enable us to assess whether it met its objectives and will help inform the structure and content of future sessions sessions.
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Consultation to seek views on Healthy Futures Strategic Framework to Prevent the Harm caused by Obesity, and Improve Diets and Levels of Physical Activity in Northern Ireland
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Funding available for Social Care Qualifications in Northern Ireland
This funding information and application is intended for Social Care Managers and Employers responsible for registered social care workers/managers delivering services in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Health has approved funding which will support the development of capacity and capability within the registered social care workforce. Managed by the Social Care Council, the funding aims to...More
Thanks for attending the recent RE:Connect event. We would really appreciate your feedback on the event by completing this brief survey.
Your feedback is important in helping to shape future events.
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Hello and thank you for participating in our pilot of our new Human Rights for Social Work digital learning resource. This resource has been developed to support social workers and social work students to understand and know what are human rights, the legal framework and how human rights are applied.
The content of this resource has developed by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council in partnership with Dr. Nazia Latif, Right Practice, content author and a Human...More
The Department of Health (the Department) in the exercise of its statutory powers to regulate the Health Service in order to promote the health of people in Northern Ireland are seeking views on reforms to the Northern Ireland Clinical Excellence Awards Scheme.
The Department has been engaged with key stakeholders including the British Medical Association and Health and Social Care Trusts to elicit their views and preferences in order to inform the Department’s development of a...More
Hello and thank you for participating in our pilot of our new Understanding Child Development digital learning resources as follows:
Understanding Child Development 0-6 Years
Understanding Child Development 7-12 Years
Understanding Child Development 13-18 Years
Understanding Child Development – Policy and Legislation
These resources have been developed to support social workers and social work...More
The senior management team now wish to review the current format of the ASD webinar, to ensure that it remains an effective means of communicating with the staff in the division. Your assistance is required to do this. Please take the time to complete the survey.
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The Human Resource Consultancy Services (HRCS) team, in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), produces a range of HR related statistics on staff within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include quarterly Employment in the Northern Ireland Civil Service outputs (see link below).
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We would really appreciate your feedback on the recent Brief Solution Focused Therapy Skills training that you recently attended. This is to help us decide if this training was beneficial to you in your job role and to help in future training planning.
This survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete.
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We would really appreciate your feedback on the recent Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy training that you recently attended (Oct 2023). This is to help us decide if this training was beneficial to you in your job role and to help in future training planning.
This survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete.
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On 20 September the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris, wrote to Permanent Secretaries of Northern Ireland departments directing them to launch public consultations on measures to support budget sustainability by raising additional revenue.
Businesses and citizens all benefit from the public services and amenities provided by the government. Contributing to these services is a way of ensuring they are sustained and improved for the greater...More
The Online User Feedback Service (OUFS), Care Opinion was launched in Northern Ireland on 03 August 2020 providing opportunity for service users, families and carers to share feedback on their experiences of any service within Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI). Commissioned by the Department of Health the OUFS enables feedback which is open and transparent supporting services to engage with the voice of service users, families and carers through a two-way...More
The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 received Royal Assent on 6 June 2022. The principal changes arising from the Act are:
The removal of the presumption in favour of trial by jury in defamation cases.
The replacement of the three common law defences (justification, fair comment and the ‘Reynolds defence’) with equivalent statutory defences (truth, honest opinion and publication in the public interest).
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The Social Care Council hosts online Lunchtime Seminars throughout the year to share good practice, and knowledge amongst our social work and social care registrants. These seminars support career development and innovation, enabling social care workers to provide the best care for service users. It is also an opportunity for other professions to hear about areas of good practice etc.
Those who recently participated in a Lunchtime Seminar are being invited to share...More
The Social Care Council hosts forum events twice a year which bring together registered Social Care Managers from across the sector to update them on the new resources available to support them in meeting their responsibilities for registered staff and to share updates on policy and best practice.
Those managers who recently participated in a Managers Forum are being invited to share their views to help planning for future events. P articipation in this survey is voluntary....More
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DAERA is asking for help from Northern Ireland businesses that sell batteries either on their own or in a product. We are asking businesses to complete a survey so that DAERA can work out any implications for these businesses from the new EU Batteries Regulation ( 2023/1542 ).
‘Batteries’ means all types of batteries, including those in electrical devices, cars and in large machinery.
The EU Batteries Regulation applies from...More
On 20 September the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris, wrote to Permanent Secretaries of Northern Ireland departments directing them to launch public consultations on measures to support budget sustainability by rais ing additional revenue.
The Department of Finance is now seeking views on the following revenue raising measures identified by the Secretary of State.
Domestic rating
The...More
You recently met with a psychologist who works in the Paediatric & Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. We would really like to hear what you thought about meeting with your psychologist. Please let us know whether or not it helped your family.
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You recently met with a Psychologist working within the Northern Trust Paediatric and Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. This may have been in person; or, if in recent months, virtually by telephone or zoom video link. In order to maintain and improve the quality of our services, we are really interested in hearing about your experience of the service. Information is collected anonymously and you are not asked for information which could identify you personally.
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You recently met with a Psychologist working within the Northern Trust Paediatric and Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. This may have been in person; or, if in recent months, virtually by telephone or zoom video link. In order to maintain and improve the quality of our services, we are really interested in hearing about your experience of the service. Information is collected anonymously and you are not asked for information which could identify you personally.
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A new programme of Farm Support and Development, designed in consultation with the Northern Ireland agricultural industry and other key stakeholders is being developed and will be introduced on a phased basis over the coming years.
The Capital Investment Measure will help farmers and growers improve business efficiency and environmental performance. In particular, support will be focused on assisting the industry to meet Net Zero targets to incentivise investment in carbon...More
The Human Resource Consultancy Services (HRCS) branch, in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), produces a range of HR related statistics on staff within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include an annual publication on Pay in the NICS (see link below).
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The Utility Regulator is consulting on its draft Corporate Strategy, Protecting Consumers on the way to Net Zero.
The draft strategy sets out the Utility Regulator’s proposed strategic direction for the next five years. It identifies four key strategic objectives:
Supporting the Just Transition to net zero.
Securing our water and energy supply
Enabling best in class energy and water companies
Providing the highest...More
RE: A Project being conducted by FSA NI and CAFRE to analyse the nutrient content and portion size of ice- cream and gelato sold in parlours across Northern Ireland.
It would be appreciated if you could spare ~ 5 mins to complete the questionnaire as this data collection will be important to analyse information on ice-cream and gelato on sale in parlours across Northern Ireland and determine typical portion sizes. Thus, informing the technical reformulation guidance which will provide the...More
The Social Care Council is inviting new social care workers who recently joined the Social Care Council Register and have reached six months service to take part in this survey.
We would like to learn about new social care worker's experiences of working in social care and what attracted them to this type of work. Responses will provide an insight for us as we work with employers to recruit and retain people with the skills and values needed to provide good...More
At Census Office for Northern Ireland, we are keen to get your views on our recent user engagement events.
This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and is anonymous.
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