Consultation on NICS Recruitment Advertising
The Department of Finance has launched its consultation to seek your views on proposed policy changes to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) Recruitment Policy, specifically the provisions relating to recruitment advertising.
The proposed policy amendment would remove the mandatory requirement to advertise every job opportunity in the three local daily newspapers and allow for a more flexible approach to...More
The HR Consultancy Services (HRCS) Team within NISRA publishes an annual report Personnel Statistics in the NICS “(please see related link below) . This report covers staff numbers, part-time working and grade. It also includes some data on those who left the NICS during the previous 3 years.
HRCS also publishes a quarterly Employment in the NICS report “(please see related link below) for users requiring more frequent data on NICS staff as well as GB...More
The six Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland (including the NI Ambulance Trust) have worked in partnership to develop new draft Equality and Disability Action Plans for 2023-28.
These draft equality and disability action plans outline the proposed actions to be undertaken by the Health and Social Care Trusts over the next 5 years to respectively address Section 75 inequalities, and to promote positive attitudes towards people with a disability and to...More
Fire safety measures in buildings established through the local Building Regulations contribute significantly to maintaining life safety standards for occupants/residents and firefighters alike, not to mention the contribution they make in terms of property protection.
The proposed consultation contains amendments to uplift fire safety protection measures in a range of buildings. They are mainly focused on residential buildings and in particular domestic multi-residential buildings,...More
A Community Development Capacity Building Programme has now been established and successfully delivered for the last 3 years. Further details on the current programme can be found: The Elevate Programme – developing skills in your community | Community Development and Health Network (cdhn.org)
We are now seeking to inform the next phase and help shape the onward development of this Community Development Capacity Building work and would invite you to share your...More
DAERA has now completed the Mentoring Programme for EOI/EOII and analogous grades.
Evaluation is an important aspect of the process to determine the next steps in our mentoring programme. You are therefore asked to complete this evaluation to allow us to take on board your feedback /comments.
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Radiology in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust wish to collate your views on the radiology service. Reports will be analysed to inform service improvement and delivery.
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You have previously attended a ‘NI Market Outlook’ roundtable stakeholder group meeting, hosted by Neil Gibson, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance. Neil would like to thank you again for your valuable contributions on the day and looks forward to future engagement.
It was agreed at the previous event that a follow up survey would be issued to help inform our approach for future meetings. Therefore, Neil would very much appreciate if you could...More
Radiology in Southern Trust wishes to collate the views of GP referrers regarding radiological reports. Reponses will be analysed to inform the service of how it can improve.
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The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has developed the draft Carer Strategy ‘Caring Together in Belfast 2023 Onwards’. This strategy sets out the vision, priorities and actions which unpaid and family carers across Belfast Trust have told us are important to them. The draft strategy has been developed in partnership with the Carer Network, which is a representative group of carers.
This strategy sets out the vision, priorities and actions that carers across Belfast...More
NICSHR are in the process of reviewing and improving how we deliver our service to Departments. As part of our improvement journey and to work in partnership with you to develop our improvement plan, we would value your feedback of your experiences to date.
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Hello,
Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this scoping survey to help direct the development of a new resource.
I am keen that this new resource is as flexible, useful and user friendly as possible for the people who will be using it - you! The vision for the resource is that you will have all that you and the children you work with need to know about having a healthy diet and lifestyle at their age. In the questions that follow, you will help to determine which...More
Background
The Department for Infrastructure's Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) publish the Northern Ireland Planning Statistics which provide an overview of planning activity in Northern Ireland, as well as a summary of individual council activity.
Provisional quarterly bulletins are published for the first three quarters of each financial year, with a final annual bulletin produced during June, immediately...More
This survey is soliciting feedback on the current Integr8 Team Charter.
The Integr8 Team Charter sets out the values, culture, and goals of the Integr8 Programme. Since the document was created, a number of new members have been added to the Team and we are soliciting feedback on the current Charter to ensure that it continues to be reflective of the Programme, and that all Team members are in agreement with the content. Please answer the questions honestly; all feedback is...More
Summary
The Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme (the Scheme) was established to promote accessible public transport for members of the community who are most at risk of social exclusion. It aims to do so by providing free and discounted fares on public transport for some groups of people.
This consultation sets out the changes that we are thinking about making to the Scheme (now and in the future) and asks you questions about how these...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 Quarterly Reports on Employment in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (see link below).
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The HR Consultancy Services (HRCS) Team within NISRA publishes an annual report on the Equality Statistics for the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). The report presents an overview of diversity and equality in the NICS and how it has changed over time, analysing the workforce composition in terms of gender, community background, age group, disability and ethnicity.
As well as providing the analysis for employees at a point in time (1 January each year), the report also...More
This consultation proposes an increase to the fees for some services provided by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). These include:
practical driving tests
vehicle tests for roadworthiness and roadside enforcement
The fees for practical driving tests have largely stayed the same for almost 15 years while most vehicle test fees have remained the same for over 18 years.
The income DVA receives from fees must cover the costs of the...More
In Antrim Area Neonatal Unit we strive to provide the best possible care for the babies in the Unit. We feel passionate about involving parents / caregivers as much as possible, so that they become partners in the care delivery process. One way of achieving this was to teach parents / caregivers how to tube feed their baby.
You were one of those parents / caregivers, and we would really appreciate a few moments of your time to complete this short survey.
We thank you for your time...More