AccessNI circulars and newsletters are available in the publication section of this website.
Newsletters
A summary of AccessNI newsletters from 2016 is available below -
2022
Issue 37 - Changes in Application numbers
Barred list information
Checks on EU citizens
Homes for Ukraine
AccessNI E-Application Declaration
Corrupt Accounts
Statutory guidance for Chief Officers
Code of Practice
2021
Issue 36 - Recruitment Agencies
ID Checking Guidance
Payment for AccessNI Checks
NI Direct Accounts
Guidance for Transgender Applicants
Cancelling of Audits
Issue 35 - New DBS Appointment
AccessNI Annual Registered/Responsible Body Review 2021
AccessNI Disclosure Application Queues
ID checking during COVID-19
Applicant Survey Results
Lead/Countersignatory Accounts - Contact details updates
Code of Practice
AccessNI Signatory Accounts
Training
2020
Issue 34 - Applicant survey
Home-based positions AccessNI enhanced disclosure e-application forms
On-line teaching
ID checking during COVID-19
Barred list checks
Activating and managing NIDA accounts
Training
Positions Applied For
AccessNI Registered/Responsible Body Review
Referral to Disclosure and Barring Service
Independent Monitor Annual Report
Issue 33 - Covid-19 - What we have been doing
AccessNI Registered/Responsible Body Review
Barred list checks
Protective Disclosure Unit
ID checking during Covid-19
Befriender positions
Review of AccessNI signatory accounts
Lifeguards (Swimming pools or beaches)
Issue 32 - New AccessNI signatory training
Working in premises/establishments regulated by RQIA
AccessNI checks - working with children and adults in the voluntary sector
Further education colleges - eligibility for AccessNI disclosure checks
The role of a compliance officer in AccessNI
Reprints
Public Services Card (Ireland)
EU exit - ROI and EU checks
Annual Registered/Responsible Body review
Independent Monitor annual report
AccessNI fees
2019
Issue 31 - Fraudulent certificates
Forenames/surnames on application forms
Compliance
Applicant that has no identity documents
Kinship foster carer applications
List of specified offences
Making a complaint to AccessNI
Issue 30 - Working in RQIA premises
ID checking
Contractors/workers in schools
CSV export - update
Kinship foster carers
AccessNI disclosure application - PIN numbers
New Independent Reviewer
Issue 29 - Eligibility for AccessNI checks - Charity trustees, sports sector, children attending organised events open to all ages.
Checks with EU member states
Fraudulent and ineligible applications
2018
Issue 28 - Duty to refer employees to Disclosure and Barring Service
Compliance - forenames/surnames on applications
Digital certificates
Important court cases
AccessNI PIN numbers
New UK Criminal Records Trade Body (CRTB)
Issue 27 - EU project - Spanish, Portuguese and French nationals
Umbrella Body organisations - eligibility
Finance
New ID checking guidelines
Did you know?
Issue 26 - Working in premises/establishments regulated by RQIA
Befriender positions
Working in charity shops or other workplaces
Review of AccessNI countersignatories
Finance
2017
Issue 25 - Returned applications
Cancellation of disclosure applications
Lead signatory positions with Registered/Responsible Body organisations
Sample letter to request certificate
Pre-employment application form - Question about disclosure of convictions
Issue 24 - Changes to lead signatories
On-line applications
Case tracking
Status of application
Retaining certificates
AccessNI emails
2016
Issue 22 - Exporting information to excel
Umbrella Body database
Staffing changes in AccessNI
Issue 21 - Barred list checks
Security features of AccessNI disclosure paper
Right to work
Disputes and case tracking
Issue 20 - Criminal record review scheme - Independent Reviewer
De-registration
Revised Code of Practice
Newsletters 2023
Newsletters 2022
Newsletters 2021
Newsletters 2020
Newsletter 2019
Newsletters 2018
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