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The service supports individuals with mental health needs using a recovery focused approach to enable clients to identify and address personal development goals.
Accredited training is offered in a range of areas such as health & wellbeing, vocational, personal development and employment.
Employment officers also work with individuals in the community who wish to engage in voluntary or training placements and offer support to those entering or returning to employment. Although we do not work with families, the families / carers of clients engaged in our service often feel they are receiving support by their family member being supported through recovery.
Early Years Teams are specialist teams of social workers within Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts who are responsible for the registration, inspection, monitoring and support of child minders and day care providers.
Registration and inspection system By law, Social Services must operate a registration and inspection system for the following types of childcare services :
Day nurseries playgroups out-of-school care child minders summer and holiday schemes creches Some types of childcare do not require registration and inspection, these include nannies/au pairs, services that cater for children over 12 years old, services which run for less than 2 hours a day or services which operate for less than 6 days per year.
For group daycare settings, such as day nurseries, playgroups and out-of-school care, social workers within Early Years Teams inspect premises at least annually.
They will check :Â the suitability of the premises, ensuring that they are safe to be used as a facility to provide care to children the suitability of the persons providing care, ensuring that there is no known reason why they are not able to work with children that the standard of care offered is in keeping with that which is required by any registered facility the suitability of equipment Childminders are also inspected annually. Before child minders are registered, the social worker will check that their homes are safe for young children. A number of checks, including criminal record checks, are carried out on the prospective child minder and any member of the household who is over ten.
The most up-to- date list of registered Childcare providers is available on www.familysupportni.gov.uk – Search Childcare Services.
You can best check for childcare by choosing type of childcare (use Drop-down bar) then input your (full) postcode – indicate within 1/5/10 miles. You can filter results by (tick boxes) vacancies / experience of special needs/school pick-up etc to find childcare which best meets your needs .
To find out more about the registration process, for further guidance in relation to application forms or other information please contact your local Early Years office Central Number for Belfast Trust Early Years 028 95042811 or email earlyyears@belfasttrust.hscni.net
The Newry & Mourne LAC Team provides a service to children and young people in a range of settings. Support is also provided to the parents and carers. The aims of the service are to provide safe and effective care, high quality care placements which meet childrens needs and young people are assisted to reach their potential. Referral and intervention is governed by Children (NI) Order 1995.
Assesses housing need / homelessness
Allocates housing (social)
Administers Housing Benefit
Administers Rate Relief
Manages Supporting People Programme
Provides improvement grant aid, including disabled faciliites grants.
Housing advice & assistance.
Find your nearest office
Opening hours for your nearest office, including information about walk-ins and appointments, are available here:
Find your nearest office
If you need to speak to a Patch Manager or make an appointment with them, you can contact our General Enquiries line and they will put you through to the correct office.
Contact our
General Enquiries Line
on: Tel.:
03448 920 900
If a person is homeless or wishes to speak to someone regarding rehousing, they can call our Homelessness Line to speak to a Housing Advisor in their local office.
Contact our
Homelessness Line
on: Tel.:
03448 920 908
During normal working hours a referral will be made to one of our Housing Advisors who will conduct a housing solutions interview and homeless assessment and address any temporary accommodation requirements.
We also provide an emergency out-of-hours service, after 5pm, at the weekend and on bank holidays for those who have nowhere safe to stay and require emergency accommodation.
If you or someone you live with has a
disability
, we have a range of services and publications specifically designed to be of help. This
link
lists the services that are available, and provides links to other sections of our website where you can find more detailed information and guidance.
Help with Disabilities
Free advice on saving energy in your home energy efficiency grants and oil buying clubs
NI Energy Advice
NI Advice Energy Advice 0800 111 4455
Our Integrated Services for Children and Young People (ISCYP) teams provide a wide range of support services and programmes in Education/Learner Support, Youth Development and Inclusion, Family Support and Wellbeing (focus mental health) NB : Also Alternative Education provision support via the 4 AEP Centres across West Belfast (and Belfast wide).
We have a wide range of referral agencies cross sectoral and cross theme i.e. education, health, social care, youth justice, community, voluntary and statutory including self and/ or parents
ISCYP is currently operating across West Belfast (also Shankill area). We have a number of bases from which we operate across west Belfasts 4 Neighbourhood Partnership areas
Free and confidential support for victims and witnesses of crime throughout NI. We offer emotional support and practical advice to help people recover from the impact of crime. We also support prosecution witnesses at court, and have a number of specialist advocacy services for young victims, victims of serious sexual crime, and hate crime. In addition, we have a free advice service to assist victims of violent crime to claim criminal injuries compensation.
Support is available whether you have reported the crime to police or not, and regardless of how long ago the crime occurred.
Contact us at our Belfast or Foyle Hubs or via email
info@victimsupportni.org.uk
Free and confidential support for victims and witnesses of crime throughout NI. We offer emotional support and practical advice to help people recover from the impact of crime. We also support prosecution witnesses at court, and have a number of specialist advocacy services for young victims, victims of serious sexual crime, and hate crime. In addition, we have a free advice service to assist victims of violent crime to claim criminal injuries compensation.
Support is available whether you have reported the crime to police or not, and regardless of how long ago the crime occurred.
Contact us at our Belfast or Foyle Hubs or via email
info@victimsupportni.org.uk
***Please note these meeting are via zoom – contact for details **
Meeting every Friday at 20.00
Someone else’s drinking can affect your life – be it a relative or friend, male or female.
Someone else’s uncontrolled, and uncontrollable, drinking can:
turn love to hate
bring you to the depths of despair affect you financially
lead to violent outbursts
make you doubt your own sanity
make you think that you are the problem.
Whatever your relationship to the drinker, whatever your story, Al-Anon can help.
Al-Anon Family Groups hold regular meetings where members share their own experience of living with alcoholism. Al-Anon does not offer advice or counselling, but members give each other understanding, strength and hope.
Helpline :- 028 9068 2368 for details.
Al-Anon Family Groups Meetings
Unless otherwise stated, Al-Anon meetings are held every week. Most meetings last for one and a half hours – variations are shown in the group’s notes. You are welcome to attend if you have been – or still are – affected by someone elses drinking.
Contacts are available for each meeting, if you wish to speak to someone prior to attending a meeting, please call
028 9068 2368 for details.
All meetings are by tradition, ‘closed’, that is, attended only by family and friends whose lives have been affected by the alcoholic’s behaviour. ‘Open’ meetings are offered by some groups who welcome professionals and others interested in learning how meetings can provide help and support to their clients. We ask visitors to respect the traditions of confidentiality and anonymity
Meeting every Thursday at 7.45 pm Someone else’s drinking can affect your life – be it a relative or friend, male or female.
Someone else’s uncontrolled, and uncontrollable, drinking can:
turn love to hate
bring you to the depths of despair affect you financially
lead to violent outbursts
make you doubt your own sanity
make you think that you are the problem.
Whatever your relationship to the drinker, whatever your story, Al-Anon can help.
Al-Anon Family Groups hold regular meetings where members share their own experience of living with alcoholism. Al-Anon does not offer advice or counselling, but members give each other understanding, strength and hope.
Helpline :- 028 9068 2368 for details.
Al-Anon Family Groups Meetings
Unless otherwise stated, Al-Anon meetings are held every week. Most meetings last for one and a half hours – variations are shown in the group’s notes. You are welcome to attend if you have been – or still are – affected by someone elses drinking.
Contacts are available for each meeting, if you wish to speak to someone prior to attending a meeting, please call
028 9068 2368 for details.
All meetings are by tradition, ‘closed’, that is, attended only by family and friends whose lives have been affected by the alcoholic’s behaviour. ‘Open’ meetings are offered by some groups who welcome professionals and others interested in learning how meetings can provide help and support to their clients. We ask visitors to respect the traditions of confidentiality and anonymity
Above St Vincents de Paul shop (door to the left),
Meeting every Friday at 8.00 p.m
Someone else’s drinking can affect your life – be it a relative or friend, male or female.
Someone else’s uncontrolled, and uncontrollable, drinking can:
turn love to hate
bring you to the depths of despair affect you financially
lead to violent outbursts
make you doubt your own sanity
make you think that you are the problem.
Whatever your relationship to the drinker, whatever your story, Al-Anon can help.
Al-Anon Family Groups hold regular meetings where members share their own experience of living with alcoholism. Al-Anon does not offer advice or counselling, but members give each other understanding, strength and hope.
Helpline :- 028 9068 2368 for details.
Al-Anon Family Groups Meetings
Unless otherwise stated, Al-Anon meetings are held every week. Most meetings last for one and a half hours – variations are shown in the group’s notes. You are welcome to attend if you have been – or still are – affected by someone elses drinking.
Contacts are available for each meeting, if you wish to speak to someone prior to attending a meeting, please call
028 9068 2368 for details.
All meetings are by tradition, ‘closed’, that is, attended only by family and friends whose lives have been affected by the alcoholic’s behaviour. ‘Open’ meetings are offered by some groups who welcome professionals and others interested in learning how meetings can provide help and support to their clients. We ask visitors to respect the traditions of confidentiality and anonymity