Declarations
Before admitting a social care worker to the NI Social Care Register, the NISCC must be satisfied as to the applicant’s good character, conduct and competence and that they are physically and mentally fit to undertake their role.
To do that, NISCC asks questions about disciplinary matters, offences and health. We also need to know if another Regulatory Body has ever taken any action against you. If you answer “yes” to any of the questions in the Disciplinary, Offences or Health sections of the application, we call this making a declaration or a disclosure and you will be asked to provide more information. If necessary, we may also have to contact your current or previous employer, your doctor, the police or social services for further information as appropriate.
The NISCC will take all of the information into account and decide whether to register you. If we have any concerns about whether or not registration should be granted, we can refer your application to a Registration Committee for an independent opinion. A Registration Committee can make a decision to;-
- register you without restriction
- register you with conditions that must be complied with by a certain date
NISCC can refuse to register you if you give false or misleading information or have withheld relevant details on your application. NISCC will also take action against any registered worker who is later found to have supplied false information in the application process.