Our Safeguarding Helpline for safeguarding questions or concerns is open as normal until 5pm Christmas Eve, and will reopen at 9am on the 5th January.

Our Membership helpline for membership enquiries is open as normal until 5pm Christmas Eve, and will reopen at 9am on the 5th January.

Our Disclosure helpline for enquiries related to criminal record checks is open as normal until 5pm 23rd December, and will reopen at 9am on the 5th January.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from all of us at Thirtyone:eight.

Our Access NI Services

Whatever the needs of your organisation we have a solution to meet them. Our online system and dedicated on-hand support ensure you have everything you need to process checks for your workforce. Use the options below to learn more about each service and how it might help your safer recruitment process.

Any organisation needing to process less than 20 AccessNI checks a year for their workers needs to appoint an 'umbrella' organisation approved by the AccessNI to process checks on their behalf, however not all umbrella organisations offer the same levels of service support. Organisations that process more than 20 checks a year can choose to become a Registered Body directly with AccessNI.

Information disclosed in a criminal record check

A standard or enhanced AccessNI check will disclose different types of information about your criminal record history to an employer. Some cautions, fines, offences and spent convictions won't appear. But convictions for certain crimes stay unspent and will always appear on your record.

Full details of what appears on a certificate can be viewed here

Standard checks

A standard check contains details of all spent and unspent convictions, informed warnings, cautions and diversionary youth conferences

Enhanced Disclosures

An enhanced check contains the same information as a standard check and police records held locally. To work with children and vulnerable adults, the check may include information held by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Enhanced Disclosures with a check of the "Barred Lists"

If an applicant is involved in Regulated Activity the enhanced check must include a check of the DBS barred lists. The DBS is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Home Office. The DBS is responsible for maintaining the two barred lists, the ‘Children’s and Vulnerable Adults’ lists.