Equality, Good Relations and Human RightsScreening Questionnaire

RevisedRecruitment of Ex-Offenders and Security of Disclosures Policy& Procedure for NIFRS

September 2013

  1. Do you have any particular need, experience, issue or priority in relation toa revisedRecruitment of Ex-Offenders and the Security of Disclosures Policy Procedure?
  1. As a result of a revisedRecruitment of Ex-Offenders and Security of Disclosures Policy & Procedure, do you envisage any differential impacts, either positive, or negative, for staff, the organisation and the community as a whole? (When answering think about the equality categories – Age, Gender, Religion, Political Opinion, Marital Status, Dependents Status, Disability, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation)

3.What changes to a revisedRecruitment of Ex-Offenders and Security of Disclosures Policy & Procedurewould you propose – if any? What additional measures would you suggest to ensure that the NIFRS Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and Security of DisclosuresPolicy & Procedurewould promote equality, fairness and good relations?

4.Any further comments?

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Main groups recognised under Section 75 statutory equality duties
Religious belief / Protestants, Catholics, people of other Christian denominations, people of other religious faiths, people of no religious belief.
Political opinion / Unionists generally, Nationalists generally, other political ideologies. Members/supporters of any political party.
Racial group / For example white people, Chinese, Irish Travellers, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Black Africans, Black Caribbean people, people with mixed ethnic group.
Men & Women generally / Men (including boys), women (including girls), trans-gendered people.
Marital status / Married people, unmarried people, divorced or separated people, widowed people.
Age / For most purposes, the main categories are, children, under 18, people ages between 18 - 65, and people over 65.
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Persons with a disability / Disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, as defined in Sections 1 and 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Persons with dependants / Persons with personal responsibility for the care of a child; persons with personal responsibility for the care of a person with an incapacitating disability; persons with personal responsibility for the care of a dependant elderly person.
Sexual orientation / People who are heterosexual, bisexual, gay or lesbian.