What is SkillSET?
SkillSET provides employability support and training for individuals with convictions, offering mentoring, advice, and upskilling to help overcome employment barriers. Delivered in both prison settings and the community, the programme is backed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), PBNI, various employers, and training providers, ensuring comprehensive support for securing and sustaining employment.
How can SkillSET help me?
Our SkillSET programme provides vocational training tailored for individuals with convictions who want to enter into employment. Training includes qualifications such as Level 1 Site Health and Safety, CSR, Level 2 Risk Assessment, plant training, bespoke hospitality courses, OCN Level 1 Employability, and OCN Level 1 Life Stories.
In addition, our Disclosure NI service is available for anyone with a conviction who is seeking advice or support around disclosing a conviction e.g., understanding and clarifying spending periods, support with writing a disclosure statement for employers, colleges or universities, AccessNI checks and challenges.
These offers are available both in custody and in the community.
How do I get support?
To find out more about SkillSET, you can e mail us here or call us on 028 9032 0157.
For Disclosure Advice email our Disclosure Advice Line here.