The Commissioner and the Commissioner's Office are not direct service providers. The principal responsibility of the Commissioner is to promote the interests of victims and survivors of non-recent historical institutional childhood abuse. The Office can however give you information on how to access services and support.
The Commissioner has a duty to encourage the provision and coordination of relevant services in Northern Ireland. These are services that:
- improve physical or mental health
- help to overcome addiction
- provide counselling
- improve literacy or numeracy
- provide other education and training or enable a person to access opportunities to work.
The Commissioner must also monitor facilities currently available in Northern Ireland that provide victims and survivors with:
Counselling and information about how to access
- health services
- housing services
- education services or employment services
Facilities which provide advice on
- opportunities for education or work
- literacy or numeracy training
- entitlements to housing or social security benefits.