By Ciara Phelan Political Correspondent Eilidh MacNab, Dublin North East Regional Chief Officer said she “fully acknowledged” that there were areas of practice that were not to the high standards expected. A child in Tusla’s foster care service was not visited by a social worker for over three years, a damning report has revealed. An
The scheme, which is now in its third year, provides financial support to those over 18 years old to help them achieve their education and training goals. Care-experienced young people, who are not receiving financial support for their education from any other State source, can apply for a bursary of up to €5,000 to fund
Cost of hotel rooms and other properties up to €1 million per child in some cases The State child and family agency has been spending more than €500,000 a week housing children in hotel rooms, rented properties or other emergency placements, figures show. Emergency placements are used where a child is taken into State care
Commenting on the study, Clare Murphy, Director of Services and Integration (Interim), Tusla said: “Tusla is acutely aware of and remains concerned about the increased risk of child sexual exploitation of vulnerable children and young people, whether relating to children and young people in our care or those in the wider community. We’ve just received
In recent weeks, we have learned that Sajid Javid is working on a radical plan to merge social care with health in England. The proposal is aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care – and could be included in a white paper next month. The debate about a national care service is not new. But
“Apps are an affordable, accessible and popular technology which provide an easy avenue to consumers and developers. It is easy to develop a rudimentary app and then build something more sophisticated down the line.” Dr Peter Bloomfield and Cristina Ruiz de Villa, report authors The government should launch a learning disability technology initiative, combined with