Reliance of State’s child and family agency on hotels and B&Bs for children in care a ‘significant’ challenge, internal report finds
Children alleging sexual assaults in one of State’s poorest areas waiting over a year for social worker assessmentsThe report was carried out by Tusla’s interim director of services Clare Murphy and released following a Freedom of Information Act request by The Irish Times.
These are group homes that typically house up to six young people and are run by Tusla or contracted to private and voluntary providers. “These children should be in foster homes or residential care, and Tusla should be supported to enable this,” she said. Despite Tusla seeking to add an additional 110 group home beds to the system by the end of 2025, capacity had grown tighter, he said.
“Now we are seeing children who should be in foster care ... they are now going to be in residential placements,” Mr Noble said. The agency cannot open additional group care homes if it does not have staff to run them, according to sources in the sector. In recent years it has started offering final-year students contracts to start with Tusla when they qualify.
While Tusla is struggling for more staff, the number of referrals about child abuse, neglect or welfare concerns has risen consistently. Tusla has stressed that when a case is unallocated it is still receiving a social work response and being monitored, ahead of the child being allocated a designated social worker.
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