Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion
Mr. Wayne Stanley:
This also provides a framework. The bit that is missing in this is that each department or section in a local authority has people they work with. They administer the systems. How do we build bridges and focus across that? One of the ways is through CAS, which creates that just by being there because it creates a framework into which young people fit. Otherwise, we do need initiatives like those kinds of shared services and experiences across departments in local areas. That is really the way forward. There are models of it for care leavers with multidisciplinary teams where the local authority, the HSE and Tusla are all involved in deciding what the best way forward is for the young person. The model is there.
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