Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla

2:00 pm

Dr. Aisling Gillen:

In recognition of what members are saying, social workers are at the front door trying to identify risk early. We are putting our experienced people in to ensure that we do not miss anything at the front door. We have created a significant number of senior practitioner posts at the front door so that we can load experience there. There is recognition that we do not want newly-qualified social workers doing the hardest part of the work. It is a question of trying to load experience in there.