Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla

Ms Colette Walsh:

We have some areas of social work where it is challenging to fill vacancies. On that basis, we have linked in with the agency that supplies the agency workers and we are looking at a conversion of staff, bearing in mind there are restrictions with regard to the recruitment licence. This would bed people down into a position for a period of time to give continuity of care for children who are in care.