Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Bernard Cantillon:
In the UK, social work is structured slightly differently. It is often part of a community care department. Social work in the UK can be structured on the basis of child protection or on the basis of a more generic social work department for a county, with the latter encompassing child protection as well elder abuse and many other areas.