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. Eamonn Donnelly:

The Deputy raises a very interesting point about building relationships with what some people call the clientele, although that is not a word I like. I refer to them as people in society whom we are assisting. There would be far less movement under the model we suggested with regard to advancement. It is not just that we are losing social workers but that social workers hop around from one place to another. That compromises the building of relationships to which the Deputy refers.