Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an appointment has been made to the position of campus director at the Oberstown complex; when this appointment was, or will be made; the name and duties of the successful candidate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41005/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 38916/13 of 19 September 2013 on this matter. The position is unchanged.

The principal duties and responsibilities envisaged for the Campus Manager of the children detention schools in Oberstown are listed below, and were included in the information booklet published recently by the Public Appointments Service for this position:

- Lead on the delivery of the vision for an integrated national detention centre for children and young people detained by the courts.

- Integrated operational management of the services and staff of the Children Detention Schools.

- Development of comprehensive programmes to address offending behaviour by children in detention and reduce recidivism in conjunction with other stakeholder agencies.

- Lead preparations and implementation of the operational, staff, policy and financial arrangements for the effective deployment of the enhanced detention facilities which will come on stream from 2014 as a result of the Government approved major capital project for Oberstown.

- Ensure that the policies, programmes, standards and methods applicable to the delivery of services are consistent with best practice, improved outcomes for children and young people, external regulatory requirements and are subject to ongoing review and improvement.

- Develop and maintain effective relationships with other partner agencies to ensure effective service coordination with other health, education, social services and justice sectors.

- Accountability for delivering service, financial and staff targets in line with annual and multi annual plans under an agreed accountability and management framework.

- Responsibility for deployment of staffing resources on a cross campus basis and human resource management negotiations.

- Overall responsibility for shared services and cross campus initiatives on the Oberstown campus (e.g. catering services, payroll, staff training, health and safety, procurement and budget oversight).

- Implementation of a Performance Management and Development System for all grades within the detention schools.

- Ensure the development of a suitable plan to implement the relevant elements of a youth justice strategy to which the Campus Manager shall also contribute.