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Tusla performance and activity reporting site.
No full textThe Tusla Performance and Activity Reporting Site and associated Data Catalogue are both key elements of improved capability for Tusla Data Management and have been implemented to facilitate Open data and Data Management developments in Tusla.
This site seeks to improve the ability of Tusla to publish performance and activity data (previously published) in a more modern, interactive and open way in line with current initiatives such as the Government Open Data Strategy 2017-2022. The site seeks to deliver on this strategy by making published performance and activity related data held by Tusla easily accessible in an online format for reuse and redistribution.
This initiative seeks to promote innovation, research, analysis and transparency through the publication of Public Sector data in open, free and reusable formats in line with the goals of the Open Data Strategy. The data on this website will be updated continuously and Tusla will also seek to publish other approved and appropriate datasets over time in line with the initiative
Tusla Child and Family Agency corporate plan 2015-2017.
Get PDFIntroduction
The formation of Tusla in January 2014 offers an excellent opportunity to establish and progress modern and appropriate services for children and families in Ireland. This is the Agency’s first Corporate Plan, spanning the period 2015-2017, and sets out how it plans to achieve this, as well as identifying the pathway to longer term outcomes beyond the lifetime of this plan.
Stakeholder consultation
To inform the planning process, Tusla engaged and consulted with a wide range of stakeholders in order to better understand the various challenges, issues and requirements involved. In a consultation process with over 450 people, a number of key themes emerged and these have helped to shape the development of this Corporate Plan. They were:
1. National agency and children’s champion
• Stakeholders would like Tusla to be a truly national agency and children’s ‘champion’.
2. Shaping the system
• Tusla has an important role to play in helping to shape the system and to coordinate a collective response to service requirements.
3. Staff capacity
• A crucial task for Tusla in the formative years is to build the capacity and capability of staff members who directly deliver the services and touch the lives of children and families.
4. Quality of service and experience
• Tusla should provide services that make life better, safer and happier for the children and young people who need Tusla in their lives and to do so sensitively, consistently and responsively.
5. Engagement and co-production
• Stakeholders welcomed the opportunity to engage with Tusla and would like to see this process being continued in order to build relationships and mutual respect as a basis for productive working relationships.
6. Internal unity and effectiveness
• External stakeholders working with Tusla emphasised the need for internal coherence and, in particular, the provision of reliable information, consistent application of protocols and clarity about roles and responsibilities
Tusla annual report 2016.
Get PDFThe Tusla – Child and Family Agency was first established on the 1st January 2014 as the dedicated State Agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. Tusla’s remit includes a range of broad-based and targeted services, as follows:
• Child protection and welfare services, including family support services.
• Family Resource Centres and associated national programmes.
• Early Years services regulation and inspection.
• Educational welfare responsibilities, including statutory education welfare services, the ‘School Completion Programme’ and the ‘Home School Community Liaison Scheme’.
• Alternative Care Services, including foster care, residential care, special care and aftercare
• Registration and inspection of non-statutory children’s residential centres.
• Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services.
• Services related to the psychological welfare of children.
• Assessment, consultation, therapy and treatment services (ACTS).
• Adoption services, including information and tracing.
This annual report is the second published under our Corporate Plan 2015-2017 which provides the overarching policy guidance and performance framework and a commitment by Tusla, to ensure that its priorities and outcomes for children and families are fully integrated with national priorities through its annual business planning process. Whilst 2016 presented ongoing challenges for the Agency, the 2016 annual report provides an overview of progress and achievements and highlights include:
• A 19% reduction, from December 2015, in the number of cases awaiting an allocated social worker, and a 20% reduction in the number of high priority cases awaiting allocation.
• The establishment of 75 child and family support networks as part of the prevention, partnership and family support programme.
• There were 432 new registrations/notifications of early years services representing a three-fold increase on 2015.
• Expanded educational welfare services worked with 3,751 new individual children in the academic year 2015/2016.
• The Tusla feedback and complaints policy ‘Tell Us’ went live in late 201
Tusla corporate plan 2018 - 2020.
Get PDFTusla – Child and Family Agency Corporate Plan 2018 – 2020, and Business Plan for 2018 set out the key priorities for the Agency over the next three years, alongside a renewed vision and mission which will guide the Agency as it engages with children, families and communities. The significant work programme outlined in this plan is based on reducing preventable risks to children.
Speaking about the launch of the Corporate Plan 2018 – 2020 and the Business Plan for 2018, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone said: “The launch of Tusla’s second Corporate Plan is an important milestone in the delivery, development and reform of services for vulnerable children and families. In providing additional funding of over €40million to Tusla this year, I believe that the Government is supporting the ambition of Tusla of doing the best for our children, who need help the most”.
The renewed vision “An Ireland that is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children, young people, and families” and mission “Working together to provide good quality, supportive services to achieve better outcomes for children, young people, families, and communities” reflect the ambitious priorities which have been identified for 2018 – 2020. They include:
• Agency-wide, consistent approaches to practice (including Signs of Safety);
• To provide children and families with the right service, at the right time for the right reason;
• To give clear, user-friendly information to families, wider communities and the general public about what they can expect from the Agency and our role in society.
• To help staff grow and develop, in an environment which supports a learning culture;
• To promote innovative, evidence-informed and risk-sophisticated practice to provide better outcomes for children, young people, families and communities;
• To lead child protection and welfare interventions, and engage partner organisations and communities, in order to promote safety and wellbeing;
• To recruit and retain appropriate levels of dedicated, experienced, and qualified staff.
Speaking about the Tusla’s focus for the next three years, Fred McBride, Chief Executive, Tusla said: “The Agency has faced many challenges over the past three years, but due to the hard work and dedication of staff and our partners, significant progress has been made across a range of services. Our new Corporate Plan 2018 – 2020, which has been developed following consultation with stakeholders, staff, and children, is ambitious and aims to fundamentally change and improve the relationship between the State and children, young people, families and communities. As an organisation we believe that children, families and communities should be actively involved in the decisions that affect their lives. We want to work with them to maximise their dignity, autonomy and self-determination whilst providing services that are timely and appropriate for their specific needs.
TUSLA parent survey overview report.
Get PDFThe aim of this survey of parents currently receiving a service from Tusla child protection social work is to understand more about their experiences of the relationship with their worker. In particular, to find out whether they are experiencing the kind of working relationship that is the goal in Signs of Safety practice. The survey was run in November 2018 – January 2019. To ensure parents can give free and informed consent, they are first given details of the survey by their social worker during a specified period and subsequently phoned by an independent person who administers the survey if the parent(s) consent. From 187 names received from social workers, 111 parents gave their consent and completed the survey
Tusla – Child and Family Agency research needs analysis report
No full textThe purpose of the Research Needs Analysis conducted on behalf of Tusla Ireland s Child and Family Agency is to respond to Tusla s Research Strategy specifically in terms of identifying and prioritising the research and development needs of the Agency s functions for the period 2015 2017. Moreover, in a broader context the RNA contributes to the achievement of Tusla s corporate objectives
Tusla – Child and Family Agency research needs analysis report
No full textThe purpose of the Research Needs Analysis conducted on behalf of Tusla Ireland s Child and Family Agency is to respond to Tusla s Research Strategy specifically in terms of identifying and prioritising the research and development needs of the Agency s functions for the period 2015 2017. Moreover, in a broader context the RNA contributes to the achievement of Tusla s corporate objectives.non-peer-reviewe
Tusla Child and Family Agency annual report 2018.
Get PDFThe Tusla – Child and Family Agency was first established on the 1st January 2014 as the dedicated State Agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. Tusla’s remit includes a range of broad-based and targeted services, as follows:
• Child protection and welfare services, including family support services.
• Family Resource Centres and associated national programmes.
• Early Years services regulation and inspection.
• Educational welfare responsibilities, including statutory education welfare services, the ‘School Completion Programme’ and the ‘Home School Community Liaison Scheme’.
• Alternative Care Services, including foster care, residential care, special care and aftercare
• Registration and inspection of non-statutory children’s residential centres.
• Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services.
• Services related to the psychological welfare of children.
• Assessment, consultation, therapy and treatment services (ACTS).
• Adoption services, including information and tracing
Tusla annual report 2014.
Get PDFFollowing the enactment of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, the Agency was established on 1st January 2014 and is responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. It represents the most comprehensive reform of services for the development, welfare and protection of children and the support of families ever undertaken in Ireland
Tusla annual report 2015.
Get PDFThe Child and Family Agency is now two years in operation after it was first established on 1 January 2014 as the dedicated State agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. The Agency was set up through merging Children and Family Services of the Health Service Executive (HSE), the National Educational Welfare Board and the Family Support Agency.
Tusla’s remit includes a range of broad-based and targeted services, as follows:
• Child Protection and Welfare Services, including Family Support Services;
• Family Resource Centres and associated national programmes;
• Early Years services regulation and inspection;
• Educational welfare responsibilities, including statutory Education Welfare Services, the School Completion Programme and the Home School Community Liaison Scheme;
• Alternative Care Services, including foster care, residential care, special care and aftercare;
• Registration and inspection of non-statutory children’s residential centres;
• Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services;
• Services related to the psychological welfare of children;
• Assessment, consultation, therapy and treatment services (ACTS);
• Adoption services, including information and tracing
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