No social worker for 800 children in state care

NEARLY 800 children in the care of the Health Service Executive do not have an allocated social worker.

No social worker for 800 children in state care

Children’s rights advocates voiced concern yesterday at the figures, stressing that children were being denied basic services like a care plan or a review of their care.

Some 5,877 children were in care at the end of July this year, according to the executive’s latest performance report.

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