HSE service for children in care

A NEW assessment and intervention service for young people in special care and detention will provide on-site specialist therapeutic care and intervene in crisis cases where previous services were not adequate.

Information provided to the Irish Examiner reveals that the HSE’s Assessment, Consultation and Therapy Service (ACTS) will be a nationally directed and managed service located in Dublin with sub-teams in Cork and Limerick.

However, of about 30 staff needed at a cost of €3 million a year, just three have been recruited.