Social worker put on leave after unidentified files found

A social worker in the midlands employed by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, has been put on administrative leave in the fallout from the “discovery” of hundreds of “unidentified” child protection files in the Laois/Offaly area.

However, Impact is demanding the worker’s reinstatement on the basis of what it claims is “false information” circulated by Tusla in the wake of the find.

Last week Tusla chief executive Gordon Jeyes said the “previously unidentified” files were found after the agency’s new service delivery framework was implemented.