Social worker needed for each foster child

Every child in foster care should have a dedicated social worker, a new report has found.

Social worker needed for each foster child

It has also been recommended that a system be put in place so that “vulnerable” children are not returned to a home they have been removed from multiple times before.

The Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland was published yesterday by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs.

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