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Welcome to Positive Care!

21st December 2016

childcare, residential childcare, residential social care, social care, tusla

Positive Care Team Update This year we focused largely on developing specialised services for under 12’s whom we hope to return to foster care after a period of time. With our expansion of our care services, we’re delighted to welcome Dr. Ciaran Jennings and Nicola Connor to our Clinical Team. The new services and their teams have…

50% of Children in Custody Have Been in Care

12th December 2016

Emma O'Connor

Why have so many people in prison spent time in care as children? Criminology Lecturer Claire Fitzpatrick writes that ‘the great majority of children in care do not commit criminal offences, yet there is a stubborn over-representation of care leavers in the criminal justice system. Less than 1% of the population have been in the care…

Abstracts Requested for Social Care Ireland Conference 2017

7th December 2016

Emma O'Connor

childcare, ireland, Positive Care, residential childcare, residential social care, social care, social care ireland, tusla

2017 Conference Theme: The Changing Face of Social Care The Social Care Ireland Conference 2017 entitled: The Changing Face of Social Care will take place on March 22nd and 23rd at the Radisson Hotel, Galway. The theme of the Conference aims to capture the changing nature of social care practice, management and education, as well as the…

Ireland To Take 200 Children From Calais

22nd November 2016

Emma O'Connor

calais, childcare, ireland, refugee crisis, residential childcare

Ireland To Take 200 Children From Calais All parties in the Dáil have together passed a motion to take 200 children from the former Calais Camp. It has been reported that ‘the necessary resources and expertise would be made available to the child and family agency Tusla and to all relevant agencies and non-governmental organisations…

Attachment Theory

16th November 2016

Emma O'Connor

care, childcare, ireland, residential social care, social care, social work, tusla

Can Attachment Theory Explain All Our Relationships? The most important parenting you’ll ever do happens before your child turns one — and may affect her for the rest of her life. One mother’s journey through the science of attachment. Read more here.

Aftercare

7th November 2016

Emma O'Connor

One of the key areas to allowing people in care equal opportunities and equal outcomes is an Aftercare Plan and it’s implementation. A common issue in Residential Childcare; this articles asks, Minister Katherine Zappone and TUSLA – Aftercare….do you care? https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/real-aftercare-for-real-people?bucket