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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, was established on 1 January 2014, under the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, to support and promote the development, welfare and protection of children and young people, and the effective functioning of families.
The Child and Family Agency is the dedicated State agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children.
It represents the most comprehensive reform of child protection, early intervention and family support services ever undertaken in Ireland.
The Agency brings together some 5,500 staff and an operational budget of approximately €1.2 billion.
The Agency operates under the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, a progressive piece of legislation with children at its heart, and families viewed as the foundation of a strong healthy community where children can flourish.
Partnership and co-operation in the delivery of seamless services to children and families are also central to the Act.
Under the Child and Family Act, 2013 the Child and Family Agency is charged with:
Supporting and promoting the development, welfare and protection of children, and the effective functioning of families;
Offering care and protection for children in circumstances where their parents have not been able to, or are unlikely to, provide the care that a child needs.
In order to discharge these responsibilities, the agency is required to maintain and develop the services needed in order to deliver these supports to children and families, and provide certain services for the psychological welfare of children and their families; responsibility for ensuring that every child in the state attends school or otherwise receives an education, and for providing education welfare services to support and monitors children's attendance, participation and retention in education;
Ensuring that the best interests of the child guides all decisions affecting individual children;
Consulting children and families so that they help to shape the agency's policies and services;
Strengthening interagency co-operation to ensure seamless services responsive to needs;
Undertaking research relating to its functions, and providing information and advice to the minister regarding those functions; and
Commissioning services relating to the provision of child and family services.
Services Provided by Tusla
The Child and Family Agency has responsibility for the following range of services:
Child Protection and Welfare
Parenting, Family Support and Early Help Services
Alternative Care
Birth Information & Tracing and Adoption
Tusla Education Support Services (TESS)
Children's Service Regulation
Counselling and Therapeutic Supports
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Purpose of role:
Working in line with nationally agreed frameworks and reporting arrangements, the Service Director is responsible for the provision of safe, high quality, integrated residential services for children and young people in the care of the state and they will have full responsibility and devolved accountability for the delivery of all specified residential services for children and young people.
The Service Director is responsible for providing governance, leadership and developing operational capacity across Residential Care Services to ensure the delivery of an integrated service that addresses the needs of children in the care of the state.
Seniority level
Seniority level
Not Applicable
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Full-time
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