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HIQA report slams foster care services in Donegal

written by Stephen Maguire September 4, 2018
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HIQA, the health watchdog has found foster care services in Donegal to be majorly non-compliant in three areas.

The group raised concerns over child protection, and the assessment and reviews of foster carers.

This review was carried out over three days in April and looked at foster care services run by the child and family agency Tusla across the county.

It found that none of the services were compliant and three were majorly non-compliant.

According to the watchdog’s report, safeguarding measures were not robust and did not always ensure children are safe.

While some adults who have significant contact with children and young people were not properly vetted.

When it comes to foster carers, the report says their assessments are good quality but records of home visits are not adequate.

HIQA also says there are not enough carers to deal with the demands of the service.

The watchdog’s report does confirm that the Donegal service area has an action plan to address concerns raised in the inspection.

HIQA report slams foster care services in Donegal was last modified: September 6th, 2018 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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