96
C
care
children in care of State, 119, 150
children in private foster care, 120
children in voluntary care, 147
Care Assistants (HSE), 26
Care Order, 120, 148–49
care proceedings by HSE under Child
Care Act 1991, 148–49
caregivers, inappropriate, 18
case conference. See Child Protection
Conference
Child Care Act 1991
Care proceedings, 148–49
children in care of State, 119, 150
definition of ‘child’, 4
foster care, 120
safety and welfare of child is
paramount, 40, 146
Section 12 (Powers of An Garda
Síochána to take a child to safety),
55, 147
Section 13 (Emergency Care Order),
55, 120, 148
Section 3 (Functions of HSE), 57,
145–46
Section 4 (Voluntary care), 147
Section 43A, 147
Section 45, 121
Child Care Amendment Act 2011, 151
Child Care Manager, HSE Children and
Family Services, 7, 25, 26, 53–54
Child Care Regulations 1995, 119, 147
Child Care Training Departments, 128
child-centred service, viii
‘child’, definition of, 4
See also newborn child; unborn
child
child development, checklist for
(0-5 years), 165–70
Child-minder Coordinators (HSE), 26
child protection and welfare
child protection response, 47
child welfare response, 47
definition of concerns about, 5, 6
principles of best practice in, 3–4
process overview, 44–58
risk factors in, 59–88
See also assessment practice;
Children and Family Services,
HSE; concerns; referrals
Child Protection Conference, 5, 39,
48–51, 53
recommendations from Serious
Case Inquiries (Ireland), 50–51
Child Protection Notification System
(CPNS), 5, 53–54
Child Protection Plan, 5, 51–52, 54
Child Protection Review Conference, 5, 54
child trafficking, 89–90
Children Act 2001, 151
Part 3, 120
Parts 2, 3 and 8, 57
Children and Family Services, HSE
Child Protection Notification System
(CPNS), 5, 53–54
children in care of State, 119, 150
death of child due to abuse/neglect,
responding to, 121
delivery of child into custody by
An Garda Síochána, 55, 147
Designated Officers, 6, 26–28
designated persons, 7, 25–26, 53–54
Duty Social Worker (team), 8, 27, 37,
38, 44
foster care arrangements, 120
joint HSE/Garda action, 54–56
joint specialist interviewing with
An Garda Síochána, 46
management structures in, 7, 25
national offices and contact
information, 132–37
notification of abuse/neglect to
An Garda Síochána, 55
Principal Social Worker, 47, 129
Reference Group for development
of HSE Child Protection and
Welfare Practice Handbook, ix
Serious Incidents, management of,
120–21
Workforce Development, Education,
Training and Research (WDETR),
128
See also Health Service Executive
178
Child Protection and Welfare Practice Handbook