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Ireland: Social workers ‘retrained’ to manage risk instead of remove it
Irish Times – June 26, 2017
Ireland could have the “best child protection services in the developed world” within five years, according to an international expert. Dr Andrew Turnell, who in the 1990s pioneered a radical approach to child protection known as “Signs of Safety” in western Australia, is training all of Tusla’s 1,466 social workers in the model. Over the next two years almost all of the 3,640 staff at the child and family agency will be trained in the approach.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/social-workers-retrained-to-manage-risk-instead-of-remove-it-1.3133103