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Working Together for Children initiative (Children’s Services Committees)

Project Background

The Centre for Effective Services (CES) has been asked by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA), part of the Department of Health and Children in Ireland, to assist with, and advise on, the strategic development of Children’s Services Committees (CSCs). CES’s work will take place in the context of a wider strategic plan for the CSCs developed by the OMCYA and National Children's Strategy Implementation Group (NCSIG) partner agencies.

The purpose of CSCs is to secure better developmental outcomes for children through more effective integration of existing services and interventions at local level. The policy context for CSCs is the current national social partnership agreement, Towards 2016. The CSCs report to the National Children’s Strategy Implementation Group (NCSIG), set up to drive the implementation of the National Children’s Strategy (2000). Each CSC is to be county based, chaired by the Health Services Executive (HSE) and to include representatives from the local authority, key statutory and non-statutory agencies working with children, as well as representatives from the community and voluntary sectors. Four pilot CSCs have already been established in Donegal, Dublin City, Limerick and South Dublin.

Project outputs

Project Outlines - download

Learning from the Pasts to Inform the Future - download

An introductory guide to the key terms and interagency initiatives in use in the Children’s Services Committees in Ireland - download

To learn more about the Children’s Services Committees visit the OMCYA website

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Research and analysis to support the development of interagency working through Children’s Services Committees in Ireland

Project Background

This project is part of the work being undertaken by the Centre for Effective Services (CES) to support the development of the Children’s Services Committee Initiative. CES has been asked by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA), part of the Department of Health and Children in Ireland, to assist with, and advise on, the strategic development of Children’s Services Committees (CSCs). CES’s work will take place in the context of a wider strategic plan for the CSCs developed by the OMCYA and the National Children’s Strategy Implementation Group (NCSIG) partner agencies. The purpose of CSCs is to secure better developmental outcomes for children through more effective integration of existing services and interventions at local level. The first aim of the project is to produce an introductory guide to the key terms and interagency initiatives in use in Children’s Services Committees in Ireland.