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Residential Child Care Services

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Service Description

Residential child care services are provided for children and young persons under the age of 21 who cannot be adequately cared for by their families because of various reasons such as behavioural, emotional or relationship problems, or family crises arising from illness, death and desertion.

   
   
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Types of Services

Non-institutional Care includes:
* Foster care - for children under 18 years of age
* Emergency foster care - for children under 18 years of age
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Small group homes - for children from 4 to under 18 years of age
List of Small group homes can be downloaded here

pdf  Acrobat Document      word  MS Word Document

 

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Emergency/ Short-term Care in Small group Home - for children from 4 to under 18 years of age

     Institutional Care includes:

* Residential creches - for babies under 3 years of age
* Residential nurseries - for children aged from 3 to under 6
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Children's reception centres - for children aged under 18 years of age

List of residential creches, residential nurseries and children's reception centres can be downloaded here

pdf  Acrobat Document       word  MS Word Document

* Children's homes - for children or young persons between 6 and under 21 years of age

List of Children's homes can be downloaded here

pdf  Acrobat Document       word  MS Word Document
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Boys' / girls' homes - for children or young persons between 7 and under 21 years of age with behavioural or emotional problems. Schools for Social Development are run within some of these homes

List of Boys' / girls' homes can be downloaded here

pdf  Acrobat Document       word  MS Word Document

 

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Boys' / girls' hostels -- for young persons between 14 and under 21 years of age with behavioural or emotional problems who are studying or working

List of Boys' / girls' hostels can be downloaded here

pdf  Acrobat Document       word  MS Word Document

 

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Application Procedures

Referral should be made by the social worker responsible for the case through the respective central referral system.

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Fees and charges

The service is free of charge.

 

 

 
 

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