A teenager who was using four bags of heroin a day has made dramatic progress in a secure care unit, highlighting the need for more staff in the system. Judge John Jordan praised the boy's 'extraordinary progress' in a matter of weeks, calling it a 'testament to what can be achieved' when children get a place in one of the State’s three 'special care' units. However, a staffing crisis prevents Tusla from opening up all 26 of the places, meaning it cannot comply with all of the special care detention orders made by the High Court.
The youth had been using four bags of heroin a day but has been able to turn his life around in a secure unit. Photograph: PAMr Justice John Jordan said the boy’s “extraordinary progress” in a matter of weeks is a “testament to what can be achieved” when children get a place in one of the State’s three “special care” units, which are deployed as a short-term therapeutic intervention to reduce a young person’s risk of harm.
Civil Service remote working: how often do you work in the office? Have you been asked to come in more frequently?Order for man to pay lifelong €10,000 monthly maintenance to ex-wife overturnedHowever, a staffing crisis in the sector prevents Tusla from opening up all 26 of the places, meaning it cannot comply with all of the special care detention orders made by the High Court.
Senior counsel for Tusla David Leahy said the boy wished he had longer in special care and wrote a letter expressing his thanks to the court for giving him another chance. Mr Costello said the boy is exhibiting an impressive level of maturity “now that he is sober and in a position of stability”. He is sleeping well, eating well, engaging with staff and “wants to remain drug-free”.
The court heard the youth has had “regrettable” associations with a woman who appears to perceive she has a mother-like role to play in his life. Gardaí had to be called after he absconded from his community placement and was later found in a hotel room abroad, said Mr Costello.
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