Can we not imagine a better, cheaper way to care for or manage these disruptive children??
If you have a better, cheaper way, I'm sure the HSE would be glad to have it.
Using 12 staff would be cheaper.
6 even cheaper again.
They are I understand for children who are too young for prison so appropiately qualified and compentent staff are needed. The manager positions carry a salary of circa €65k.
The support staff are qualified social care workers and their salary is circa €45K. It's 24/7 care so rosters/annual leave has to be taken into account as well.
So it alls adds up.
You can roster 24x7 with 6 people (allowing for holidays / sick leave).
Add a manager , that's 7. Way less than the 25 in use here.
If those children had been looked after from an early age, like from birth, then maybe they wouldn't need to be in a special unit. If parents are unwilling or unable to look after their children then the state has to take over that role and spend the money when the children are young enough to benefit. Waiting until they are teenagers is too late.
You can roster 24x7 with 6 people (allowing for holidays / sick leave).
Add a manager , that's 7. Way less than the 25 in use here.
I think your post misses the point. These children may be orphaned, abandoned, their parents imprisoned, hospitalised or committed to one institution or another and thus beyond further legal or financial sanction. Just to get the children into residence in one of these HSE units is a lengthy legal process.Where are parents of these children do they not have any responsibility for their offsprings. Having kids nowadays is a choice, therefore these children's parents should be taken to task for neglect...
if those children had been looked after from an early age, like from birth, then maybe they wouldn't need to be in a special unit. If parents are unwilling or unable to look after their children then the state has to take over that role and spend the money when the children are young enough to benefit. Waiting until they are teenagers is too late.
jaybird said:you can't send children back though can you! You are spectacularly missing the point.....
What would you suggest - a pre-coital parenting assessment to get your licence to breed?Bad parents should not breed. That's the point
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