COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions

Resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, EPIC (Empowering People in Care) decided to contact all young people’s residential centres in Ireland. Often the young people that live in residential homes are the forgotten children in care, so it was important to reach out to en...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CELCIS 2020-11-01
Series:Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850109738517266432
author John Murphy
author_facet John Murphy
author_sort John Murphy
collection DOAJ
description Resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, EPIC (Empowering People in Care) decided to contact all young people’s residential centres in Ireland. Often the young people that live in residential homes are the forgotten children in care, so it was important to reach out to ensure that their issues were being heard. The survey concentrated on the needs of the young people, issues affecting staff, how work practices had changed and what extra supports were needed. The responses were positive on many levels and certainly the voices of the young people and the staff were heard.
format Article
id doaj-art-39b0a02a3e2c420289065bbe70be195e
institution OA Journals
issn 2976-9353
language English
publishDate 2020-11-01
publisher CELCIS
record_format Article
series Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
spelling doaj-art-39b0a02a3e2c420289065bbe70be195e2025-08-20T02:37:59ZengCELCISScottish Journal of Residential Child Care2976-93532020-11-01193849110.17868/strath.00084276COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictionsJohn MurphyResulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, EPIC (Empowering People in Care) decided to contact all young people’s residential centres in Ireland. Often the young people that live in residential homes are the forgotten children in care, so it was important to reach out to ensure that their issues were being heard. The survey concentrated on the needs of the young people, issues affecting staff, how work practices had changed and what extra supports were needed. The responses were positive on many levels and certainly the voices of the young people and the staff were heard.residential child careirelandvoice of the childstaff supports
spellingShingle John Murphy
COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
residential child care
ireland
voice of the child
staff supports
title COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
title_full COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
title_fullStr COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
title_short COVID-19: survey of residential services in Ireland during the restrictions
title_sort covid 19 survey of residential services in ireland during the restrictions
topic residential child care
ireland
voice of the child
staff supports
work_keys_str_mv AT johnmurphy covid19surveyofresidentialservicesinirelandduringtherestrictions