The Children Detention Schools in Oberstown are currently recruiting additional staff namely, 45 Residential Social Care Workers, 18 Night Supervisory Officers, 3 Unit Managers and 1 Clinical Nurse Manager (Grade 1). The 3 Unit Manager vacancies are being filled by way of internal promotion on the Oberstown campus. The other posts are being filled by way of open competition via the Public Appointments Service.
The closing date for applications for the posts of Residential Social Care Worker and Night Supervisory Officer was 1 May 2014. The recruitment process for both competitions is at an advanced stage. Employment contracts for the first batch of recruits have issued and training is expected to commence for those recruits within the coming weeks. Additional contracts will issue later in the year with a view to completing the recruitment process by end of year. Panels are likely to be in place for at least six months.
The closing date for applications for the post of Clinical Nurse Manager 1 is 25 September 2014. It is hoped to make an appointment before the end of year. The internal recruitment process for the 3 Unit Manager posts is well advanced.
