Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 February 2018
508. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the job descriptions and role profiles of staff across her Department; the sections of her Department those staff are working in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8294/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department is comprised of my Office, the Management Board and four Divisions:-
- Corporate and Business Support;
- Early Years Care and Education Division;
- Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division;
- Youth Justice, Adoption, Youth and Participation Division.
Each of the Divisions have a number of units headed by Principal Officers.
The Framework of Assignments document outlining the role and responsibilities of the Management Board members and their Principal Officers and equivalents is currently being revised and will be made available on the Department's website in the near future.
In addition to the Management Board and Principal Officers, the Department's staffing consists of the generalist civil service grades of Service Officers, Clerical Officers, Executive Officers, Higher Executive Officers, Administrative Officers, Assistant Principal Officers and some specialist positions in the areas such as child welfare, social work, and legal advice.
The role profiles for the generalist grades are based on the business plans of the unit to which the staff member is assigned having regard to their grade and the competencies advertised by the Public Appointments Service for that grade.
The specialist positions are held by suitably qualified personnel whose role is to provide expert advice and in some cases to also head up units as Principal Officer equivalents.
At the end of January 2018, my Department had 245 members of staff and is still in the process of recruiting additional staff. As my Department has recently completed its business planning for 2018, staff are now discussing and developing their individual role profiles for 2018. As this process has not been completed as yet, up to date role profiles for 2018 are not yet available.
