10 August 2020Version 3.0

MONTHLY PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITY REPORT

MAY 2020

Note: Data presented are latest available and can change from data previously published due to ongoing validation

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Table of Contents

Headline Data – May 2020………………………………………………………………………………3

Child Protection & Welfare……………………………………………………………………………..4

Retrospective Cases of Abuse………………………………………………………………………...8

Mandated Reports – Child Protection & Welfare……………………………………………….....12

Mandated Reports – Retrospective Abuse………………………………………………………....14

Children in Care………………………………………………………………………………………....16

Child Protection Notification System………………………………………………………………..18

Children’s Services Regulation……………………………………………………………………….19

Tusla Education Support Services……………………………………………………………….......20

Headline Data – May 2020

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Child Protection & Welfare

• Further decrease in cases awaiting allocation: 3,661 cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020, down 15% (630) on April 2020 (4,291) and 38% (2,283) on May 2019 (5,944).

Fifth consecutive monthly decrease and the fewest number for the period May 2019 – May 2020.

• Highest number of cases awaiting in Dublin South West/Kildare/West Wicklow (945) followed by Dublin North (443), Waterford/Wexford (344), and Louth/Meath (334). These four areas

account for 56% (2,066) of cases awaiting allocation. Two areas (Cavan/Monaghan and Mayo) have no cases awaiting allocation.

• 15 areas reported a decrease in cases awaiting allocation from April 2020. Largest decrease reported by Dublin South Central (down 172 to 270) followed by Waterford/Wexford (down

119 to 344), Dublin North (down 91 to 443) and Cork (down 70 to 259).

• 233 high priority cases awaiting allocation; 32% (112) decrease from April 2020 (345) and a 75% (714) decrease from May 2019 (947)

Cases of Retrospective Abuse

• Further decrease in cases awaiting allocation. At least 549 cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020; 15 fewer than April (56) and the third consecutive decrease.

• Highest number awaiting in WD/WX (153) followed by DSW/K/WW (103), Cork (66), CW/K/ST (49), Donegal (39) and Dublin South Central (38). These six areas account for 82% (448) of

cases awaiting allocation. Six areas (Dublin, South East/Wicklow, Midlands, Cavan/Monaghan, SLWC, Mayo and Midwest) have no cases awaiting allocation. Data from Kerry not

provided for Jan – May 2020 – area advised it is under-going validation.

Children in Care

• Decrease in the number of children in care. A total of 5,968 children in care at the end of May 2020; 11 fewer than April 2020 (5,979) and first decrease after two increases

• Decrease in the number of children in placements with private providers. A total of 700 (12%) children in care at the end of May 2020 were in placements with private providers;

11 fewer than April 2020 (711) and 44 (7%) more than May 2019 (656).

Child Protection Notification System

• Increase in the number of children listed as “active” on the CPNS. A total of 957 children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020; 52 (15%) more than April 2020 (905). Second

consecutive monthly increase after seven consecutive decreases. Increase needs to be interpreted with caution due to the deferral of some reviews in accordance with guidance issued due

to the COVID-19 restrictions

• All children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020 had an allocated social worker.

Children’s Services Regulation

• Further decrease in the number of early years services on the national register. A total of 4,310 early years services on the register at the end of May 2020, five fewer than April

2020 (4,315), and 72 (2%) fewer than May 2019 (4,382). No inspections done in May 2020, due to services being closed.

• Further decrease in the number of children awaiting assessment for registration for home education. A total of 372 children awaiting assessment at the end of May 2020, 54 fewer than April 2020 (426). Seventh consecutive decrease and the fewest number for the period May 2019 – May 2020

Tusla Education Support Services

• Decrease in referrals on waiting list for educational welfare services. A total of 2,404 referrals on a waiting list at the end of May 2020; 101 (4%) fewer than April 2020

(2,505) when the highest number since June 2019 (2,766) was reported.

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• 5,427 referrals in May 2020, 13% (621) more than April 2020 (4,806) and 15 more than

May 2019 (5,412). 13/17 areas reported an increase from April 2020.

• Decrease in March and April 2020 expected due to the closing of schools on 12th March

2020.

It should be noted that the data presented is based on referrals logged on NCCIS at the timeareas submit their data to the QA Directorate for reporting. Referrals logged after the datethe data are submitted are not included, nor are figures updated retrospectively. Hence itis likely that the actual number of referrals for each of the months shown is higher.

1 Referrals include referrals meeting the eligibility criteria for child protection and welfare services, multiple reports of the same concern and referrals not meeting the eligibility criteria for child protection and welfare services. Referrals not meeting the eligibility criteria for child protection and welfare include: A Request for Diversion to another agency; A report in which there are no reasonable grounds for concern or no harm identified to a child indicated; A report that does not warrant a Tusla Child Protection & Welfare led intervention (these could be children who need additional supports to stop problems or difficulties worsening but social work led intervention is not required, consider a diversion to PPFS). Clarified in guidance issued to staff in October 2019.

Open Cases

• 22,026 cases open to social work; 2% (533) fewer than April 2020 (22,559) and 14%

(3,518) fewer than May 2019 (25,544).

• Fewest number of open cases for the period May 2019 to May 2020.

• 11/17 areas reported a decrease from April 2020

Allocated Cases

• 18,365 open cases allocated to a social worker; accounts for 83% of open cases.

• Slight increase (97) in allocated cases from April 2020 (18,268) and a 6% (1,235) decrease

from May 2019 (19,600).

• 12/17 areas reported an increase from April 2020.

Referrals1

Child Protection & Welfare

5,4

12

4,3

24

4,8

79

4,5

43

4,9

03

5,9

84

5,4

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4,2

70

5,8

77

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5,1

27

4,8

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Referrals to Social Work

25

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25

,21

8

24

,79

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25

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24

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18,000

21,000

24,000

27,000

Cases Open to Social Work

19

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,45

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20

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Open Cases Allocated

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Cases Awaiting Allocation

• 3,661 cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020; accounts for

17% of open cases (22,026)

• 15% (630) decrease in cases awaiting allocation from April 2020 (4,291)

and 38% (2,283) decrease from May 2019 (5,944). Fifth consecutive monthly

decrease and the fewest number for the period May 2019 – May 2020.

• Highest number of cases awaiting in Dublin South West/Kildare/West

Wicklow (945) followed by Dublin North (443), Waterford/Wexford (344),

and Louth/Meath (334). These four areas account for 56% (2,066) of cases

awaiting allocation.

• Two areas (Cavan/Monaghan and Mayo) have no cases awaiting allocation

• 233 high priority cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020;

accounts for 6% of all cases awaiting allocation

• 32% (112) decrease in high priority cases from April 2020 (345) and 75%

(714) decrease from May 2019 (947)

• Fewest number for the period May 2019 – May 2020

• Highest number reported by Waterford/Wexford (60) followed by

Midlands (37), DSW/K/WW (33), Cork (33).

• At least 31% (1,146) of cases awaiting allocation at the end of

April 2020 were “active on duty”1. Based on data for 15 areas.

1Active on Duty: A case awaiting allocation may be “active” on a “duty” system. This means that there are actions being undertaken by a dedicated duty team or rotating social workers on a duty roster to progress the protection and welfare of the child. Examples of actions being undertaken include telephone calls relating to the concern, visits to see children, completing initial assessments and child in care reviews or care plans. The actions undertaken must have occurred within the monthly MTP reporting period. There must be evidence of actions progressing the protection and welfare of the child and not simply a management review of a file. These cases will form a separate category on the MTP returns template under cases awaiting allocation.

Child Protection & Welfare

5,9

44

5,7

59

5,4

33

5,0

67

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4,9

79

4,8

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Open Cases Awaiting Allocation

DSE/WW

DSW/K/W

WDSC

Midlands

DNC

Dublin

North

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry CorkCW/KK/ST

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC MayoGY/R

NMidw

est

High 6 33 11 37 0 3 0 0 24 33 8 60 5 0 0 8 5

Medium 29 644 156 76 146 82 216 0 27 132 223 206 38 16 0 2 38

Low 45 268 103 39 137 358 118 0 11 94 61 78 18 2 0 8 57

Total 80 945 270 152 283 443 334 0 62 259 292 344 61 18 0 18 100

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Cases Awaiting by Priority Level, May 2020

947 991802

622 634 722 737 653 683518 458

345233

30992,900 2813

26602783

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27822647 2606

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1,898 1,868 1,818 1,7851,695

1,790 1,7091,856

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Cases Awaiting Allocation by Priority Level

High Medium Low

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• 1 area (SLWC) reported a slight increase (6) in cases awaiting allocation

from April 2020

• 15 areas reported a decrease in cases awaiting allocation from April

2020; largest decrease reported by Dublin South Central (down 172 to 270)

followed by Waterford/Wexford (down 119 to 344), Dublin North (down 91 to

443) and Cork (down 70 to 259).

• All areas with the exception of DSW/K/WW had fewer cases awaiting

allocation at the end of May 2020 than May 2019.

Cases Awaiting Allocation

• 48% (945) of open cases in DSW/K/WW1 are unallocated, the highest percentage of all

areas. CW/K/ST reports the next highest percentage at 27% (292) followed by LH/MH (24%;

334) and Waterford/Wexford (21%; 344). The national average is 17%.

• One area (Midlands) has reported five consecutive decreases, three areas (Dublin South

Central, Louth/Meath and Midwest) have reported four consecutive monthly decreases, while a

further area (DSW/K/WW) has reported three consecutive decreases. No area has reported

two or more consecutive increases.

1DSW/K/WW comment provided with Feb 2020 data: “The area is going through a significant organisational change. A restructuring of CPW structures has taken place within KWW/DSW and our go live date with the new structure was 23rd March. There has been significant staff movement between teams during this period and in preparation for the restructuring. While this is progressing, the current Covid 19 emergency is impacting on capacity to progress aspects of this. There have been a consistently high number of staff vacancies over the last 6-month period which has impacted particularly on the number of unallocated cases. A mitigating factor in this however is that assurances can be given that high level of work has taken place to ensure review of files/referrals in area. There may be significant fluctuations in the data during this period until the new systems are firmly established. Continued high level of vacancies is also significantly impacting on capacity to allocate cases and also to progress organisational/structural changes. It is anticipated that allocation figures will increase again in the coming months and there has been a significant amount of review work ongoing on. Additionally the area is making ongoing efforts to try and increase the staffing levels”

Child Protection & Welfare

May-19

# Unallocated

May-19

% Unallocated

Mar-20

# Unallocated

Apr-20

# Unallocated

May-20

# Unallocated

May-20

% Unallocated March -May

May-20 v

May-19 % Δ

May-20 v

Apr-20 % Δ

DSE/WW 164 17% 128 112 80 9% -84 -51% -32 -29%

DSW/K/WW 550 40% 1130 950 945 48% 395 72% -5 -1%

DSC 1,020 52% 529 442 270 19% -750 -74% -172 -39%

Midlands 285 21% 178 176 152 14% -133 -47% -24 -14%

DNC 357 22% 299 310 283 17% -74 -21% -27 -9%

Dublin North 963 23% 488 534 443 12% -520 -54% -91 -17%

LH/MH 676 44% 350 341 334 24% -342 -51% -7 -2%

CN/MN 48 7% 4 6 0 0% -48 -100% -6 -100%

Kerry 63 11% 93 65 62 12% -1 -2% -3 -5%

Cork 329 10% 356 329 259 11% -70 -21% -70 -21%

CW/KK/ST 544 41% 288 296 292 27% -252 -46% -4 -1%

WD/WX 345 19% 544 463 344 21% -1 0% -119 -26%

Donegal 161 15% 99 92 61 8% -100 -62% -31 -34%

SLWC 22 6% 18 12 18 7% -4 -18% 6 50%

Mayo 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0

GY/RN 40 3% 39 45 18 2% -22 -55% -27 -60%

Midwest 377 21% 122 118 100 7% -277 -73% -18 -15%

TOTAL 5,944 23% 4,665 4,291 3,661 17% 2,283- -38% -630 -15%

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Summary Tables

Child Protection & Welfare

Area Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar

DSE/WW 222 296 74 852 885 33 740 805 65 112 80 -32

DSW/K/WW 501 539 38 1,981 1,987 6 1,031 1,042 11 950 945 -5

DSC 354 425 71 1,514 1,406 -108 1,072 1,136 64 442 270 -172

Midlands 485 531 46 1,172 1,124 -48 996 972 -24 176 152 -24

DNC 281 331 50 1,614 1,671 57 1,304 1,388 84 310 283 -27

Dublin North 317 422 105 3,844 3,567 -277 3,310 3,124 -186 534 443 -91

LH/MH 323 389 66 1,373 1,384 11 1,032 1,050 18 341 334 -7

CN/MN 103 141 38 421 420 -1 415 420 5 6 0 -6

Kerry 111 150 39 472 505 33 407 443 36 65 62 -3

Cork 452 503 51 2,399 2,377 -22 2,070 2,118 48 329 259 -70

CW/KK/ST 286 348 62 1,107 1,097 -10 811 805 -6 296 292 -4

WD/WX 338 377 39 1,705 1,639 -66 1,242 1,295 53 463 344 -119

Donegal 138 127 -11 785 757 -28 693 696 3 92 61 -31

SLWC 104 77 -27 312 262 -50 300 244 -56 12 18 6

Mayo 77 97 20 286 297 11 286 297 11 0 0 0

GY/RN 330 293 -37 1,161 1,150 -11 1,116 1,132 16 45 18 -27

Midwest 384 381 -3 1,561 1,498 -63 1,443 1,398 -45 118 100 -18

TOTAL 4,806 5,427 621 22,559 22,026 -533 18,268 18,365 97 4,291 3,661 -630

Referrals Open Cases Allocated Cases Unallocated Cases

Area Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar

DSE/WW 8 6 -2 44 29 -15 60 45 -15

DSW/K/WW 37 33 -4 602 644 42 311 268 -43

DSC 49 11 -38 246 156 -90 147 103 -44

Midlands 34 37 3 97 76 -21 45 39 -6

DNC 10 0 -10 157 146 -11 143 137 -6

Dublin North 2 3 1 93 82 -11 439 358 -81

LH/MH 5 0 -5 204 216 12 132 118 -14

CN/MN 0 0 0 6 0 -6 0 0 0

Kerry 28 24 -4 22 27 5 15 11 -4

Cork 53 33 -20 152 132 -20 124 94 -30

CW/KK/ST 10 8 -2 208 223 15 78 61 -17

WD/WX 83 60 -23 244 206 -38 136 78 -58

Donegal 17 5 -12 56 38 -18 19 18 -1

SLWC 0 0 0 6 16 10 6 2 -4

Mayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GY/RN 7 8 1 13 2 -11 25 8 -17

Midwest 2 5 3 72 38 -34 44 57 13

TOTAL 345 233 -112 2,222 2,031 -191 1,724 1,397 -327

High Priority Cases Awaiting Medium Priority Cases Awaiting Low Priority Cases Awaiting

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Referrals

• At least 171 referrals of retrospective abuse in May 2020; five fewer than

April 2020 (176). Data for Feb-May based on data from 16 areas, remaining area

(Kerry) advised that their data is under-going validation.

• This brings referrals for the first five months of 2020 to at least 1,081

Open Cases

• At least 1,444 cases open to social work at the end of May 2020; 37 fewer

than April 2020 (1,481). Data for Jan-May based on data from 16 areas,

remaining area (Kerry) advised that their data is under-going validation.

• 8 areas reported an decrease in open cases from April 2020; largest decrease

reported by DSW/K/WW (down 36) followed by Midlands (down 15) and

GY/RN (down 7).

Allocated Cases

• At least 895 open cases allocated to a social worker at the end of May 2020;

22 fewer than April 2020 (917).

• 7 areas reported a decrease in allocated cases from April 2020. Largest decrease

reported by CW/K/ST (down 24) followed by DSW/K/WW (down 21) and Midlands

(down 14).

• Allocated cases account for 62% of open cases

Note: all data on cases of retrospective abuse needs to beinterpreted with caution due to concerns about the consistentinterpretation of definitions. Data for March 2019 includes anover-counting od cases by one region.

Retrospective Cases of Abuse

220

328

215

271

175

257

228248

217

310

207

176 171

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Referrals

1,8

28

1,7

97

1,6

29

1,5

70

1,5

41

1,6

31

1,6

95

1,7

22

1,6

85

1,6

96

1,7

21

1,4

81

14

44

0

200

400

600

800

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1,200

1,400

1,600

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Open Cases

1,0

40

1,0

10

94

5

88

1

90

3

94

9

99

6

99

5

1,0

18

1,0

13

1,0

67

91

7

89

5

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200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Allocated Cases

Retrospective Cases of Abuse

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Unallocated Cases

• At least 549 cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020; 15 fewer than

April 2020 (564) and the third consecutive decrease

• Highest number awaiting in WD/WX (153) followed by DSW/K/WW (103), Cork (66),

CW/K/ST (49), Donegal (39) and Dublin South Central (38). These six areas account

for 82% (448) of cases awaiting allocation. Six areas (Dublin, South East/Wicklow,

Midlands, Cavan/Monaghan, SLWC, Mayo and Midwest) have no cases awaiting

allocation.

• At least 72 high priority cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020; 16

more than April 2020 (56). High priority cases account for about 13% of cases

awaiting allocation.

• Highest number reported by CW/K/ST (32) followed by DSW/K/WW (28). These two

areas account for 83% (60) of all high priority cases awaiting allocation.

78

8

78

7

68

4

68

9

63

8 68

2

69

9 72

7

66

7

68

3

65

4

56

4

54

90

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Cases Awaiting Allocation DSE/WW

DSW/K/W

WDSC

Midlands

DNCDubli

nNorth

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry CorkCW/KK/ST

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC MayoGY/R

NMidw

est

High 0 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 4 2 0 0 2 0

Medium 0 49 28 0 15 7 2 0 55 13 51 25 0 0 1 0

Low 0 26 10 0 14 22 6 0 11 4 98 12 0 0 32 0

Total 0 103 38 0 29 29 8 0 66 49 153 39 0 0 35 0

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Retrospective Cases of Abuse Awaiting Allocation by Priority Level, May 2020

May-19

Jun-19 Jul-19Aug-19

Sep-19 Oct-19Nov-

19Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20

Mar-20

Apr-20May-

20

High 198 178 147 112 106 102 94 99 85 73 67 56 72

Medium 339 381 331 284 265 297 296 306 273 284 268 231 246

Low 251 228 206 293 267 282 299 322 309 326 317 276 235

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

Cases Awaiting Allocation by Priority Status

Retrospective Cases of Abuse

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• 4 areas reported an increase in cases awaiting allocation from April

2020 as follows, CW/K/WW (up 20), WD/WX (up 4), Dublin South Central (up

3), LH/MH (up 2)

• 7 areas reported a decrease in cases awaiting allocation from April 2020; largest

decrease reported by DSW/K/WW (down 15) followed by Midwest (down 14)

• Six areas (Dublin South East/Wicklow, Midlands, CN/MN, SLWC, Mayo and

Midwest) have no cases awaiting allocation.

• 38% (549) of open cases are awaiting allocation nationally, with 6 areas reporting a

percentage equal to or higher than the national average. Highest percentage

reported by CW/K/ST (100%) followed by WD/WX (67%) and Donegal (57%).

• All areas with the exception of LH/MH, Cork, CW/K/ST, WD/WX, and GY/RN

had fewer cases awaiting allocation at the end of May 2020 than May 2019.

• Two areas (DSW/K/WW and Donegal) have reported three consecutive

decreases

• One area (WD/WX) has reported four consecutive monthly increases resulting

in a 63% (59) increase while CW/K/ST have reported three consecutive

monthly increases

May-19

# Unallocated

May-19

% Unallocated

Mar-20

# Unallocated

Apr-20

# Unallocated

May-20

# Unallocated

May-20

% Unallocated March -May

May-20 v

May-19 % Δ

May-20 v

Apr-20 % Δ

DSE/WW 75 64% 12 0 0 0% -75 -100% 0

DSW/K/WW 167 70% 175 118 103 54% -64 -38% -15 -13%

DSC 114 89% 47 35 38 41% -76 -67% 3 9%

Midlands 0 0% 2 1 0 0% 0 -1 -100%

DNC 32 49% 42 31 29 33% -3 -9% -2 -6%

Dublin North 34 25% 32 29 29 20% -5 -15% 0 0%

LH/MH 5 9% 7 6 8 14% 3 60% 2 33%

CN/MN 1 2% 0 0 0 0% -1 -100% 0

Kerry 9 14%

Cork 60 27% 82 71 66 35% 6 10% -5 -7%

CW/KK/ST 42 65% 28 29 49 100% 7 17% 20 69%

WD/WX 85 46% 126 149 153 67% 68 80% 4 3%

Donegal 115 60% 41 40 39 57% -76 -66% -1 -3%

SLWC 2 6% 1 0 0 0% -2 -100% 0

Mayo 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0

GY/RN 33 41% 59 41 35 46% 2 6% -6 -15%

Midwest 14 12% 0 14 0 0% -14 -100% -14

TOTAL 788 43% 654 564 549 38% -239 -30% -15 -3%

Retrospective Cases of Abuse

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Summary Tables

Area Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar

DSE/WW 20 10 -10 38 45 7 38 45 7 0 0 0

DSW/K/WW 8 2 -6 228 192 -36 110 89 -21 118 103 -15

DSC 12 13 1 95 93 -2 60 55 -5 35 38 3

Midlands 5 12 7 42 27 -15 41 27 -14 1 0 -1

DNC 9 3 -6 90 87 -3 59 58 -1 31 29 -2

Dubl in North 12 16 4 139 143 4 110 114 4 29 29 0

LH/MH 7 15 8 52 59 7 46 51 5 6 8 2

CN/MN 2 6 4 46 48 2 46 48 2 0 0 0

Kerry NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Cork 37 24 -13 188 190 2 117 124 7 71 66 -5

CW/KK/ST 10 12 2 53 49 -4 24 0 -24 29 49 20

WD/WX 23 20 -3 222 229 7 73 76 3 149 153 4

Donegal 8 4 -4 70 69 -1 30 30 0 40 39 -1

SLWC 1 2 1 11 12 1 11 12 1 0 0 0

Mayo 3 1 -2 54 53 -1 54 53 -1 0 0 0

GY/RN 11 17 6 83 76 -7 42 41 -1 41 35 -6

Midwest 8 14 6 70 72 2 56 72 16 14 0 -14

TOTAL 176 171 -5 1481 1444 -37 917 895 -22 564 549 -15

Referrals Open Cases Allocated Cases Unallocated Cases

Area Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar Apr-20 May-20 Δ Apr v Mar

DSE/WW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DSW/K/WW 24 28 4 42 49 7 52 26 -26

DSC 5 4 -1 18 28 10 12 10 -2

Midlands NA 0 NA 0 NA 0

DNC 0 0 0 16 15 -1 15 14 -1

Dubl in North 0 0 0 7 7 0 22 22 0

LH/MH 1 0 -1 1 2 1 4 6 2

CN/MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kerry NA NA NA NA NA NA

Cork 5 0 -5 55 55 0 11 11 0

CW/KK/ST 13 32 19 12 13 1 4 4 0

WD/WX 5 4 -1 49 51 2 95 98 3

Donegal 3 2 -1 26 25 -1 11 12 1

SLWC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GY/RN 0 2 2 3 1 -2 38 32 -6

Midwest 0 0 0 2 0 -2 12 0 -12

TOTAL 56 72 16 231 246 15 276 235 -41

High Priority Cases Awaiting Medium Priority Cases Awaiting Low Priority Cases Awaiting

Mandated Reports – Child Protection & Welfare

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• 735 mandated reports of abuse received in May 2020; 18% (111) more

than April 2020 (624).

• This brings to 3,539 the number of reports for the first five months of 2020;

41% (2,415) fewer than the same period in 2019 (5,954)1

• Mandated reports accounted for 14% (735) of all referrals received (5,427)

• 1Note: Data from August 2019 needs to be interpreted with caution as it is for the most part, a count of mandated reports where a preliminary enquiry had been carried out at the time of

reporting. Reports where a preliminary enquiry had not been carried are not included.

• Highest number of reports for emotional abuse (258; 40%) followed by sexual abuse

(150; 23%), physical abuse (138; 21%) and neglect (96; 15%). Category of abuse not

available for, 93 reports for May 2020, 84 reports for April 2020, 73 reports for

March 2020, 69 reports for Feb 2020, 23 reports for Jan 2020, 103 reports for Dec

2019 and 22 reports for Oct 2019

• The number of mandated reports for May 2020 by area ranged from six

(Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan) to 107 (DSW/K/WW).

• 12 areas reported fewer than 50 reports, four areas (Dublin South Central,

Midlands, CW/K/ST and Midwest) reported between 50 and 100 reports

while the remaining area (DSW/K/WW) reported more than 100 reports.

• As a percentage of referrals, the highest percentage was reported by

CW/K/ST (26%) followed by DSW/K/WW (20%).

• The lowest percentage was reported by Cork (4%)

1363 1123

973

840 858 873 887

706 701781

698624

735

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Mandated reports by Month

DSE/WW

DSW/K/WW

DSCMidlands

DNCDublinNorth

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry CorkCW/KK/ST

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC Mayo GY/RNMidw

est

Mandated Reports 20 107 75 88 41 43 46 9 15 20 89 46 12 6 20 43 55

Total Referrals 296 539 425 531 331 422 389 141 150 503 348 377 127 77 97 293 381

% Mandated Reports 7% 20% 18% 17% 12% 10% 12% 6% 10% 4% 26% 12% 9% 8% 21% 15% 14%

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# Mandated Reports by Area, May 2020

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May-19

Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19Nov-

19Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20

Mar-20

Apr-20May-

20

Physical Abuse 324 274 208 217 249 316 286 188 248 235 215 109 138

Emotional Abuse 524 440 362 293 316 246 269 203 197 204 182 268 258

Sexual Abuse 284 217 226 174 163 181 191 120 132 153 147 90 150

Neglect 231 192 177 156 130 108 141 92 101 120 81 73 96

Mandated Reports by Report Type

Mandated Reports – Child Protection & Welfare

13

Source# May

2020

% May

2020

Total

2020

% Total

2020

Medical practitioner (Registered) 27 4.21% 130 4.07%Nurse or registered midwife (Registered) 25 3.89% 95 2.97%Physiotherapist (Registered) 0 0.00% 21 0.66%Speech & language therapist (Registered) * * 8 0.25%Occupational therapist (Registered) 0 0.00% 9 0.28%Registered dentist 0 0.00% * *Psychologist who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 17 2.65% 86 2.69%

Social care worker who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 54 8.41% 249 7.79%

Social worker who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 100 15.58% 517 16.17%EMT, paramedic and advanced paramedic registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council * * 27 0.84%Probation officer within the meaning of section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983. * * 8 0.25%

Teacher registered with the Teaching Council. 29 4.52% 536 16.77%

An Garda Síochána Member 270 42.06% 1,022 31.97%

Guardian ad litem appointed in accordance with section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991 * * 5 0.16%Domestic violence shelter manager 34 5.30% 97 3.03%Homeless provision or emergency accommodation facility manager 7 1.09% 36 1.13%Asylum seeker accommodation (direct provision) centre manager 0 0.00% 13 0.41%Addiction counsellor employed by a body funded, wholly or partly, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas * * 5 0.16%Psychotherapist or a person providing counselling who is registered with one of the voluntary professional bodies 13 2.02% 61 1.91%Language school or other recreational school where children reside away from home manager 0 0.00% 0 0.00%Clergy member (howsoever described) or pastoral care worker (howsoever described) of a church or other religious community; 0 0.00% 0 0.00%Institution where a child is detained by an order of a court (Director) 0 0.00% * *Safeguarding officer, child protection officer or other person (howsoever described) who is employed for the purpose of performing the child welfare and protection function of religious, sporting, recreational, cultural, educational and other bodies and organisations offering services to children; 38 5.92% 156 4.88%Child care staff member employed in a pre-school service within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Child Care Act 1991; 7 1.09% 23 0.72%Youth work service - person responsible for the care or management within the meaning of section 2 of the Youth Work Act 2001 * * 17 0.53%Youth worker holds a professional qualification and who is employed in a youth work service 6 0.93% 40 1.25%Foster carer registered with the Agency. 7 1.09% 18 0.56%

Pre-school service within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Child Care Act 1991. 0 0.00% 15 0.47%

Total (includes suppressed values)642 100% 3,197 100.00%

Source of Reports

• Highest number of reports for May 2020

from An Garda Síochana (270; 42%)

followed social workers (100; 16%) and

social care workers (54; 9%).

• These three sources account for 66%

(424) of all reports for May 2020

• Year to date (end of May), the highest

number of reports was from An Garda

Síochána (1,022; 32%) followed by

teachers (536; 17%) and social workers

(517; 16%).

Source of reports not available for 93

reports for May, 84 reports for April, 73

reports for March 2020, 69 reports for

February 2020 and 23 reports for Jan 2020

Values <5 suppressed

Mandated Reports – Retrospective Abuse

14

• At least 127 mandated reports of retrospective abuse in May 2020; 16

more than April (111). Data for Feb-May based on data from 16 areas,

remaining area (Kerry) advised that their data is under-going validation.

• This brings to at least 749 the number of reports for the first five months of

2020

• Mandated reports accounted for 74% (127) of all reports received in May

2020 (171).

• The majority (81%; 83) of reports for May 2020 where category of abuse was

available are for sexual abuse.. Category of abuse was not available for 25

reports.

Data for Oct – Dec 2019 and Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2020 based on 16 areas.

• Highest number of mandated reports reported by Cork (20) followed by

Galway/Roscommon (17).

• Five areas (Dublin South East/Wicklow, DSW/K/WW, CN/MN, Donegal and

SLWC) reported none

135

220

171

176

115

162

183

162172

184

155

111127

0

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80

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240

Mandated Reports by Month

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Mandated Reports by Area - May 2020

DSE/WW

DSW/K/WW

DSCMidlan

dsDNC

DublinNorth

LH/MH CN/MN Kerry CorkCW/KK

/STWD/W

XDonega

lSLWC Mayo GY/RN

Midwest

May-19 0 0 21 12 12 11 0 1 7 24 6 15 0 3 1 10 12

Jun-19 0 0 32 21 4 18 29 5 11 42 0 16 6 1 3 22 10

Jul-19 8 0 26 14 8 1 13 1 16 33 11 10 1 2 5 11 11

Aug-19 1 0 39 14 3 3 14 0 12 25 12 12 1 0 2 14 24

Sep-19 0 10 13 7 2 0 1 2 3 23 10 26 1 0 0 10 7

Oct-19 2 1 24 8 0 17 5 9 28 6 15 0 0 5 21 21

Nov-19 9 13 16 1 17 4 11 27 6 12 0 1 5 30 31

Dec-19 0 11 24 10 25 6 6 2 24 11 10 0 1 7 7 18

Jan-20 29 2 14 23 8 8 12 3 7 20 12 12 0 0 5 9 8

Feb-20 0 3 27 15 17 5 8 6 30 9 24 0 0 7 17 16

Mar-20 0 0 8 19 1 10 14 2 26 14 14 0 0 2 17 28

Apr-20 0 1 12 5 9 10 7 2 28 10 6 0 1 1 11 8

May-20 0 0 13 12 3 15 15 0 20 12 6 0 0 1 17 13

0

20

40

60

# Mandated Reports - Retrospective Cases of Abuse

Mandated Reports – Retrospective Abuse

15

Source# May

2020

% May

2020

Total

2020

% Total

2020

Medical practitioner (Registered) 8 7.8% 75 11%Nurse or registered midwife (Registered) 5 4.9% 39 6%Physiotherapist (Registered) 0 0.0% 8 1%Speech & language therapist (Registered) 0 0.0% * *Occupational therapist (Registered) * * 5 1%Registered dentist 0 0.0% 0 0%Psychologist who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 9 8.8% 62 9%

Social care worker who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 8 7.8% 26 4%

Social worker who practises as such and who is eligible for registration 16 15.7% 89 13%EMT, paramedic and advanced paramedic registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council 0 0.0% * *Probation officer within the meaning of section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983. 0 0.0% 6 1%

Teacher registered with the Teaching Council. * * 15 2%

An Garda Síochána Member 28 27.5% 127 19%

Guardian ad litem appointed in accordance with section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991 0 0.0% 0 0%Domestic violence shelter manager * * * *Homeless provision or emergency accommodation facility manager * * 9 1%Asylum seeker accommodation (direct provision) centre manager 0 0.0% * *Addiction counsellor employed by a body funded, wholly or partly, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas * * 10 2%Psychotherapist or a person providing counselling who is registered with one of the voluntary professional bodies 14 13.7% 138 21%Language school or other recreational school where children reside away from home manager 0 0.0% * *Clergy member (howsoever described) or pastoral care worker (howsoever described) of a church or other religious community; * * 10 2%Institution where a child is detained by an order of a court (Director) 0 0.0% * *Safeguarding officer, child protection officer or other person (howsoever described) who is employed for the purpose of performing the child welfare and protection function of religious, sporting, recreational, cultural, educational and other bodies and organisations offering services to children; * * 28 4%Child care staff member employed in a pre-school service within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Child Care Act 1991; 0 0.0% * *Youth work service - person responsible for the care or management within the meaning of section 2 of the Youth Work Act 2001 0 0.0% * *Youth worker holds a professional qualification and who is employed in a youth work service 0 0.0% 7 1%Foster carer registered with the Agency. 0 0.0% 0 0%

Pre-school service within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Child Care Act 1991. 0 0.0% 0 0%

Total (includes suppressed values)102 100.0% 662 100%

Source of Reports

• Highest number of reports for May 2020 from

members of An Garda Síochána (28; 28%)

followed by social workers (16; 16%) and

psychotherapists/counsellors (14; 14%).

• These three sources account for 57% (58) of all

reports received

• For the year to date (end of May) the highest

number of reports has been from

psychotherapist/counsellors (138; 21%)

followed by An Garda Síochána (127; 19%) and

social workers (89; 13%).

Source not available for 23 records for January

2020, 15 records for February 2020, 19 records in

March 2020, 5 records in April 2020 and 25

records in May 2020

Values <5 suppressed

16

Children in Care

Figure 5,968 includes 61 children under the Social Work Team for Separated Children Seeking Asylum, four more than April 2020.

Figure for Dec 2019 (5,983) revised from previously reported (5,985)

• 5,968 children in care at the end of May 2020; 11 fewer than April

2020 and the first decrease after two consecutive monthly increases

• 41 fewer children in care than the same time last year

• 65% (3,887) of children in care are in general foster care, 26% (1,567) are

in relative foster care, 7% (411) are in residential care and 2% (103) are in

“other” care placements.

• 16 of the 411 children in residential placements are in special care

• 700 (12%) children in care at the end of May 2020 were in

placements with private providers; 11 fewer than April 2020 and 44

(7%) more than May 2019 (656).

• 58% (409) of children in placements with private providers were in foster

care. This number (409) is down 5 on April 2020 and up 31 (8%) on May 2019

(378).

• 37% (259) of children in placements with private providers were in residential

care. This number (259) is down 5 on April 2020 and up 14 (6%) on May 2019

(245).

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n

Number of Children in Care

656 663675 678 684 683 688 694 689 694

706 711700

500

550

600

650

700

750

# Children in Placements with Private Providers

Figure for Dec 2019 (694) revised from previously reported (695)

378 378 383396 403 403 404 405 402 400 406 414 409

245 253 256 249 245 246 254 255 254 260 265 264 259

33 32 36 33 36 34 30 34 33 34 35 33 32

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Children in Private Placements, by Placement Type

Foster Care Residential General Other

Figure for Dec 2019 for “Other” (34) revised from previously reported (35)

Children in Care

17

• 94% (5,592) of children in care at the end of May 2020 had an allocated

social worker; no change in percentage from April 2020

• A total of 376 children were awaiting an allocated social worker; 9 more than April

2020 (367) and the second consecutive increase

• Highest number awaiting reported by Midlands (55) followed by Dublin North (47),

Dublin South Central (46), CW/K/ST (43), DSW/K/WW (43) and WD/WX (38) These

six areas account for 72% (272) of all children awaiting.

• Three areas (Cavan/Monaghan, Donegal and Mayo) along with the Social Work Team

for Separated Children Seeking Asylum reporting 100%

• 95% (5,640) of children in care at the end of May 2020 had an up-to-date

care plan; up one percentage point from April 2020

• A total of 328 children did not have an up-to-date care plan; one fewer than April 2020

(329)

• Highest number with no up-to-date care plan reported by Cork (77), DSW/K/WW (55),

Dublin North (46), Dublin North City (43) and Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan (29)

• 14 areas along with the Social Work Team for Separated Children Seeking Asylum are

reporting 90% or higherDSE/WW

DSW/K/

WWDSC

Midlands

DNC

Dublin

North

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry

CorkCW/KK/S

T

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC

Mayo

GY/RN

Midwest

SWTSCSA

No Care Plan 2 55 14 0 43 46 15 1 1 77 1 1 12 29 0 16 15 0

With Care Plan 247 364 348 362 453 293 397 159 162 702 340 422 202 81 129 358 560 61

Total CIC 249 419 362 362 496 339 412 160 163 779 341 423 214 110 129 374 575 61

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

# Children with an Up-to Date Care Plan May 2020

DSE/WW

DSW/K/WW

DSCMidland

sDNC

Dublin

North

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry

CorkCW/KK/S

T

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC

Mayo

GY/RN

Midwes

t

SWTSCSA

Awaiting SW 15 43 46 55 14 47 16 0 6 14 43 38 0 7 0 16 16 0

With SW 234 376 316 307 482 292 396 160 157 765 298 385 214 103 129 358 559 61

Total CIC 249 419 362 362 496 339 412 160 163 779 341 423 214 110 129 374 575 61

0

100

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400

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600

700

800

900

Children in care with/awaiting allocated social worker, May 2020

Child Protection Notification System

18

• 957 children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020; 52 (5%) more

than April 2020 (905). Second consecutive increase after seven consecutive

monthly decreases.

The number of children listed as "active" in recent weeks needs to be interpreted with

caution, due to some review child protection conferences (where decisions are made to

remove children listed as "active") being deferred. Guidance issued by Tusla on foot of

the COVID-19 restrictions advises that following discussion and evaluation of safety

plans, review conferences may be deferred for a maximum of 3 months.

• All children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020 had an allocated social

worker.

• Highest number of children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020

reported by CW/K/ST (118) followed by Midwest (113) and Cork (103).

• Fewest number listed as “active” reported by Cavan/Monaghan (10)

• Highest rate per 10,000 population under 18 years reported by Dublin

North City and CW/K/ST at more than double (19/10,000) the national

rate (8/10,000) followed by Waterford/Wexford (13/10,000) and Midwest

(12/10,000)

• Lowest rate reported by Dublin South East/Wicklow, Louth/Meath and

Dublin South East/Wicklow at 3/10,000 population

• 8 areas had fewer children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020 than

May 2019. Largest decrease reported by Louth/Meath, down 26 followed

by Galway/Roscommon, down 25 and Dublin North, down 24.

• 9 areas had more children listed as “active” at the end of May 2020 than

May 2019. Largest increase reported by CW/K/ST, up 55 followed by

Dublin North City, up 45 and Waterford/Wexford, up 19.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2018 1,279 1,291 1,250 1,205 1,171 1,095 1,103 1,132 1,169 1,119 1,058 1,029

2019 967 977 913 920 915 918 979 1,005 981 907 898 876

2020 842 841 827 905 957

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

# Children Listed as "Active" on the CPNS

Area May-19 Apr-20 May-20Δ May 2020 v

May 2019

Population

(0-17 years)Rate/10,000

Dublin North City 40 72 85 45 44,927 19

Carlow / Kilkenny / South Tipperary 63 102 118 55 63,009 19

Waterford / Wexford 73 87 92 19 68,513 13

Mid West 101 110 113 12 96,266 12

Donegal 34 41 45 11 42,865 10

Dublin South Central 72 63 66 -6 65,564 10

Kerry 25 28 34 9 34,527 10

Cork 96 94 103 7 134,015 8

Mayo 40 29 21 -19 31,968 7

Dublin South West / Kildare / West Wicklow 57 61 64 7 108,186 6

Midlands 66 48 45 -21 80,193 6

Sligo / Leitrim / West Cavan 16 12 13 -3 23,554 6

Galway / Roscommon 68 40 43 -25 79,912 5

Dublin North 77 59 53 -24 100,654 5

Dublin South East / Wicklow 28 20 26 -2 86,810 3

Louth / Meath 52 25 26 -26 93,093 3

Cavan / Monaghan 7 14 10 3 36,446 3

Total 915 905 957 42 1,190,502 8

Children’s Services Regulation

19

• 4,310 early years services on the register at the end of May

2020, five fewer than April 2020 and 72 (2%) fewer than May 2019

(4,382)

• No inspections of early years services done in May 2020, due to the

closure of services under the COVID-19 restrictions

• 1,541 children on the register for home education at the end of

May 2020, 34 more than April 2020 (1,507) and 63 (4%) more than

May 2019 (1,478)

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AND REGISTRATION SERVICE

EARLY YEARS INSPECORATE

• 372 children awaiting assessment for registration at the end of May 2020, 54 fewer than April 2020 (426), seventh consecutive decrease and the fewest number for the period May 2019 – May 2020

261

216

165

150

191 198 194

122

241

204

79

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83

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1,5

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1,5

41

1,420

1,440

1,460

1,480

1,500

1,520

1,540

1,560

# Children on Register for Home Education

537 549 533

606642 654 653 650

615

531492

426372

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

# Awaiting Assessment for Registration

Figure for April 2020 (4,315) revised from previously reported (4,314)

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82

4,3

59

4,3

57

4,3

57

4,3

49

4,3

55

4,3

45

4,3

10

4,3

12

4,3

12

4,3

17

4,3

15

4,3

10

4,260

4,280

4,300

4,320

4,340

4,360

4,380

4,400

# Early Years Services on the Register

Tusla Education Support Services

20

• 2,404 referrals on a waiting list for educational welfare

services at the end of May 2020; 101 (4%) fewer than April 2020

when the highest number since June 2019 (2,766) was reported.

• 58 referrals screened by senior educational welfare services in May 2020.

16

03

14

95

14

79

15

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0 20

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Referrals on a Waiting List at Month End

Sep-18

Oct-18

Nov-18

Dec-18

Jan-19

Feb-19

Mar-19

Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19

Jul-19

Aug-19

Sep-19

Oct-19

Nov-19

Dec-19

Jan-20

Feb-20

Mar-20

Apr-20

May-20

# Referrals screened 252 344 454 386 771 754 878 871 597 369 435 199 249 414 482 523 605 956 483 226 58

# Open cases mth end 3148 3173 3108 3084 3166 3263 3297 3306 3243 3025 2935 2986 3131 3085 3127 3088 3136 3186 3314 3320 3320

# Cases closed 574 455 455 261 315 348 411 275 323 387 181 126 347 485 406 234 349 395 153 13 45

252344

454386

771 754

878 871

597

369435

199249

414482

523605

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483

226

58

0

200

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Referrals Screened

Activity from March 2020 impacted due to the closure of

schools.