As you are aware, Tusla is undertaking a Reform Programme which will continue to meet the needs of service users of Liberty Street House. The integration of services will mean that the services provided within Liberty Street Services will align under the proposed structures of the Front Door Teams.
Front Door Teams are a feature of the new Tusla referral and service user management process that will will ensure that each referral is assessed and addressed by the appropriate experts. Staff will work as part of multidisciplinary teams to ensure a range of professionals across with different skills in the area of social work and therapeutic services are available to respond to the needs of children, young people and families in the right way, at the right time.
The preventative aspect of work undertaken in Liberty Street Services will align with Family Support and Safety and Welfare structures and all relevant cases in Liberty Street Services will continue to be worked on within newly aligned networks in 2026.
Liberty Street Services provides a domestic violence and abuse support service. Under the Reform Programme, the focus will incorporate the impact of domestic violence on children, bringing an expertise developed in Liberty Street to the Front Door Teams across networks. Equally, Liberty Street staff who have a developed skillset in working with teenagers will continue to utilise these skills in their alignment within Front Door Teams.
Tusla Structural Reform will bring opportunities to the young people and families that Liberty Street Services work with. It will also deliver an integrative response of early intervention/family support and child welfare – which Liberty Street Services has responded to in a myriad of ways since it opened.
Any facets relating to the objectives of Slaintecare would continue to be under the remit of the Minister for Health.
