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Circular (OSS) 03 / 2022: Role and responsibilities of the DOH deputy secretary/chief social work officer, director of social care and children’s directorate, and executive directors of health and social care trusts
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Circular (OSS) 02 / 2022: Social care and children’s functions (statutory functions): management and professional oversight
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Circular (OSS) 01 / 2022: Legislative and structural arrangements
PDF (238 KB)

Approved Social Work Quality Standards
PDF (56 KB)

Circular (OSS) 1/2018 - Role and responsibilities of Directors of the Health and Social Care Board and Health and Social Care Trusts for Children in Need, Children in Need of Protection and Looked After Children
PDF (221 KB)

Circular (OSS) 2/2018 - The framework for the delegation of complex tasks to social careworkers in Northern Ireland
PDF (535 KB)

Social Work and Mental Health in Northern Ireland
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Circular (OSS) 3/2015 - Legislative and Structural Arrangements in Respect of the Authority of the DHSSPS, the HSC Board and HSC Trusts in the Discharge of Relevant Personal Social Services Functions
PDF (57 KB)

Circular (OSS) 4/2015 - Roles and Responsibilities of the DHSSPS, the HSC Board and the HSC Trusts for the Professional Oversight of the Discharge of Delegated Statutory Functions
PDF (150 KB)

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