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  • Office of Social Services Circulars

    Topics:
    • Social Care Policy, 
    • Social services policy and Circulars

    Date published: 10 June 2019

    Last updated: 8 April 2022

    Circulars issued by the Office of Social Services

    Documents

    • 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 Adobe PDF (199.09 KB)
    • Circular (OSS) 02 / 2022: Social care and children’s functions (statutory functions): management and professional oversightAdobe PDF (300.63 KB)
    • Circular (OSS) 01 / 2022: Legislative and structural arrangements Adobe PDF (237.6 KB)
    • Approved Social Work Quality StandardsAdobe PDF (56.1 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 ChildrenAdobe PDF (220.79 KB)
    • Circular (OSS) 2/2018 - The framework for the delegation of complex tasks to social careworkers in Northern IrelandAdobe PDF (534.72 KB)
    • Social Work and Mental Health in Northern IrelandAdobe PDF (13.12 MB)
    • 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 FunctionsAdobe PDF (57.02 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 FunctionsAdobe PDF (149.5 KB)
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