Ballydowd Special Care Unit inspection number 509, 3 - hiqa.ie

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Ballydowd Special Care Unit in the Health Service Executive Dublin Mid-Leinster: Inspection report ID number: 509 Health Information and Quality Authority Recommendations 8. The HSE should ensure that: • any allegation made by a child is fully and independently assessed by the placing social work department in a manner that includes interviewing the child, and is in accordance with Children First • measures are put in place to ensure that in the cases of allegations against staff being made by an individual child that the potential risk to other children within the unit is also fully assessed • as Ballydowd is a national resource, an inter-area protocol is developed to coordinate the strategies used to address child protection concerns that arise in the unit. 9. The HSE should ensure that any child confined to the SCU for any reason has access to appropriate unit activities and resources, and that specifically every effort is made to ensure children on single separation have access to resources that will alleviate the impact of being separated from their peers. 10. The HSE should ensure that all incidents of single separation are acknowledged, reported and recorded in a way that meets the National Standards for Special Care and Department of Health and Children’s National guidelines on the use of single separation in special care units (2003). 24
Ballydowd Special Care Unit in the Health Service Executive Dublin Mid-Leinster: Inspection report ID number: 509 Health Information and Quality Authority 3.6 Premises and Safety Standard The premises are suitable for the residential care of the young people and their use is in keeping with their stated purpose as a special care unit. The unit’s buildings and associated outdoor areas are designed to prevent unauthorised entry or exit. They facilitate supervision and minimise opportunities for selfharm while providing accommodation that is, in so far as it is practicable, appropriate to its designation as a young people’s unit. The unit is properly maintained and furnished. It has adequate arrangements to guard against the risk of fire and other hazards. Practice met the required standard Practice partly met the required standard Practice did not meet the required standard Risk Assessment √ Location and design √ Accommodation general √ Accommodation - individual young people √ Maintenance and repairs Safety and fire precautions Security √ √ √ Recommendations 11. The HSE should ensure, in addition to the recommendations made under Management and Referral and Placement of Young People, that children who are placed on single separation (separated from their peers) are accommodated in an area that meets the required standards. 12. The HSE should ensure that a full review of the location and design of Ballydowd is carried out and that a plan is put in place to remedy the current situation. 25
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