Child and Family Services at Newtownmountkennedy Primary Care

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Child and family

Under the Child and Family Act 2013 the Child and Family Agency is charged with: Supporting and promoting the development, welfare and protection of children, and the effective functioning of families; Offering care and protection for children in circumstances where their parents have not been able to, or are unlikely to, provide the care that a child needs. In order to discharge these responsibilities, the agency is required to maintain and develop the services needed in order to deliver these supports to children and families and provide certain services for the psychological welfare of children and their families; Responsibility for ensuring that every child in the state attends school or otherwise receives an education, and for providing educational welfare services to support and monitor children’s attendance, participation and retention in education; Ensuring that the best interests of the child guide all decisions affecting individual children; Consulting children and families so that they help to shape the agency’s policies and services; Strengthening interagency co-operation to ensure seamless services responsive to needs; Undertaking research relating to its functions and providing information and advice to the Minister regarding those functions; and Commissioning services relating to the provision of child and family services Our services: The Child and Family Agency’s services include a range of universal and targeted services: Child protection and welfare services; Educational welfare services; Psychological services; Alternative care; Family and locally-based community supports; Early years services; Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services.

Referrals and Appointments

Internal directions

Check in at the primary care reception on the first floor (lifts available). Take a seat in the waiting area. The receptionist will notify the relevant therapy of your arrival and a member of staff will meet you and direct you to the appropriate room for your appointment.

Service delivery type

Face to face

Catchment area

North Wicklow