Cheshire Ireland provides a range of support services to people with both physical and neurological conditions in their homes, in residential centres, in supported accommodation and in stand alone respite facilities. We provide our services to people often with very complex and high support needs.

Cheshire Ireland run 22 centres in 15 counties in Ireland providing services to 286 people and employ almost 700 staff.

Our aim is to provide quality, person-centred services, which facilitate people with disabilities to live a life of their own choosing.

Cheshire Ireland has been established in Ireland for nearly 50 years, with our first centre opening in Ardeen, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow in 1961. We are currently the biggest provider of supported accommodation in the country.

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Join us in working to create innovative, community-based supports designed in partnership with each individual person.

Job Title: Care Support Workers

Type of Contract: Specified Purpose Contract to cover various absences

Location: Limerick Cheshire Services (Residential and Community)

Closing Date: Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Applications: CV & cover letter to denise.leonard@cheshire.ie or post: Denise Leonard, Service Manager, Limerick Cheshire Services, Rathfredagh, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick

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Job Title: National Volunteer Manager

Type of Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Number of Hours: 35 Hours Per Week

Location: Dublin

Closing Date: Monday 5th February, 2012

Applications: CV & cover letter to bernie.redmond@cheshire or post: Bernie Redmond, HR Officer, Cheshire Ireland, Block 4, Bracken Business Park, Bracken Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18

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Cheshire Ireland is an equal opportunities employer. All successful candidates will be subject to vetting by the Garda Vetting Unit.

Rathfredagh Charity Walk 2012

Sunday 29th of January - Walk in aid of Rathfredagh Cheshire home

Start: 10 am from Barna, walking along the great southern trail to Newcastle West.

Continuing on to Rathfredagh Cheshire via the Bruff line at Lacey’s cross.

Sponsorship cards available from Rathfredagh Cheshire home. Tel: 069-83100

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'Time to Move on from Congregated Settings'. A Strategy for Community Inclusion.

Report of the Working Group on Congregated Settings, Health Services Executive, June 2011.

Over 4,000 people with disabilities in Ireland live in congregated settings (with ten or more people). In 2007 the HSE set up a Working Group on Congregated Settings to develop a national plan and change programme for transferring people to the community. The Working Group has proposed a new model of support in the community. The Working Group report states that:

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Time To Move 0n From Congregated Settings

World Health Organization Releases Disability Report

The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability.

People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many obstacles they face in their everyday lives. The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. The report ends with a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners.

This pioneering World report on disability will make a significant contribution to implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the intersection of public health, human rights and development, the report is set to become a "must have" resource for policy-makers, service providers, professionals, and advocates for people with disabilities and their families.

World report on disability

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Working in partnership with people who use our services and with statutory and voluntary agencies, we provide quality accommodation and support services across Ireland to adults with, primarily, physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries and neurological conditions.

We are committed to developing our staff, the facilities we provide and our management processes to ensure we have the capability, knowledge and skills required to deliver cost effective, quality services in ways that respect every person’s rights, personal choice and individuality

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Your Complaints & Feedback Are Welcome »

Cheshire Ireland is committed to providing a quality, person centred service for individuals. We encourage and welcome individuals to speak out about complaints and provide feedback.

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