Our Services
All children and young people have the right to be supported in a nurturing environment where they feel safe, valued and heard. We believe this can be achieved by empowering children, or past trauma and develop to their full potential.
Our team adopts a therapeutic, trauma-informed approach to the services we provide, with a focus on personalised care and placement planning.
*We only accept referrals through the National Placement Team, Tusla.
Our Values
Providing the highest standard of care
Person Centred & Professional
A person-centred model that supports people to develop knowledge, skills and confidence, within a framework of good governance and professional standards.
Attachment & Trauma Informed
A dedicated trauma and attachment informed child-focused model with an emphasis on creating nurturing and healing care for children and young people.
Therapeutic Approach to Care Planning
Therapeutic interventions, inclusive of early childhood development experiences, along with each young person’s strengths, individualised needs, and uniqueness.
Homely Environment
An emphasis on a caring, nurturing homely environment promoting safety and security to build on their strengths and abilities.
Working in Partnership
Improved working relationships across the sector, promoting collaboration and strengthening working partnerships.
Assessment & Outcomes Based
Assessment of needs matching work practice and young person’s goals, with clear planning, and appropriate interventions.
Young Person Focused
Ensuring that each young person’s care supports are individualised and tailored to meet the needs of each young person.
Systemic in Practice
Systemic principles that promote and value the importance of the family system, education, connection, culture, community.
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Model of Care
We have developed our own bespoke therapeutic model of care which is based on 8 principles for care practice, rooted in valid theory of child development and the impact of relational trauma on the child’s development.
Our model of care informs our care practice to provide therapeutic care through a structured process, to maximise potential of each individual child and young person.
Model of Care
We have developed our own bespoke therapeutic model of care which is based on 8 principles for care practice, rooted in valid theory of child development and the impact of relational trauma on the child’s development.
Our model of care informs our care practice to provide therapeutic care through a structured process, to maximise potential of each individual child and young person.
Training Programmes
Independent Living skills Programmes
The main aim of our independent living/life skills course is the development of personal and social skills to facilitate greater independence and prepare for life after leaving care.
Service Methodology
Pathways Ireland endeavours to take steps towards a better future for young people and their families by providing young people with a place of safety in a warm and caring home environment, where therapeutic interventions are delivered in a well- planned, highly-structured and consultative manner by a management and staff team who are experienced, appropriately trained, supervised and supported to deliver an accessible Model of Care, which promotes effective, accountable and professional practices that at all times demonstrate the paramountcy of the young person’s welfare. Through stringent performance-appraisal methodologies, we can demonstrate that delivering our service in a professional, supportive, and accountable environment is imperative in the creation and maintenance of therapeutic relationships leading to better outcomes and positive progress towards desired goals.
Our Services
Clinical Support Services
Our clinical support person/s provide a comprehensive service to both our children and young people and our care teams. We recognise the importance of trauma informed practice in the development of programs to support our staff teams to better understand and manage complex behaviours. Our clinical support person designs and presents specific, individualised training programs to the care teams to support them to understand and respond to behaviours of concern.
Dedicated Activity Coordinators
The activity coordinators design individualised training programmes and planned activities for each young person upon their admission. The programmes are personalised to the young person’s needs, age and physical ability, preference for different sports, activities and interests. The activity plans are incorporated into the young people’s weekly and monthly goals, which are developed and monitored by the young person’s allocated key workers.
Recreation Programme
The Recreational Programme aims for all young people/children living in Pathways Irelands children’s residential centres to foster and develop increased learning and development opportunities by encouraging and supporting them to engage in activities in the centre and their local communities.
Environmental Sustainability Programme
Pathways Ireland have an environmental programme aimed at minimising waste at source, increasing recycling and improving energy efficiency. Our homes have a sustainability working group that focuses on projects to support sustainable lifestyles in each centre.
