Carriglea Cáirde Services

03/09/2026

What a fantastic afternoon at Déise Day Centre! 🎶

John and Jean were thrilled to spend time with Joe (Hughie from Fair City) and enjoy the music, singing and fun.

Thank you to Déise Day Centre for always making us feel so welcome. 💙

14/08/2026

💙 Lead with Purpose.

Join Carriglea as a Senior Services Manager. A leadership opportunity has arisen within Carriglea.

Full details below. ⬇️

Senior Services Manager

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Carriglea Cairde Services provides a comprehensive range of day, residential, and respite services to approximately 200 adults with mild to profound intellectual disabilities and autism. Carriglea Cairde Services is committed to supporting individuals reach their full potential, promoting growth, independence, and choice.

Carriglea Cairde Services is seeking an experienced Senior Services Manager to join the Services leadership team. This is an opportunity for an individual with strong clinical leadership skills to contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of high-quality services in line with regulatory standards and best practice.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Lead out on a culture of autonomy, choice and fostering an environment that encourages personal growth, self-development and valued friendships amongst individuals who utilize our Services.
• Provide clinical governance and leadership for designated service areas of responsibility ensuring services are aligned with Health Act 2007, HIQA Regulations, New Directions & Health & Safety.
• Manage and support the continuous compliance of designated centres and day services with all legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support Persons in Charge and Day Service Managers in the planning, development and enhancements of current and future Services.
• Communicating with all elements of multi-disciplinary teams to ensure optimum delivery of services.
• Management of staffing levels, skill mix, and budget constraints, ensuring the efficient use of resources.
• Ensure adherence to the Services policies and procedures, and through the line management process ensuring that managers meet all functional requirements across Finance, HR and ICT.
• Promote transparency and evidence-based decision-making, involving service users, families, advocates, and staff in the process.
• Actively contribute to decision-making and oversight in various Service committees, including the Senior Management Team, Quality Committee, Admissions & Discharge Committee, Clinical Committees, and HSE Service Level Arrangement Review Team.

Applicants should:
• Be an excellent role model for high standards and support for individuals who use our Service.
• Demonstrate excellent clinical leadership, management flexibility and hold a nursing or social care qualification and be registered with the NMBI/CORU. Minimum of five years’ experience at management level, preferably in an intellectual disability environment.
• Experience of managing staff teams is essential.
• Have significant experience of working with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Have proven organisational, teambuilding skills and excellent flexibility.
• Will be required to undergo designated liaison persons training.

If you are creative, flexible and enthusiastic, come and join our dynamic team in caring for adults with intellectual disabilities. Grade VII HSE Salary Scales will apply for all the above posts.
Curriculum Vitae’s along with a covering letter can be sent on e mail to: vincent.o'[email protected]

Closing date is the 28th August 2026.

Carriglea Cairde Services is an equal opportunities employer.

14/08/2026

🌙 We're Hiring: Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Nights) 🌙

Looking for a leadership role where you can make a real difference? Join the dedicated team at Carriglea as a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Nights) and help support people to live full and meaningful lives.

📍 Full details below ⬇️

At Carriglea Cáirde Services, we provide a comprehensive range of day, residential and respite services to adults with an intellectual disability.

Clinical Nurse Manger 1 Nights: Carriglea Cáirde Services

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the above position. Applicants must lead by example in demonstrating genuine kindness, empathy and patience in their daily interaction with service users in a person-centered service.

The purpose of the role is to provide a person-centered approach to meet service user requirements.

The successful candidate will fulfill the following:
• Provide leadership and support to staff, ensuring safe and supportive services.
• Plan and supervise the implementation and review of a quality, person centered service with the resident.
• Ensure that the team enables service users to participate in activities that reflect their goals and choices.
• Ensure that the health and medical needs of service users are met.
• Ensures strict compliance with health and safety standards.
• Ensure that excellent standards of care are maintained at all times and in all aspects of work.
• Provide support to staff covering night duty/ and sleepovers as required.
• Manage in line with HIQA regulations and requirements.

This is an on roster Clinical Nurse Manager role and weekend roster cover of every second weekend is required.

Nurses must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

Candidates must have the capacity to properly discharge the functions of this role.

Experience of working with people with intellectual disabilities is desirable. Excellent communication and organizational skills are required. A full clean driving license is essential.

If you are creative, flexible and enthusiastic, come and join our dynamic team in caring for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Current HSE Salary Scales will apply for all the above posts.

Curriculum Vitae’s along with a covering letter can be sent on e mail to; [email protected] by the 27th August 2026.

Carriglea Cairde Services is an equal opportunities employer.

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11/08/2026

💙 We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Waterford Leader Partnership - WLP CLG , Mike Hale, Healthy Waterford , and everyone involved in making this wonderful Social Farming placement possible.

Over six weeks, our participants enjoyed caring for animals, learning new skills, sharing their knowledge, and building connections in a welcoming farm environment. It was a fantastic experience that created many happy memories.

Thank you to all who supported and hosted this opportunity. 🐴🌱

31/07/2026

🎉 Annual Day Services Fun Day at the Anne Le Roy Centre! 🎉

There was a fantastic atmosphere in the Anne Le Roy Centre on 30th August as we welcomed service users and staff from across our Community Day Services for our annual Fun Day, including Marquis Drive, The Hub, Gateway, Springboard and ALRC.

The day got off to a great start with a lively “Wake Up and Shake Up” session led by our Zumba instructor, April. We were then entertained by the wonderful Wobbly Circus, enjoyed a delicious BBQ provided by Fresh Food Courtyard, and had lots of fun with the large outdoor games supplied by By Ballinger.

The highlight of the day was undoubtedly our Talent Show, which showcased the amazing talents of our service users across singing, dancing, drama and plenty of laughter and entertainment. It was a wonderful celebration of creativity, confidence and community spirit.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day such a success.

We would also like to wish all of our Service Users and their families a wonderful break as we begin our annual two-week shutdown. We look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for another great year. 💙

07/07/2026

⚽️ A Very Special Visitor to ALRC! ⚽️

There was huge excitement in the Anne Le Roy Centre on Thursday, 2nd July, when Irish international and Everton footballer Jake O’Brien paid us a visit.

Jake generously gave his time to meet everyone, signing photos, jerseys and autographs, posing for countless photos, and taking part in a Q&A session with our service users. His kindness, patience and genuine interest in meeting everyone made the day truly memorable.

We are incredibly grateful to Jake for taking the time to visit us and for making such a positive impact on all who met him. A fantastic footballer and an absolute gentleman.

💙 Thank you, Jake, from everyone at Carriglea!

01/07/2026

💙 A big thank you to Garraí Mara for hosting a coffee morning in support of this Service.

We look forward to joining them on 23rd July. ☕🍰

01/07/2026

🌟 We're Hiring! 🌟

Looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference in people's lives? We are currently recruiting a Senior Programme Assistant.

Join a dedicated team supporting individuals to live full and meaningful lives in their communities.

📍 Full details below ⬇️

At Carriglea Cáirde Services, we provide a comprehensive range of day, residential and respite services to approximately two hundred adults with mild, through to profound, degrees of intellectual disability. We are currently recruiting for the following position:

Senior Program Assistant

The successful candidate will:
• Demonstrate genuine kindness, empathy and patience in their daily interaction with service users in a person-centered service.
• Support a team of staff in leading out on day service programs and the implementation of the Interim Day Standards for New Directions.
• Be responsible for liaison with families and support the assessment of school leavers and young adults for entry to programs in Carriglea Cáirde Services..
• Ensure PCP’s are completed for all service users within their relevant team.
• Ensure service users are supported to have normal lives in normal communities and actively support them to achieve meaningful social roles in their local community.
• Work in partnership with the local community to promote the abilities of and contribution service users can make to their local community.
• Actively seek new interests and opportunities for service users to interact in their communities in a positive way via social roles i.e. volunteering, work, membership of groups/clubs, etc.
• Have responsibility for managing resources to meet service user requirements.
• Liaise with parents and families in delivering person centered plans and community integration is a key requirement of this role.
• Have accountability for meeting performance appraisals, induction and probation for their staff teams.
• Ensure all staff are aware of their functions in meeting compliance standards.
• Key working is an essential part of this role.
• Be responsible in collaboration with the manager for organizing staff so that services are delivered in the way which best suits the service users and that staff will co-ordinate with one another.
• Regular liaising with local feeder schools and relevant HSE personnel.
• Have excellent communication skills and facilitate monthly team meetings.

Candidates must have a full clean, driving license.

If you are creative, flexible and enthusiastic, come and join our dynamic team in caring for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Current HSE Salary Scales will apply for the above posts. Closing date is the 14th July, 2026.

Please send your Curriculum Vitae along with a covering letter on e mail to: [email protected]

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30/06/2026

Disability, Housing and Future Support Survey

Liam Quaide TD of the Social Democrats is currently conducting a survey on Disability, Housing and Future Support.

The survey was circulated to disability service providers, advocacy organisations and family networks, with a request that it be shared with relevant service users, families and advocates.

The survey is intended to help inform a Private Members’ Bill on residential and supported living arrangements for adults with an intellectual disability, which is due to be debated in the Dáil 8th July.

If you wish to complete the survey, you can access it here:
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Questionnaire on Disability, Housing and Future Support This short questionnaire is for disabled people, family members and supporters. It is intended to help shape proposals on future residential supports, supported living and community living. Taking part is voluntary. Please answer as many questi...

29/06/2026

🎶 Special Night of Music in Dungarvan 🎶

Glenn Murphy’s Samhradh 2026 concert will feature a raffle in aid of Carriglea Cáirde Services.

This Service is especially meaningful to Glenn, as his late grandaunt Betty Connolly lived here in Carriglea until her recent passing. In her memory, Glenn has kindly offered to organise this raffle to support us.

✨ Expect a brilliant night of music
🎁 Plus a chance to win some fantastic raffle prizes
📅 Friday, 10th July 2026
📍 St Mary’s Church, Dungarvan
⏰ 8:00 PM
🎟️ Get your tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/glenn-murphy-samhradh-2026-live-in-dungarvan-tickets-1988354813773

Come along, enjoy the music, support a great cause—and you might even go home a winner!

Join Glenn for an evening of some of Ireland's finest pieces of music this summer!