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Intellectual Disability
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Intellectual Disability:
Day Services
Nua Healthcare has developed a number of facilities over the past number of years specialising in Day Services for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities.
These include:
- Kilbride Mill - Education Centre
- Winterdown Farm - Animal Care, Vegetable & Plant Cultivation
- The Willows - Therapy Centre
- Chapel View - Woodwork Service
- Big Elf Toys / Hautemama Boutique - social enterprise comprising of a retail shop providing real work place training
- EcoKind Firelogs - social enterprise manufacturing fuels out of recycled materials
Our day service facilities offer a range of leisure, educational and vocational activities in a friendly and highly-structured environment.
Nua Healthcare operates in accordance with the HSE proposed ‘New Directions’ model of Day Service provision. Person Centred Support Services ensure the service user plays a fundamental role in the development, planning, delivery and evaluation of their service.
Our Service Users can avail of a mixture of all our day services, community programmes and educational links depending on their wants, needs and care plan.
With our support, people with Autism and Asperger syndrome have the opportunity to take part in their community, socialise, develop new and existing skills and become more independent.
All our day services have high staff ratios and are equipped with the most up-to-date equipment and technology available.
Kilbride Mill Educational Centre
Kilbride Mill, a 2000 sq foot day service situated on the grounds of Kilbride House, Portarlington.
Kilrbide Mill has been custom designed to suit a small group of individuals. The facility can cater for 10 individuals at any one time and primarily acts as a base for service users to access the community under new directions.
Facilities at the Mill include:
- Chill-out room
- Training Kitchen
- Web cafe, library and computer training
- Multimedia training room, gallery and cafe
We run a range of courses and activities in Kilbride Mill including:
- Social Skills training - Pilot scheme in association with the National Autistic Society, Wales
- Independent living skills
- Art Therapy
- Massage Therapy
- Coping Strategies
- Personal Care programmes
- IT courses
- Drama courses
- Culinary training, baking and general cookery
- Music Therapy
- Sewing and weaving
- Jewellery making
- Community activities depending on the needs and support plan of each person
Winterdown Farm
Winterdown Farm is set on 85 acres of land, ouside Eadstown, in Naas, Co Kildare.
Winterdown’s day service consists of vegetable and plant cultivation coupled with the care of farm animals including donkeys, sheep and chickens.
The day service is a service user owned venture. This means that the individuals have ownership over what they grow and cultivate and sell their produce at local farmers’ markets.
The farm also facilitates a Community “Vegbox Scheme” where service users deliver boxes of vegetable around the community. We have a team of two horticulturists who work with and train individuals in gardening and vegetable cultivation.
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The Willows Therapy Centre
The Willows is available as a drop-in centre for all our service users.
Facilities include:
- Specialised Multi Sensory Room, designed specifically for individuals with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism
- State-of-the-art Gym with exercise machines, resistance machines and punch bag
- Special Education room
- Canteen
Chapel View Woodwork Service
Chapel View woodwork service teaches individuals everything related to woodwork and general carpentry.
A broad range of products including chicken coops, garden furniture, bird boxes, kennels and Christmas logs are made to order and sold at local fairs.
Supported Employment Initiatives
Nua Healthcare is delighted to announce that we have established two innovative new companies to provide supported employment opportunities for up to 6 individuals.
Individuals are involved at every stage of the business - from marketing, processing orders, stock picking, wrapping and dispatch direct to the customers door. The jobs are real, with real training, real contracts and proper rates of pay.
We are very excited about these projects and feel they will create huge opportunities for a number of individuals to enter the workforce and gain independence.
The company's details are as follows -
HauteMama.ie is a chic online boutique for expectant mothers. The website sells everything from baby clothes to evening wear and items are delivered to your door the next day, beautifully wrapped!
BigElfToys.ie is an online toy shop specialising in high quality toys for children of all ability levels.
Please check out the two websites and spread the word!