Cheeverstown wrote a strategy in 2021 and we are 4 years into the work we said we would do. You can read all about our strategy and our 3 main strategic goals on the Cheeverstown website. This report tells you about the work Cheeverstown did in 2024, so that you know what is happening in the service. There is information about services people use. This includes supported living service and respite, new directions services and clinical services. There is information about our staff and volunteers.

Cheeverstown wrote a strategy in 2021 and we are 3 years into the work we said we would do. You can read all about our strategy and our 3 main strategic goals on the Cheeverstown website. This report tells you about the work Cheeverstown did in 2023, so that you know what is happening in the service. There is information about services people use. This includes supported living service and respite, new directions services and clinical services. There is information about our staff and volunteers.

Cheeverstown House Directors Reports & Financial Statements 2023

Deliver a responsive service which empowers people with intellectual disabilities to live a full and meaningful life. Develop a clear communication strategy and funding plan to support people using our services. Strengthen relationships with key partners to deliver person centered responsive services.

At Cheeverstown, we are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred services and continually improving those services through active listening and engagement with the people we support, their families, advocates, visitors, and the wider community. We welcome all feedback including comments, compliments, concerns and complaints as a vital source of learning and service enhancement. Cheeverstown’s feedback and complaints process reflects the HSE’s Your Service, Your Say policy and is underpinned by the following principles: - Accessible: Our process is easy to understand and use, for everyone, including people with disabilities, children, and those with communication support needs. ( In line with the person’s communication matrix support) - Person-Centred: Each individual is respected and supported to raise issues without fear of repercussion - Fair & Transparent: Complaints are managed consistently and impartially, and complainants are kept informed - Timely & Responsive: Complaints are acknowledged promptly and resolved efficiently where possible - Learning & Improvement: Every piece of feedback is a chance to improve our services, systems and enhance staff knowledge Our goal is to build a culture of openness and trust where feedback, positive or negative, is actively encouraged, taken seriously, and used to improve the care and support we provide.

The National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers pre-budget campaign for 2026 have highlighted priorities to be addressed such as: • Addressing Unmet Needs: There is an urgent need for increased support for individuals requiring respite beds and those living at home with elderly parents. The current provisions are inadequate, and additional funding is essential to effectively meet these needs. • Supporting Innovation: We believe in fostering innovation through multi-annual budgets, such as the TTMO initiative that requires funding to address new residential needs. This support is vital for us to continue providing high-quality services and exploring new ways to enhance the lives of those we support. • Mitigating Budget Deficit : Our organization is currently facing a budget deficit due to external factors like cost-of-living increases and rising service provision costs. This financial strain is significant, and we need assistance to navigate these challenges and ensure stability.

Cheeverstowns Annual Report for 2023 in Easy to Read Version

You will be aware the Taoiseach Simon Harris confirmed on 08/11/2024 that the 2024 General Election will take place on Friday, 29th November 2024. Cheeverstown are participating in a campaign run by the NFVSP on the General Election 2024 where we wish to highlight issues facing people with an intellectual disability and their families. The NFVSP provided the enclosed election campaign material. I am seeking your support when potential public representatives visit households or public places to canvass for your vote in the upcoming election. The purpose of the enclosed Canvass Card is that you will have them available to you. I am asking you to share and discuss or highlight issues specific to you / your family member with potential political representatives on key matters impacting people with intellectual disabilities / autism outlined on the card.

The Cheeverstown Clinic MDT provides services to individuals supported by Cheeverstown. This is a referrals based service. If you want to know more about making a referral please email us at: clinicalreferrals@cheeverstown.ie Attached is a brief description of what each discipline offer

This is the Cheeverstown House Privacy Notice for Current, Past and Retired Employees

All individuals under the UN convention, European and Irish law have rights with regards to data privacy. GDPR means that all your personal information must be stored appropriately and kept safe. GDPR means that Cheeverstown will ensure that your personal information is only used as required.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the Convention. This is the highest number of signatories in history to a UN Convention on its opening day. It is the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century and is the first human rights convention to be open for signature by regional integration organizations. The Convention entered into force on 3 May 2008. The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as “objects” of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as “subjects” with rights, who are capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free and informed consent as well as being active members of society. The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced. The Convention was negotiated during eight sessions of an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly from 2002 to 2006, making it the fastest negotiated human rights treaty.

New Directions is the HSE's approach to supporting adults with disabilities who use day services in Ireland. New Directions sets out twelve supports that should be available to people with disabilities using 'day services'. It proposes that 'day services' should take the form of individualised outcome-focussed supports to allow adults using those services to live a life of their choosing in accordance with their own wishes, needs and aspirations. There is a structure set up within the nine HSE Community Healthcare Organisations (CHO) nationally to implement New Directions. These CHO New Directions Implementation Groups have representatives from every HSE funded adult day Service Provider within the CHO area.

Time to Move on from Congregated Settings - A Strategy for Community Inclusion Report of the Working Group on Congregated Settings - Health Service Executive (June 2011)

For the attention of all NHASS and SPSPS members: Please see attached DPER’s Circular 03/2021, which provides guidance on minimum pension ages and compulsory retirement ages in the public service. The Circular provides guidance in relation to all standard public servants based on their date of recruitment. NHASS members: On the HSE website there are a number of tools which allow you to estimate your pension benefits i.e. retirement lump sum and pension, impact of reducing/increasing hours under flexible working, retirement under the Actuarial Reduced/ Cost Neutral Early Retirement Scheme etc. The below tool to allow you to estimate your own benefits: Pension Estimator

Link to Single Scheme website for SPSPS members. Here you can access the ‘Scheme Booklet’ for information on your scheme, find the SPSPS Estimator Tool and links to all current Circular Letters, in particular the latest Circular 15/2019 Purchase and Transfer of Retirement Benefits under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme. If you are a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (SPSPS) you can view the Department of Public Expenditure and Reforms ‘Databank Privacy Notice’ below for information on how your data will be held and stored.

This information pack contains a series of factsheets on reports and reviews that are often discussed, but rarely explained, including the National Disability Strategy, the Congregated Settings Report, and the New Directions Report. It can be downloaded via