Brothers of Charity Services - South East - Waterford Services
The Waterford services provide a broad range of services through five programme areas:
Parkside Programme
Comeragh Programme
St. Michael’s Services
Mountbank Programme
Tory Services
Parkside Programme
Parkside programme provides residential and day services to adults with mild/moderate levels of
intellectual disability, through holistic daily programmes, individually tailored to meet their needs.
Located at Belmont Park, in a rural setting, the day services include a wholesale horticultural centre, a
farm and a retail workshop that supplies concrete and timber products.
The Parkside Programme also includes a rehabilitative training centre, START, which is located at the Tycor
Business Centre, in the heart of the city of Waterford.
Comeragh Programme
The Comeragh Services offer a range of day and residential services to adults with
moderate degrees of intellectual disability. The Comeragh Day Centre, located at the
Northern Industrial Estate, Waterford city, offers sheltered employment, supported
employment, work experience, recreation and socialisation activities.
The Comeragh Services also includes Elton Day Centre, situated on the Cork Road, which
offers services to adults with severe levels of intellectual disability.
St. Michael's Services
St. Michael’s Services which is located at Belmont Park offers a range of residential
and day services to adults with severe levels of intellectual disability. Elm House in
Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, is also a part of the St. Michael’s Programme.
This is a community-based service provided to an active retirement group.
Mountbank Programme
This programme offers a range of residential and day services to adults with moderate
to severe levels of intellectual disability. The day service offered uses holistic,
educational, recreational and vocational activities to enhance existing skills and
develop new skills.
A major element of this service is the management of challenging
behaviour through individual behaviour programmes.
Tory Services
Tory Services was established in March 2001 and is based at Units 20/21 Tramore Road
Industrial Estate, Waterford. This service offers a range of day and residential
services to adults with mild and moderate degrees of Intellectual Disabilities.
All four areas of our day service are community based offering opportunities for integration,
socialisation, sheltered and supported employment to service users. In each of these day areas we aim to
provide people with the necessary socialisation and employment skills to initially obtain work experience
and in the longer term paid employment in the open market.
We promote inclusion at all levels and our service users have input into the service they receive and we
aim to tailor that service to meet their individual needs.
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