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About Ashdale Care

Ashdale Care is a leading provider of Children’s residential care in Ireland, providing specialist care for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, delivered by Ashdale’s dedicated care and therapeutic teams.

The Ashdale community of care protects, supports, empowers and enables both young people and colleagues to positively rebuild lives. We operate a “child- centric” ethos with an internationally accredited quality of care service, driven by a committed and dynamic leadership team.
This enables the organisation to flourish and achieve superior outcomes for children.

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Our History

Ashdale Care was founded in 1998 and has grown into the sector leading, internationally accredited provider of children’s therapeutic residential services in Ireland.

2018 – 2021

Opened 7 new homes with a further 21 beds. Additional Resources in clinical team.

2019

Partnered with Cornell University on a three year programme to roll out the CARE model. Achieved Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Fidelity status through Cornell University in May 2019

2020

Further home opened with 3 beds. Hub 2 – opened in January 2022

2021

Further new home opened with 4 beds in May 2021

2023

2 new homes opened

2024

7 new homes opened. Responding to the global migration of children and young people fleeing war and persecution we have developed our new residential service provision in Dublin, Meath and Longford.

Our Values
Honesty & Integrity
We are committed to maintaining a safe, supportive and trusting culture where we have clear, open communication.
Pursuit of Excellence
We provide an environment of continuous improvement where we strive for the highest possible standards to deliver better outcomes for all.
Respect & Inclusion
We foster an environment that nurtures the spirit of compassion, teamwork, openness and respect where our people feel accepted and valued.
Responsibility & Commitment
We empower our people within a culture of individual and collective responsibility and accountability.
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Our Team
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Caroline Gray
CEO
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Kerry Gildernew
Director of Governance, Quality & Training
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Tara O’Byrne
Director of Care
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Dr Ronan Gibney
Director of Therapeutic Support Team
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Phil Scott
Director of Finance
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Eileen Gregory
HR Director

Ashdale’s Commitment to Sustainability

We are focused on promoting sustainability,social responsibility and ethical governance throughout our operations.

We are working hard to develop and implement initiatives to reduce our organisation’s environmental impact, develop our social responsibility and strengthen our local community engagement, monitor and enforce ethical governance guidelines and continually improve and enhance all ESG policies and practices.

Car
Motor Fleet move to Hybrid/ EVs
Home Energy & Refuse
Energy Audits; solar/ PV solutions; efficiency in waste disposal
Garden Maintenance
Robotic Lawnmowers; re-wilding; tree planting
Head Office Efficiencies
Head Office Efficiencies new HQ “A-Rated”
Community & ESG

Our commitment to quality

Discover our dedication in action. Download our Quality Report and explore how we uphold excellence in every aspect of our compassionate service to children and young people.

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