The building in which the Centre is housed is part of the Deansrath Health Centre.  The space available is a building of approx. 72 sq metres for the preschool, three very small rooms for offices and meetings and a portacabin outside which is used as an office. Other than the port cabin the space is that which a small stand-alone preschool operated from until 2002.

Parenting Programmes Service, Incredible Years Therapeutic Small Group Dina & Rainbows have no stable base form where to deliver

Three recent Audits, Q-Mark Excellence Ireland, Ashby Food Safety (Health & Safety Audit), HSE Dublin West (Health & Safety Audit) have noted the difficulties around space and the inappropriateness of both staff and the public managing the space.

At times there are up to 60+ people (children and adults including staff) using 72 sq m of space. Staff may have nowhere to have a break; there is no designated private space to meet families. 

All service provision operates during pre-school operational time in premises originally designed for pre-school only. An average working day must in the last few years accommodate, Therapists, External CFA/HSE/NGO’s, attending for Case Reviews with both families and children, Supported Access Visits, Assessment of Need Assessments, Students on Placement, in addition to Staff and Children.

Office Space, or rather lack of, is impinging on staff mental health at this stage .A staff complement of 18 salaried employees, the Manager and 4 CE Participants share 3 offices, one of which is a portocabin located in the Health Centre car park. In general  staff have no workspace and use whatever they can, whenever they can e.g. working at children’s tables in the Pre-School space during a half hour when the room is not being used or working on knees/laps in the Library Room on the rare occasions when it is available. All staff including myself experience time during the day, when you have to leave your desk to e.g. go to the bathroom, speak to another member of staff, use photocopier etc. and somebody is in your seat upon return or a family meeting is taking place.. Staff are constantly stating that the lack of space and volume of people with whom they must share the space has a negative effect on their mental health i.e. increases stress levels, and render it at times impossible to “do their job”.

Storage of programme equipment, administration space and meeting space has become a major issue. At this point it is becoming a prohibitive point in relation to the consolidation of service provision, and in relation to our ethos of innovative development and ability to respond to the ever – increasing needs of the Community. Space issues are compounded by constant footfall from parents, staff queries, interagency meetings, etc.

The building in which the Centre is housed is part of the Deansrath Health Centre.  The space available is a building of approx. 72 sq metres for the preschool, three very small rooms for offices and meetings and a portacabin outside which is used as an office. Other than the port cabin the space is that which a small stand-alone preschool operated from until 2002.

Parenting Programmes Service, Incredible Years Therapeutic Small Group Dina & Rainbows have no stable base form where to deliver

Three recent Audits, Q-Mark Excellence Ireland, Ashby Food Safety (Health & Safety Audit), HSE Dublin West (Health & Safety Audit) have noted the difficulties around space and the inappropriateness of both staff and the public managing the space.

At times there are up to 60+ people (children and adults including staff) using 72 sq m of space. Staff may have nowhere to have a break; there is no designated private space to meet families. 

All service provision operates during pre-school operational time in premises originally designed for pre-school only. An average working day must in the last few years accommodate, Therapists, External CFA/HSE/NGO’s, attending for Case Reviews with both families and children, Supported Access Visits, Assessment of Need Assessments, Students on Placement, in addition to Staff and Children.

Office Space, or rather lack of, is impinging on staff mental health at this stage .A staff complement of 18 salaried employees, the Manager and 4 CE Participants share 3 offices, one of which is a portocabin located in the Health Centre car park. In general  staff have no workspace and use whatever they can, whenever they can e.g. working at children’s tables in the Pre-School space during a half hour when the room is not being used or working on knees/laps in the Library Room on the rare occasions when it is available. All staff including myself experience time during the day, when you have to leave your desk to e.g. go to the bathroom, speak to another member of staff, use photocopier etc. and somebody is in your seat upon return or a family meeting is taking place.. Staff are constantly stating that the lack of space and volume of people with whom they must share the space has a negative effect on their mental health i.e. increases stress levels, and render it at times impossible to “do their job”.

Storage of programme equipment, administration space and meeting space has become a major issue. At this point it is becoming a prohibitive point in relation to the consolidation of service provision, and in relation to our ethos of innovative development and ability to respond to the ever – increasing needs of the Community. Space issues are compounded by constant footfall from parents, staff queries, interagency meetings, etc.

The building in which the Centre is housed is part of the Deansrath Health Centre.  The space available is a building of approx. 72 sq metres for the preschool, three very small rooms for offices and meetings and a portacabin outside which is used as an office. Other than the port cabin the space is that which a small stand-alone preschool operated from until 2002.

Parenting Programmes Service, Incredible Years Therapeutic Small Group Dina & Rainbows have no stable base form where to deliver

Three recent Audits, Q-Mark Excellence Ireland, Ashby Food Safety (Health & Safety Audit), HSE Dublin West (Health & Safety Audit) have noted the difficulties around space and the inappropriateness of both staff and the public managing the space.

At times there are up to 60+ people (children and adults including staff) using 72 sq m of space. Staff may have nowhere to have a break; there is no designated private space to meet families. 

All service provision operates during pre-school operational time in premises originally designed for pre-school only. An average working day must in the last few years accommodate, Therapists, External CFA/HSE/NGO’s, attending for Case Reviews with both families and children, Supported Access Visits, Assessment of Need Assessments, Students on Placement, in addition to Staff and Children.

Office Space, or rather lack of, is impinging on staff mental health at this stage .A staff complement of 18 salaried employees, the Manager and 4 CE Participants share 3 offices, one of which is a portocabin located in the Health Centre car park. In general  staff have no workspace and use whatever they can, whenever they can e.g. working at children’s tables in the Pre-School space during a half hour when the room is not being used or working on knees/laps in the Library Room on the rare occasions when it is available. All staff including myself experience time during the day, when you have to leave your desk to e.g. go to the bathroom, speak to another member of staff, use photocopier etc. and somebody is in your seat upon return or a family meeting is taking place.. Staff are constantly stating that the lack of space and volume of people with whom they must share the space has a negative effect on their mental health i.e. increases stress levels, and render it at times impossible to “do their job”.

Storage of programme equipment, administration space and meeting space has become a major issue. At this point it is becoming a prohibitive point in relation to the consolidation of service provision, and in relation to our ethos of innovative development and ability to respond to the ever – increasing needs of the Community. Space issues are compounded by constant footfall from parents, staff queries, interagency meetings, etc.