McCare
Services · Aftercare

Care that doesn't end the day they turn eighteen.

Aftercare and preparation-for-leaving-care support for young adults moving out of state care. A hybrid placement in Swords, direct referrals welcome, and the same team a young person has known through their placement, not a hand-off to strangers.

  • Tusla, the Child and Family Agency
  • HSE, the Health Service Executive
  • HIQA, the Health Information and Quality Authority
  • CPI Certified Instructor 2024
A group of young people gathered together on coastal rocks at golden hour.
Our approach

GROUND → GROWTH. The model behind every placement.

Our residential and aftercare services follow a model we call GROUND → GROWTH: trauma-informed but non-clinical, built around safety, relationships, and pace.

Disability services run on a separate Positive Behaviour Support framework. Both are person-centred, evidence-informed, and aligned to HIQA national standards.

Outcomes are individualised, relationally supported, and measured where it makes sense, never reduced to a number on a dashboard.

The GROUND to GROWTH model: Grounding, Clarity and Connection form the foundations of care, and growth — Development and Direction — emerges from strong grounding.Growth emerges from strong grounding.DevelopmentSkills, Identity& ParticipationDirectionOutcomes, Transition& HopeGROUNDFoundations of CareGroundingSafety & RegulationClarityOrientation & UnderstandingConnectionRelationships & Belonging

Trained in. Supervised against. Returned to under pressure.

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