About St. Michael’s House

St. Michael’s House supports children and adults with disabilities and autism to live full, meaningful lives as active and valued members of their communities. Guided by a human rights-based approach, we are committed to promoting dignity, choice, inclusion, participation and equal opportunities for every person we support.

We work in partnership with individuals, families and communities to deliver person-centred supports that recognise each person's unique strengths, aspirations, interests and goals. We believe that people should have choice and control over their own lives and be supported to participate fully in their communities.

Our services support people across all stages of life and include:

• Residential and supported living services
• Independent living supports
• Day and community-based services
• Clinical and therapeutic supports
• Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) across North Dublin
• Special schools and educational supports
• Respite and family support services
• Employment, training and vocational programmes

St. Michael’s House supports approximately 2,300 people and their families through a network of services delivered across more than 190 locations throughout the Greater Dublin Area and Co. Meath. Our services are funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), TUSLA and the Department of Education.

We are committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-informed supports that are rights-based, person-centred and focused on achieving meaningful outcomes. By working alongside people, families and communities, we support individuals to develop skills, build relationships, pursue their ambitions and live the lives they choose.

Our values are to:

• Respect:  We will always remember that for service users it is 'Their Lives, Their Rights, Their Choices'
• Kindness:  We will work with kindness and expect the same in return
• Honesty:  We will always give each other the full and truthful picture.  If we have concerns, we will express them openly.  If we promise it, we deliver on it.  And we listen
• Excellence:  We are inspired by challenges.  We will find new ways of doing things.  We will not give up in the face of challenges
• Creativity:  We will not simply accept what is.  We will explore with others how things can be changed for the better.  We will be open to learning from others and we will share openly our own knowledge, skills and resources

St. Michael’s House Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026

Your Life, Your Rights, Your Choices

The foundation of our new Strategic Plan 2022-2026 is a rights based approach to service delivery for service users and planning for the duration of the lifecycle with a particular focus on key transition points.  From this we have developed a service concept approach that reinforces service users at the core of all we do and recognises the key role of;

• service users
• their families and supporters
• staff
• Government
• funders, and
• regulators such as Health Information and Quality Authority ( HIQA )

St. Michael’s House has four Key Goals and have identified four strategy enablers to support the delivery of these strategic goals.

Download Plain English St. Michael’s House Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026

Alternatively, please contact communications@smh.ie to request a hard copy of this Strategic Plan 2022-2026