Day care centre in Kildare announces temporary closure of certain services
The Meals on Wheels service operated from the centre remains unaffected by this change
A day care centre located in County Kildare has announced the temporary closure of some of its services.
The local Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) Conference (Committee), which manages services at Newbridge Day Care Centre, has announced a temporary closure of the Centre from this week.
A spokesperson for SVP explained that the Conference took this action due to ‘the absence of a suitably qualified manager’.
The spokesperson elaborated: “The permanent manager left the employment of the Centre at the end of July immediately prior to the Centre’s summer closure to pursue new opportunities.
Since then, efforts have been made to recruit a suitable temporary manager to oversee the Centre until a full-time manager is recruited. It is not possible at the juncture to provide a date for the full re-opening.
However, they also emphasised that the Centre’s Meals on Wheels service remains unaffected by the recent change and will continue to operate as normal.
They added: “Our in-house service users are also welcome to avail of the Meals on Wheels service should they wish to do so during this period.”
ROTATION BASIS
Furthermore, the spokesperson said: “The Newbridge Conference is seeking to have the SVP Kildare Day Care Centre services available on a rotation basis.
“The SVP Conference is currently in the process of notifying all those, and their families, who avail of the service of these temporary arrangements to ensure everyone is fully informed and understands the supports that will continue to be available while the Centre remains temporarily closed.”
‘WE SINCERELY REGRET THIS’
John Molloy, SVP’s Conference President, also spoke about the changes.
He said: "We appreciate that this measure will impact on those who use the service and their families and we sincerely regret this.”
Mr Molloy added: “The Conference remains focused on restoring full services at the earliest opportunity to ensure that the Centre in Newbridge continues to operate safely, effectively, and in the best interests of our service users.”
Lastly, SVP noted that the presence of a manager on site is ‘an operational requirement’ in order to fulfil the statutory Service Level agreement with the HSE.