https://www.didean.ie/home daily 1.0 2026-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612511742332-7YC8INLGJAOTNYNVED4E/Untitled+design.png Home - Specialist Social Care Service Dídean is a trauma-informed social care service, not solely an accommodation provider. Our social care team focuses on proactive integration during placement and supported transition into independent life once status is granted. Every resident has a social care-led Individual Integration Plan from the point of admission, with dedicated case management throughout the status decision process and into onward transition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612536006681-QSDG24ID13AS1KV7NGKI/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Home - Our Philosophy We focus on the assessed needs of every resident. Our care model is person-centred, family-focused and trauma-informed, with residents actively involved in decisions about their integration journey and their onward move-on into independent life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612539884646-EO05EI7X6CIEC1FSH2KF/Copy+of+Untitled+Design.png Home - Our Commitment To Quality Dídean centres have been subject to independent inspection by HIQA — the State's Health Information and Quality Authority — and by IPAS itself. Inspections have consistently found Dídean centres to be well-managed, resident-focused, and operating to a high standard. https://www.didean.ie/our-commitment-to-quality daily 0.75 2026-05-31 https://www.didean.ie/take-action daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://www.didean.ie/didean daily 0.75 2026-05-31 https://www.didean.ie/mission-vision-values daily 0.75 2026-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612809875819-9JFXDIFDYHFNSMQPHOJC/People.png Mission | Vision | Values https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612812375226-QE6N7ANZ0RZ3GGLYY6I6/Integration.png Mission | Vision | Values https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612810015653-SROKYRYV7LV1SQTIGK8M/Partnerships.png Mission | Vision | Values https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612812521867-PMWKCOR9O4PSQELVHN14/Inclusion.png Mission | Vision | Values https://www.didean.ie/history-and-principles daily 0.75 2026-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1612807275182-MIIU42KMWNYX1BTX0VIV/Principles.png History & Principles - History & principles Dídean was formed in 2019 by a group of experienced social care professionals who had been working on various projects supporting children in the Direct Provision system in Ireland. The founders of Dídean, who had experience in the Health & Social Care sector, initially established a pilot alternative model to demonstrate to the sector that the needs of migrants could be catered for outside of congregated settings, in a humane way and in line with state budgets. Dídean’s founders have extensive experience in the building and management of health and social care services in Ireland. The team has been instrumental in several significant changes in this sector in Ireland. Edward Dunne, a social entrepreneur and CEO of Dídean was the founder of Nua Healthcare, the largest private social care provider in the state. The leadership team has been tasked to deliver a service that adheres to the draft national standards for direct provision from its inception including recent Government committee recommendations, the McMahon report recommendations and international best practice. https://www.didean.ie/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-06-05 https://www.didean.ie/members-area daily 0.75 2021-02-19 https://www.didean.ie/international-protection-applicants-services daily 0.75 2026-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1614086067395-QZL3BU8SJEZDCNOWMVXR/bedroom-doorway.jpg International Protection Applicants Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1613765578537-PE87CB9MLQV0003MR1Z5/bedroom.jpg International Protection Applicants Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1613765717450-ZE5J2IWHM962RRJR4EFH/window.jpg International Protection Applicants Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1613765845157-WWMQ563AVR05UQ86TSHG/garden.jpg International Protection Applicants Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/bf984133-9d4b-42b8-b3de-cdd5031cdf1a/unsplash-image-YGcleYb9wEQ.jpg International Protection Applicants Services - Compassionate Person-Centred Care Dídean provides specialist social care to families in the international protection system who present with high or complex needs. Our cohort includes: Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and rare congenital disorders Children and adults managing chronic medical and complex healthcare conditions Pregnant women and new mothers requiring perinatal and postnatal support Families and individuals managing significant trauma profiles, including survivors of gender-based violence and exploitation Our approach is trauma-informed and person-centred, with care planned around the assessed needs of each resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1614199901648-79E43D3KT1TBDY5055HR/Screenshot+2021-02-24+at+21.51.14.png International Protection Applicants Services - Own door non congregated accomodation Each family is accommodated in its own home, geographically dispersed across the communities in which we operate. Properties are located close to schools, healthcare services, places of worship, shops and public transport, and are standardised to meet national accommodation standards. All properties are subject to comprehensive maintenance and safety programmes, and have consistently passed independent inspection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1613760794910-AT418HTNUQRJJ5QO06KH/needs-assessment.png International Protection Applicants Services - Needs Assessment Every resident receives a comprehensive needs assessment on admission, which informs the development of their Individual Integration Plan (IIP). The IIP is the central instrument of Dídean's care model — a social care-led plan that runs from the point of admission, throughout the status decision process, and into onward transition. Through the IIP, residents are supported to access employment, education, healthcare and community services, with the goal of independent integrated life on exit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1614019101981-3SCAQBI2YAYMJ0VNWXI7/dedicated-key-worker.png International Protection Applicants Services - Dedicated Key Worker Every resident is supported throughout their stay by a dedicated trained key worker who delivers their Individual Integration Plan. The key worker is the resident's point of continuity across the full journey — from admission, through the status decision process, into housing search, deposit support and landlord engagement at the point of transition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601c67b99ba9d41f33ce101a/1613761611532-U11S6N8BDZN1HDJHKMH3/budgeting-services.png International Protection Applicants Services - Self Catering Dídean residents self-cater and manage their own household budgets through a household allowance structure, supported by a pre-paid card. 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