Our Services
Together with local, national and international partners, youngballymun is working to improve learning and well-being outcomes for children and young people in Ballymun. To achieve these improved outcomes the organisation is working closely with the local community and with voluntary and statutory organisations to set up six key services in Ballymun. These services offer a continuum of care for children from before they are born right up to their young adulthood.
These are the 6 crucial ‘community-facing’ services established through youngballymun:
- Ready Steady Grow
- 3,4, 5 Learning Years
- Incredible Years
- Write Minded
- Jigsaw - youngballymun
- Literacivic
All six services are designed and developed in Ballymun through the work of local service design teams. Three of the services: 3,4,5 Learning Years, Incredible Years and Jigsaw - youngballymun – are also part of national programmes.
The services are a mix of ‘proven models’ such as Incredible Years and Highscope which have been rigourously evaluated. Others are innovative models – designed in Ballymun, or adapted from other models to achieve specific outcomes for children and young people in Ballymun. Each service will be independently evaluated and thus able to inform best practise in community based service provision nationally and internationally.
When the service design team has completed its work and the service moves from design into delivery a Service Implementation team is set up. This team is collectively responsible for the delivery of the service with fidelity to the service design. The Implementation team provides a supportive environment for reflective practice and shared learning and the development of a culture of collective responsibility for enhanced learning and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people in Ballymun. The Implementation team is a key point of engagement with the independent evaluation process.
Ante Natal/Parents Support Services (pre-birth -2)
Early Years Service (3-5)
Incredible Years Service (5-11)
Youth Wellbeing Service (12-21)
Literacy Support Service (5 – 15)
Literacivic (no age)
