Rehab Services in Mayo

In Mayo, Rehab provides services for 218 people with disabilities throughout the county.

Rehab is a leading non-governmental organisation which works towards a world where every person has the opportunity to achieve their potential. Rehab provides high-quality health and social care, training and education, and rehabilitation, employment and commercial services in Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, the Netherlands and Poland. The people who currently use Rehab services include young people and adults with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities, people with mental health difficulties, people with autism and people with an acquired brain injury. A range of essential services is also provided to older people, carers and others who are marginalised. Every year, more than 50,000 people and their families benefit from the supports provided by Rehab in over 250 locations.

In partnership with the Health Service Executive (HSE), RehabCare provides a range of high-quality person-centered services. In Mayo, the recently renovated resource centre on Breaffy Road in Castlebar includes a full-size boccia court – the only one in Co. Mayo. The centre caters for 63 people and runs many person-centered activities, including IT, arts, crafts, cookery and independent living skills.

In addition, a community resource centre was opened in April 2010 on Spencer Street in Castlebar. The centre provides close support services for 14 school-leavers and assists them in accessing new activities in the local community.

There is also a supported accommodation service which caters for nine people at two sites in the town. In addition, RehabCare’s outreach service provides support to four adults in their own homes. The service, which supports people in activities such as budgeting, shopping, attending hospital appointments, etc., continues to expand and currently provides support to 18 people.

National Learning Network provides training funded by FÁS and the HSE for persons out of work through accident, illness, or disability. Located at Breaffy Road and Moneen Rd in Castlebar, National Learning Network offers training opportunities to 100 people from County Mayo who may have been finding it difficult to access further education, training and employment. Students at National Learning Network include those with physical and sensory, mental health and intellectual disabilities, and others with additional support needs. National Learning Network in Castlebar provides the FÁS-funded vocational programmes: Employer-based Training, Jobstart, Business and Information Technology by Distance Learning, Computer Studies and Office Skills, Sporting Chance and Fresh Start, and the HSE-funded rehabilitative programme, Access.

April 2012