New respite service creates 60 new jobs
SIXTY new jobs will be created in Meath with the announcement of much-needed community-based respite and residential services for the county.
The services will be provided by locally-owned My Life – a leading innovative provider of HIQA-registered services for adults with intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities.
My Life is now actively recruiting for staff for three new locations in Meath – two residential houses and one respite house, as well as additional services in Louth.
The first residential house will open in the Navan area in the next two months with a second to follow in late summer. A separate respite service is scheduled to open in the coming months.
It will have large open grounds and is adaptable to a range of needs with all referrals being made through the HSE Meath Disability Team.
My Life is owned by Michael and Tanya McCoy, who successfully created and developed the award-winning Moorehall Lodge Ardee and Moorehall Lodge Drogheda before they were sold in March 2020.
“Our family have a long track record in providing award-winning personalised care,” said Michael McCoy whose wife Tanya’s family, the Dunnes, hail from Carlanstown, Navan and Kells.
“We are looking forward to the next chapter with the growth of our respite and residential care in Meath.
“If you are a caring person who shares our values of family and home, then working with My Life will be deeply rewarding, satisfying and challenging in a dynamic supportive environment.
“Many of our care team have been with our service for the past 15 years. We offer competitive pay rates, a range of benefits and opportunities for professional development.”
The new respite service will deliver respite care in a personalised and flexible way.
“We have high quality purpose-built sensory facilities and our approach is built around social and recreational living experiences,” said CEO Sean McCoy.
“My Life is family owned and run and we are dedicated to helping people live their lives, their way, celebrating who they are and helping them to use all their talents.
“With the day-to-day leadership provided by Director of Care Barbara Murphy, we take time to get to know the person and their families so that we can provide innovative and meaningful care in our respite or residential services.
“True to our resident-led and resident focused ethos, residents are involved in the interview process for new staff so that selection is also informed by what is important to people who use and live in our services.”