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Name
Contact Details
Description of relevant experience
Mary O'Shea
087/1685468
maryoshea99
@eircom.net
Extensive experience as a practitioner, manager and supervisor in the statutory and voluntary
sector. Independant consultant since 2011.
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Former Director:Dublin AIDS Alliance
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Former Assistant Director: Merchants Quay Ireland
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Former Head Social Worker: Drug Treatment Centre, Pearse Street. Dublin
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Former Senior Probation Officer :Dublin and Tipperary South Region in court and
Prison Settings.
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Practice Tutor UCD (Current)
CQSW. Dip Addiction (TCD)
M.Sc Drug and Alcohol
Policy (TCD)
MA in Supervision (DCU)
Dublin Based
Supervisory Experience
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Social Wokers/Managers/
Addiction Counsellors
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Practice Tutor MSW/UCD
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MA in Supervision (2013) Trained in individual/group and cross professional
supervision
Areas of Expertise
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Criminal Justice
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Addiction
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Family Law
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Managmennt /Training
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HIV/Sexual Health
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Supervision
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Mediation
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Fostering Assessments
Membership Details
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Registered with CORU
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Accrediated counsellor and supervisor ACI (Addiction Counsellors of Ireland)
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Accrediated MINT Trainer (Motivational Interviewing)
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Certified Mediator: Mediation Institute of Ireland (MII)
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Charge per
hour
Negotiable.
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Keith O’Reilly
[email protected]
Ph. 01 8784345
Ph. 087 2340443
DUBLIN based
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Blathnaid
McCabe
Email:
[email protected]
Ph. 087 2847787
LOUTH based
Elizabeth
Hickey
M.Soc.Sc.CQSW,RGN,
Accredited
Psychotherapist and
Supervisor (IACP)
Email:
[email protected]
Ph. 046 9025056
MEATH BASED
Tony Carlin
Ph. 085 1775007
Principal Social Worker
DUBLIN based
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Employed as a Principal Social Worker in a hospital based service for child sexual
abuse assessment and therapy since 2007. Previously employed in the agency as a
Senior Social Worker.
Previously worked as Social Worker and Team Leader in child protection.
Qualified as a Social Worker in 1994.
Twelve years experience of supervising Social Workers.
Completed Social Work management training within the HSE and have completed
practice teaching training.
Have completed Family Therapy training.
€70.00 per hour
Currently employed as a Senior Social Worker, in St. Clare's Unit, CUH, Dublin 1, 12 years
experience of working with children and families, (child protection/abuse, assessment, therapy),
2 years experience of working with the National Counselling Service as a Therapist and as a
tutor on the BSS (TCD) Social Work Course. Further qualifications include Msc in Child and
adolescent Psychotherapy. Provided training to HSE professionals and SW courses in the area
of child sexual abuse, experience of acting up as Principal SW and supervising social workers.
€70.00 per hour
Extensive Social work experience both as practitioner manager and supervisor.
Areas of Experience
Probation, Hospital ,
Domestic Violence,
Loss and Bereavement
Currently working in private practice as psychotherapist
Accredited Supervisor with (IACP).
€70.00 per hour
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Practice experience:
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Medical Social Work - Oncology, Palliative Care, Bereavement and Loss
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Child Protection and Welfare, children at risk, children in care.
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Probation - prison and community settings, Young Person’s Probation,
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Family Conferencing, therapeutic work with young offenders, substance misusers, sex
offenders, and life sentence prisoners.
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Court work - court preparation and report writing.
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Placement Practice Tutor: Trinity College Dublin since 2006
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Practice Teacher: Since 1993
€80.00 per hour
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Supervisory Experience:
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Social Work Manager since 2000.
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Extensive supervisory experience of social workers in a variety of settings. Model used
-Tony Morrison model
Kieran
McGrath
BCL, CQSW, MSocSc
Phil Mortell
Email: [email protected]
Ph. 01-4429144.
DUBLIN BASED
Email:[email protected]
om
Ph. 087-2252425
20+ years experience in Social Work Manager positions in both EHB and Temple Street
Children's Hospital; specialist in the area of child sexual abuse (victims & offenders);
independent child welfare consultancy practice for past 5 years, including provision of specialist
court reports.
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Former Senior and Principal Social Worker for 22 years in UK and Ireland (HSE).
Accredited counsellor with 30 years experience.
Undertaken Supervision training in UK and Ireland.
Areas of experience: Child Care, Child Protection, Domestic Violence, Mental Health.
€90.00 per hour
€50.00 per hour
LIMERICK BASED
Pearl Doyle
Email:
[email protected]
Ph. 087 2850891
CORK BASED
Liam Tansey.
BSS; CQSW.
Ph. 085 1365075.
Email:
[email protected]
Adr. Kiltormer,
Co. Galway.
GALWAY BASED
Therese
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Ph. 087-6699347
I have been supervising social workers and counsellors involved in Intercountry and domestic
adoption, as well as search & re-union work, for over 8 years. I previously worked in Child
Protection & Welfare as a basic grade social worker, and also have experience of youth and
community work. I have completed a diploma course in counselling.
In 2005 I received an advanced diploma in practice teaching from UCC. As part of my higher
diploma in Health Care Management in 2007 I completed a project on supervision theory and
practice.
€60.00 per hour
EXPERIENCE; WORK
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Currently; Team Leader Mental Health Specialist Rehabilitation.
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Senior SW Learning Disability.
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Child Care; Child Protection; Adoption; Fostering; Paediatrics.
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Probation.
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Housing, Travellers.
SUPERVISION
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Staff.
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Students from UCD: TCD: NUIC.
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Training Courses UCD and TCD
€80.00 per hour
1) Current employment: Social Work/Systemic Family Therapist. St. Patricks Hospital Dublin 8.
€80.00 per hour
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Duggan
Email:
[email protected]
DUBLIN BASED
Dr Valerie
O’Brien
Email:
[email protected]
Ph. 087 2055523
Ring after 5pm week days
College Lecturer
Social Worker
Systemic Family Therapist
& Supervisor
Supervision of Social work Students U.C.D.
2) Deputy Manager of Clarecare Family Support Services : 2001 to 2006
Supervision of social workers, child care workers, project workers
3) Acting Social Work Team leader: Clarecare1999-2001. Supervision of child protection social
workers and child care workers and family support workers.
Attended Training for experienced practice teachers in U.C.D. 2009 and 2010.
Attended H.S.E. Training in supervision (Tony Morrison) in 1999 In Co. Clare
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25 years clinical experience working with wide range of issues.
Worked 10 years f/t as social worker in the HSE in the area of child welfare
Continue to maintain a small clinical practice & currently on Irish Adoption
Board ·Have undertaken Higher Diploma in Systemic Supervision
Registered Supervisor with Family Therapy Association of Ireland, ICP, EFTA.
Area of experience: Individual, Couple Family and Organisation using a systemic
perspective.
€70.00 per hour
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Currently employed as a Senior Social Worker in St. Clare’s Unit, a specialist child
sexual abuse assessment and therapy service based in Temple St Hospital, since 2001
(on both the Assessment Team and the Therapy Team) in addition to working
midweek in NIAP, the Northside Interagency Project, with adolescent sexual
offenders. Prior to St. Clare’s Unit, worked in child protection for the HSE in the North
Inner City.
Qualified Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Qualified Marte Meo Therapist
Supervised a number of social work students as well as informally supervised
professionally qualified social workers who joined the St Clare’s team.
Completed Tony Morrison’s supervision training and benefitting from his facilitation
to the NIAP team on a quarterly basis.
Provided training to the Gardaí in Templemore, to Social Workers from various
community care areas and to residential child care staff as well as presenting at the
AGM of my professional psychoanalytic body (IFCAPP) and the Mater Academic
Programme
€70.00 per hour
DUBLIN BASED
Julie-Ann
Lyons
Ph. 087-2466179
DUBLIN BASED
Senior Social Worker
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Brian Gormley
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Lectured to the social work masters classes in both Trinity and UCD.
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 087 1221310
Ring after 6.30 pm.
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€80.00 per hour
GALWAY BASED
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Currently employed as a Senior Social Worker, North Galway Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Service (CAMHS) over 4 years.
Eleven years experience of supervising social workers in PCCC Community Care and
CAMHS settings.
Practice teacher, NUIG MSW programme.
Completed Supervisor training with HSE West.
Qualifications include Masters in Social Work (Queen’s University, Belfast) and MSc in
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (UCD).
Areas of experience: Child Care, CAMHS and Adult Mental Health.
30 yrs experience in child care in Ireland
14 years supervisory experience as Principal Social Worker.
Supervision of Social Workers, Team Leaders, Child Care Workers and residential care
staff.
Supervision training: Tony Morrison Model 6 days 2006. Practice teacher training, plus
supervision modules in Team Leader Training and Management training.
Qualifications: BSocSc. CQSW. Hdip. Child Welfare and Protection
Therapist in Private Practice for over thirty years. Retired Social Work Lecturer, UCD.
Co-Counder of Family Therapy Training Programmes, Mater Misericordiae University
Hospital and the Family Therapy Association of Ireland. Supervising therapists and
Social Workers since the 1970’s
€70 to €90 per
session
depending on
location and
duration
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Anne Morrin
Email:
[email protected]
Ph. 085 2717914
Availability: Flexible
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KILDARE BASED
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Dr. Imelda
McCarthy
(PhD. M.Soc.Sc., CQSW
Joe McCarthy
Email:
[email protected]
Ph:087 2438153
(Weekdays)
DUBLIN BASED
E mail:
[email protected]
Tel: 087-9270580 (after
5pm – Monday –Friday)
Principal Social Worker in child protection for the past ten years. Providing regular supervision
to team leaders and social workers. For three years I provided clinical supervision to social
workers in the voluntary section. I worked as a tutor for two years on the B.S.W. course in U.C.C.
I have completed various training days including a course on Supervision provided directly
by Tony Morrison.
€90.00 per hour
€50 per hour.
CORK BASED
Terry Madden
B.SocSc –UCD
D.A.S.S. & C.Q.S.W. – UCD
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Email:
[email protected]
Ph: 086 2486599
Willing to travel outside of
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Extensive social work experience (37yrs) as a practitioner/supervisor and manager.
Former Head of Social Work Section, Dublin City Council
Supervision of social work staff &
Students (since’83) from UCD/TCD/UCC/NUIG/UK & Scottish Universities
€50 per hour.
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M.SocSc – UCD
MPhil Ethnic & Racial
Studies – TCD
Dip. Essential Trainer Skills
– NUIG
the Dublin Area (will
negotiate mileage)
Mary Casey
Email:
[email protected]
Phone: 087 9733496
Presently employed (permanent part time basis with HSE West) in the ongoing development
and provision of a psycho social support service to the Oncology / Haematology Services at
Sligo Regional Hospital.
SLIGO BASED
25 years fulfilling experience as a Practitioner, Manager (Team Leader and Principal Social
Worker) and Supervisor in a wide variety of health care settings. Has worked with children and
families in the voluntary and statutory services in both rural and urban settings. Social
Work practice experience includes Hospital/Medical / Child Protection and Welfare /Child
sexual abuse assessment / Bereavement Support/Counselling. Has 5 year’s experience of
working as an approved Guardian ad Litem.
Qualifications:
B.Soc.Sc.Hons (NUI).,
CQSW (UCC)., Adv.Diploma
in Practice Teaching(
UCC)., Professional
Certificate in Children and
Loss ( RCSI / IHF).,
Post Grad. Diploma in
Clinical Supervision (TCD).
Additional and
ongoing psycho social
training in a wide variety of
practice areas including
Gestalt. Counselling and
Bereavement Support.
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DUBLIN BASED
Practice Teacher Training courses
UCD & TCD
Areas of experience include:
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Work with families & children
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Individuals
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Elderly
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Homeless
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Members of the Traveller Community
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Domestic Violence
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Mental Health
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Form F Assessor (Fostering)
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Family Law Assessor
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Management
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Local Authority & Social Housing
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Member of the panel of Assessors Social Work Registration Board CORU
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Broad experience of providing formal and informal supervision/mentoring to social work
practitioners/students and other professionals. Completed Staff Support and Supervision
training provided directly by the late Tony Morrisson and use his model for in conjunction with
other approaches including the Seven Eyed Model (Hawkins and Shohet ) and the Cyclical
Model ( Page and Wosket)
Additional formal Training and accreditation in clinical supervision--P. Grad. Diploma in Clinical
Supervision (TCD).
€50 per hour
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Stress Management and
Overcoming Trauma
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Ann Keating
Anne Lennon
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By mobile: 0860429835
any time of the day.
By email:
[email protected]
By snail post:
208 Castletown Estate,
Leixlip
Co. Kildare.
Had been employed as a principal medical social worker in a Dublin based Hospice for 21
years. Supervised a team of 8-10 social workers. Have over 20 year’s experience of supervising
social workers, social work students and Volunteers in the area of loss and bereavement; end of
life care/palliative care; care of older persons; and rheumatology rehabilitation. Undertaken
supervision training HSE/T. Crawford 6 day module using Morrison method. Have additional
qualifications include diploma in counselling and mediation. Also have experience in lecturing
in social work and bereavement. Did pilot study for CPD folder for IASW. Hold a Masters in
Social Work (2004).
KILDARE BASED
Currently retired since June 2011 so am available during the day or evening.
Ph: 086-1741461
Email:
[email protected]
LOUTH BASED:
NORTHEAST
CATCHMENT
Qualifications:
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CQSW & Diploma in Social Work
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Master of Science in Psychological Trauma Management
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Critical Incident Stress Management: Individual and Group interventions
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Staff Supervision training c/o HSE Child & Family Training Team
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Practice Teacher Training c/o UCC 2012
Experience :
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Manager in adolescent residential unit
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Basic grade: Medical Social Worker (12 years)
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Principal Medical Social Worker (14 years)
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Training to Emergency Services in Critical Incident Stress Management
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Delivered both group and individual critical incident interventions to staff following
traumatic events
Provision of Supervision to Medical Social Work team within the Louth/Meath Hospital
group inclusive of:
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Maternity MSW’s
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Paediatric MSW’s
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Emergency Department MSW
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General Medical MSW’s
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Oncology & Haematology MSW’s
€60 per hour
and will give
invoice and or
receipts for each
session if
required.
€85 per hour
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Acute Stroke & Step Down Units MSW’s
Senior MSW’s
Students on practice placement in MSW department
Kenneth
School of Applied Social
I have worked as a college lecturer at University College Cork since 2001. Previous to this post, I
Burns
Studies, University College
worked as social worker and social work team leader in child protection and welfare from 1997-
Cork, Crossleigh House,
2001.
B.Soc.Sc. N.Q.S.W., M.S.W.,
Ph.D.
Registered with CORU
(SW003803)
Donovan’s Road, Cork,
Ireland
Map to find Crossleigh:
http://goo.gl/maps/8lR4R
[email protected]
CORK BASED
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I supervised social workers in child protection during that period, I have been supervising social
workers privately since 2011 and I supervise students every year on the MSW.
I published one of the first study of social workers' supervision in child protection in 2012 and I
was the peer-reviewed for the revised HSE supervision policy and training course in 2013.
€50 an hour