Type of Work/Specialism
Professional Support, Stress Management and Employee Assistance in all areas of Practice experience listed. Specific Focus on Practitioners Working with Loss and Bereavement Trauma and End of Life Care
Description of relevant experience/profile
- 30 years’ experience in the Irish Health Care System as a Social Work Practitioner, Team Leader, Principal Social Worker.
- Worked with children/families in a wide variety of both rural and urban settings: medical social work, child protection & welfare, child sexual abuse assessment, medical oncology, haematology, end of life care, bereavement support, counselling, and approved guardian ad litem.
- Attended Staff Support /Supervision Training directly provided by the late Tony Morrison. Retired from HSE in 2016.
- Currently engaged in small private practice as a Psychotherapist /Counsellor and the provision of cross professional external Clinical Supervision.
- Broad experience of providing Clinical Supervision /Mentoring to Social Work Practitioners and other Professionals.
Qualifications
B.SocSc (Hons) NUI, CQSW, BA Counselling and Psychotherapy, Advanced Dip. Practice Teaching UCC, Professional Certificate Children & Loss IHF/RCSI, Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Supervision TCD
Professional Experience
CORU, IASW/IFSW M: 1221, IACP M (PA) 10805 and ICBN
Extra Skills
The ability to integrate my comprehensive Psychosocial practice experience with additional and ongoing training, learning/ practice wisdom into the provision of stress management and assisting with overcoming trauma
