School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork @UCC. #socialwork #youthwork #socialscience #communitywork #research #engagement #activism #community
Joined July 2013
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Come study social work with us!
📢📢Come and study for your Master/PDSWS of #socialwork @uccsocialwork. More info at ucc.ie/en/msw. Closing date for applications is 9th Feb '26'. Reasons to studying with us? See what are students are saying:
@CACSSS1 @tusla @WeHSCPs @CareersUCC
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📢📢Come and study for your Master/PDSWS of #socialwork @uccsocialwork. More info at ucc.ie/en/msw. Closing date for applications is 9th Feb '26'. Reasons to studying with us? See what are students are saying:
@CACSSS1 @tusla @WeHSCPs @CareersUCC
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17 Oct 2025
Delighted to share the news that @UCCAppSoc has been awarded an Athena Swan Bronze Award: News and Events | University College Cork - ucc.ie/en/appsoc/newsandeven…
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Appreciation to our co-hosts @LawUCC @UCCAppSoc @UCC for today’s National Roundtable on #ChildTrafficking -a first. Great to be joined by so many National Stakeholders @OCO_ireland @tusla @_IHREC @DeptJusticeIRL @CorkAHT @gardainfo @cronin132 #DPP #ChiefJustice #ICON @AnnMECPATHS
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16 Sep 2025
Reminder of @DeptCDE (Department of Children, DIsability, and Equality) survey for parents who have experience of their child(ren) being in an informal kinship care arrangement. Closes in two weeks: gov.ie/en/department-of-chil…
@UCCAppSoc @UCCResearch @FiachraOS @IASW_IRL @VGeiran
Parents who have experience of their child(ren) being in an informal kinship care arrangement
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15 Sep 2025
Free @uccsocialwork webinar 1-2 pm 3rd October 2025 with Dr Jessica Toft from the University of Minnesota School of #SocialWork. Register for free: ucc.ie/en/appsoc/community/u… 👇
@UCCAppSoc @CACSSS1 @IASW_IRL @VGeiran @tusla @WeHSCPs @probation_irl
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11 Sep 2025
Stephen Graham welcoming new students to @CACSSS1 including @uccsocialwork and social science students from @UCCAppSoc
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26 Aug 2025
Today’s free @UCCsocialwork webinar with Dr Calvin Swords. Free to attend. All welcome. Registration: ucc.ie/en/appsoc/community/u…
@CACSSSResearch1 @UCCResearch @johbees @IASW_IRL @FiachraOS #socialrecovery #mentalhealth @WeHSCPs
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4 Aug 2025
Congratulations to our wonderful colleagues Rosie Meade and Liz Kiely on the publication of their latest article in @HousingJournal . You can read it open access at
doi.org/10.1080/02673037.202…
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15 Jul 2025
Thanks to the Cork Family Lawyers Association for inviting us to talk about our research report on the “in camera” rule in Family Law. Funded by @DeptJusticeIRL
✍️ Kenneth Burns, @AislingParkes and @McCaughrenS
Report & plain language summary 👇
gov.ie/en/department-of-just…
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7 Jul 2025
Registration now open for SWCONF25. 10th National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference (SWCONF25). 24th of October 2025 at University College Cork. All welcome. ucc.ie/en/swconf/reg/conf/
Org by: @tusla @IASW_IRL @uccsocialwork
Funded by: @DeptCDE @tusla
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24 Jun 2025
Thanks to Dr Anna Kingston @KajsaCork for all her work with @CARL_UCC since 2011. She has mentored and supported many, many engaged student research projects in our School! You can read the CARL reports here: ucc.ie/en/scishop/rr/
@UCCResearch @FiachraOS
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19 Jun 2025
Would you like to become a practice teacher in social work for UCC to help train the next generation in the profession?
✉️ Contact us swfieldwork@ucc.ie
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11 Jun 2025
Want to read one of the @BJofSW most-read articles? Groundbreaking @uccsocialwork study on social media and online abuse & harassment in #socialwork & probation. Available to read for free #openaccess 👇
academic.oup.com/bjsw/articl…
@FiachraOS @UCCResearch @CACSSSResearch1 @CACSSS1
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22 May 2025
RT @DeptJusticeIRL: A Review of the Operation of the In Camera Rule in Family Law Proceedings was published today by Minister @OCallaghanJi…
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22 May 2025
We look forward to reading and learning from the scoping review that follows @SwordsCalvin
22 May 2025
Pleasing to finally see this protocol published in @PLOSONE for a scoping review which will explore the evidence base of the concept of social recovery in mental health. Many thanks to my co-authors @AlanMaddock1 & @MichaelJohnNor1. Time to focus on the scoping review!
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9 May 2025
Our annual #socialwork postgraduate research conference is on today @UCC for Master of Social Work and PDSWS students! Boole 2,3,6 (not live-streamed)
@jfcryan @IASW_IRL @FiachraOS @CACSSS1 @UCCResearch
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30 Apr 2025
Listen to the @rtenews DriveTime segment on the In camera rule in family cases. Powerful interview with a domestic abuse survivor. Report on the in camera rule by Kenneth Burns @UCCsocialwork, @AislingParkes and @McCaughrenS from @SWSP_TCD is due out soon
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28 Apr 2025
Important, ground-breaking research on the in camera rule presented by Kenneth Burns @UCCsocialwork, Aisling Parkes @LawUCC and Simone McCaughren @SWSP_TCD at Family Justice Dev. Forum today. Funding: @DeptJusticeIRL
@UCCResearch @johbees @Ukilkelly @jfcryan @CACSSSResearch1
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15 Apr 2025
📢 New posts in #socialwork (1x senior lecturer, 1x lecturer above the bar, 1x lecturer below the bar, and one lecturer in social policy. Search for post details here: ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/ Closing date 22nd April before noon
@IASW_IRL @HSELive @tusla @probation_irl @WeHSCPs
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