Panel of Assessors
The accreditation process is facilitated by the Panel of Assessors, which consists of experienced social work practitioners and academics who hold the NQSW or equivalent. Course accreditation panels are appointed from the Panel of Assessors.
Terms of reference
- Act as consultants on the standards and procedures that should inform the accreditation of courses
- Act when required on accreditation panels
- Assist when required with the assessment of projects and adaptation periods in relation to shortfalls in the accreditation of non-national qualification area.
Members of the Panel of Assessors:
- Janet Beattie-Doyle, Senior Social Worker/Team Leader, Arklow Primary Care
- Lisa Brennan, Principal Social Worker, Child and Family Centre, Dublin
- Eileen Conway, Senior Social Work Practitioner, HSE
- Liz Coogan, Training and Development Manager, Children & Family Training Team, HSE, Louth
- Joan Cronin, Head of Social Work, Brothers of Charity, Cork
- Ursula Fernée, Assistant Principal Probation Officer, Staff Training and Development, Probation Service
- Paul Guckian, Principal Social Worker, Clare Mental Health Services, Clare
- John Hanley, Senior Social Worker, Dublin City Council
- Kelly-Marie Kennedy, Social Work Team Leader, HSE, LHO Dublin North
- Deirdre McTeigue, Director of Services, Irish Foster Care Association, Dublin
- Neans Ní Rathaille, Senior Social Worker, St James Hospital, Dublin
- Diarmuid O’Driscoll, Project Leader, Mayfield NYP, Cork
- Jennifer O’Driscoll, Senior Social Work Practitioner, HSE Community Care Office, Offaly
- Kieran Stenson, Social Worker.
Colleges members:
- Maeve Foreman, Course Director, Masters in Social Work, School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD
- Carmel Halton, Lecturer/Director of Practice, Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC
- Gloria Kirwan, Course Director, Bachelor in Social Studies (Hons), School of Social Work & Social Policy, TCD
- Hilda Loughran, Fellow in Teaching and Academic Development, School of Applied Social Science, UCD
- Deborah Lynch, Course Director, Master of Social Work, Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC
- Mary McColgan, Head of School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies, University of Ulster, Derry
- Marguerita McGovern, Practice Learning Co-ordinator, Masters in Social Work, Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUIG
- Suzanne Quin, Dean of Social Science, School of Applied Social Science, UCD
- Bairbre Redmond, Deputy Registrar for Teaching and Learning, UCD
- Ruth Torode, Senior Lecturer in Social Work , School of Social Work & Social Policy, TCD
- George Wilson, Lecturer in Social Work, Queen's University Belfast
- Mary Wilson, College Lecturer, Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC
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