IASW Independent Social Workers
Name: Laura O Callaghan
Email: mediationinstead@gmail.com
Telephone: 00 353 89 9531938
Type of Work/Specialism: Adoption, Foster care, Family Support, Risk Assessments, Social Work Parental Capacity Assessments; Child Inclusive Mediation, Circle of Security, Theraplay, Conflict Resolution.
CORU Registration Number: SW005304
Region/Location: Available online to practitioners based in Ireland and across the UK
Languages spoken: English
Business name/address: Mediation & Child and Family Services, Co. Clare
Description of relevant experience/profile:
25 years professional social work experience at frontline and team leader levels as a supervisee (individual & group), group facilitator and supervisor and case manager.
Qualifications: B Soc Sc (1997) Master of Social Work (1999) Theraplay level 1 and Marshak Interaction Method (2015) Circle of Security (2016) Mediation (2021) Mediation Separating Couples (2022) Child Inclusive Mediation (2023) Cubas Parenting Capacity Assessments (2024) Clinical Supervision (2025), presently studying family Law micro credential in UL (2025)
Professional registrations: CORU; Mediators’ Institute of Ireland; IASW
Extra skills: Mediation; Facilitation; Managing private practice; Service and project development and standard operating procedures.
