IASW Independent Social Workers
Name: Raymond McEvoy
Email: raymond.mcevoy@btinternet.com
Telephone: 0868253185 or 00447394629416
Type of Work/Specialism: Child Protection Assessments; Court Reports in Public Law Proceedings and Private Law Proceedings; Fostering Assessments; Adoption Assessments; Parenting Capacity Assessments, and Court Advocacy for Incapacitated Adults.
CORU Registration Number: SW005357
Region/Location: Based in Northern Ireland. Available for work throughout Northern Ireland, Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
Languages spoken: English and Irish.
Business name/address: 67 Knockdarragh, Fullerton Road, Newry, County Down, BT342GA, Northern Ireland.
Description of relevant experience/profile: I qualified as a Social Worker in 1987 and worked in Northern Ireland, from 1987 until 1994, as a Social Worker in both Generic Child Care and Mental Health Social Work teams. I worked in County Louth, in the Republic of Ireland, as a Social Worker and Social Work Team Leader, in a Generic Child Care Social Work team, from 1994 until 2002. I have been a Guardian Ad Litem in the Republic of Ireland from 2003 until the present day, representing the interests of children and young people in The District Court, Circuit Court and High Court, in Care Proceedings and Special Care applications. In addition I have provided Private Family Law reports in the Republic of Ireland to The District Court, Circuit Court and High Court, and have assisted Incapacitated Adults in Wardship Proceedings in The High Court, as well as when Incapacitated Adults are Respondent Parents in Care Proceedings.
Qualifications: BSc. (Honours) in Social Sciences 1982; Certificate of Qualification in Social Work 1987; Approved Social Worker Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, and Msc in Child Protection and Welfare 1996.
Professional registrations: CORU in Republic of Ireland with Registration Number SW005357 and Northern Ireland Social Care Council in Northern Ireland with Registration Number 1100138.
Extra skills: Part-Time Lecturer in Social Care with The Southern Regional College in Newry, County Down, from 1993 until 2007.
