Sinéad Hegarty

IASW Independent Social Workers

Name:  Sinéad Hegarty

Email: SHConsultancy19@gmail.com

Telephone: 044 7832 950438

Type of Work/Specialism: Therapeutic Recovery Work for children aged 4+, and families, following CSA. Assessment of Therapeutic Need, Risk Assessment, Section 32 and Parenting assessments; Victim  Impact Reports, CPD training, (online courses) in relation to CSA, its impact and working with families. Bespoke training packages to agencies working with children and families post CSA.

CORU Registration Number: SW058433

Region/Location: 

• Direct work: Border Counties and North City Dublin
• Training/Consultancy: Nationwide.

Languages spoken: English

Business name/address: Sinéad Hegarty Consultancy, 19, Canterbury Pk., Waterside, Derry, N.Ireland, BT47 6BX

Description of relevant experience/profile:

• I have been In Social Work since 1994, and have experience in the Statutory and Charity Sectors, holding Practitioner,Managerial and Senior Managerial positions during this time.
• Since 2004 I have specialised in the area of Child Sexual Abuse Trauma and Therapeutic Recovery Work for children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, including educative, supportive work with (non-abusing) parents and therapeutic work with siblings.
• I have specialised in Assessment of Therapeutic Need and developing and delivering Therapeutic Interventions for children following sexual abuse since 2004. Within that, I have been involved in the development and delivery of a Psychodynamic Therapeutic Recovery Model for children aged 4-17.
• I have worked as an Independent Social Worker since 2021, and have been commissioned to provide Sexual Abuse Recovery work within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust Area
• I provide Individual and group supervision
• I have developed and delivered bespoke training In Child Protection/Safeguarding, all aspects of Child Sexual Abuse and its impact and understanding Trauma and its Impact, to statutory, voluntary and community groups, as well as to counselling students.
• As a Social Work Consultant, I offer 1:1 support to Social Workers, Psychologists and Counsellors re: assessment and management of complex cases

Qualifications:

• BSc Psychology UEL, 1990
• DipSW, UU Magee 2001
• MSc Social Work, UU Magee 2004

Professional registrations: CORU, NISCC

Extra Skills: Administration and analysis of Briere’s Trauma Symptom Checklist For Children/ Young Children, (TSCC/TSCYC). Chairing Multi-disciplinary meetings on complex cases. Development and implementation of Therapeutic Programmes, including staff training