Patrick Costello Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

TD for Dublin South Central

Dublin

professionally qualified social worker on Fostering Team, Dublin North City.

Kimmage - Rathmines

Elected May 2014 to Dublin City Council with the Green Party in Rathgar - Rathmines Ward of Dublin City Council. This role involves working closely with a wide variety of groups, such as local residents, other Councillors, and Dublin City Council management and officials. Role also involved managing election campaign, including managing volunteers, managing budgets and resources, data analytics and strategic planning.Chair of Local Community Development Committee, Member of… Show more Elected May 2014 to Dublin City Council with the Green Party in Rathgar - Rathmines Ward of Dublin City Council. This role involves working closely with a wide variety of groups, such as local residents, other Councillors, and Dublin City Council management and officials. Role also involved managing election campaign, including managing volunteers, managing budgets and resources, data analytics and strategic planning.Chair of Local Community Development Committee, Member of Transport Strategic Policy Commitee, Protocol Committee, Housing Strategic Policy Committee and Planning Strategic Policy Committee. Representing Dublin City Council on Board of Governors of the Royal Irish Academy of Musicand City Of Dublin Education Training Board. Show less

Coordinating advocacy work at a national level for the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in Ireland. Building relationships with TD's, Senators and other key people, linking with Head Office in London. Strategic planning and dealing with lobbying reporting requirements.

Sandyford

County Dublin, Ireland

Manager of a team of family support workers for Family Support Project. Role includes recruitment of families and conducting needs assessment, matching family support workers and families, facilitating care planning with all parties and supervision of family support workers as they deliver on care plan. Role also includes development and training of family support workers, preparation of reports for funders and gathering of statistics. As this was a new post I created most of the… Show more Manager of a team of family support workers for Family Support Project. Role includes recruitment of families and conducting needs assessment, matching family support workers and families, facilitating care planning with all parties and supervision of family support workers as they deliver on care plan. Role also includes development and training of family support workers, preparation of reports for funders and gathering of statistics. As this was a new post I created most of the relevant paperwork and resources form scratch, such as case notes system, supervision records and databases for statistics. Show less

Managing advocacy campaign in relation to Palestine during the 2016 general election. This involved work before the election including meetings with TDs and party spokespersons in relation to the campaign asks and media work. This role also involved conducting advocacy work in the post election period to ensure political follow through including meetings with key TDs and advisors, organising a briefing event for all TDs and Senators post election and coordinating "Palestine's Call" - an open… Show more Managing advocacy campaign in relation to Palestine during the 2016 general election. This involved work before the election including meetings with TDs and party spokespersons in relation to the campaign asks and media work. This role also involved conducting advocacy work in the post election period to ensure political follow through including meetings with key TDs and advisors, organising a briefing event for all TDs and Senators post election and coordinating "Palestine's Call" - an open letter to TDs after the 2016 election from Palestinian civil society. This role included developing messages and briefings, designing advocacy and media strategy, and designing graphics to support campaign and filing lobbying returns. For the end of project I drafted a large project report for funders on the project, key project indicators and future opportunities. Show less

Dublin South East

Child Protection Social worker, working with a busy case load of vulnerable and at risk children in care and in the community, providing support to them and their families. Work included building relationships, gathering information, conducting assessments, and devising care plans and ensuring delivery of care plans to ensure the safety and welfare of children. This role also involved court work, including preparing reports, giving evidence, being cross examined and ensuring court order… Show more Child Protection Social worker, working with a busy case load of vulnerable and at risk children in care and in the community, providing support to them and their families. Work included building relationships, gathering information, conducting assessments, and devising care plans and ensuring delivery of care plans to ensure the safety and welfare of children. This role also involved court work, including preparing reports, giving evidence, being cross examined and ensuring court order and directions were completed in timely fashion. key skills used and sharpened during this work were assessment and decision making skills, advocacy skills, report writing and data management skills, interpersonal skills, inter-agency working skills and time management skills. Developed extensive knowledge on the needs of children and families in communities, ways of supporting them, and the family law legal system. Show less

Bethlehem, Palestine.

Working as part of on an international program under the World Council of Churches, providing protective presence for local Palestinian communities and monitoring and reporting of human rights abuses in occupied Palestine. Also conducting advocacy relating to ending the occupation and seeking a just peace for all in the region.

Social worker with the Crisis Intervention Service Partnership (Out Of Hours Service) supporting young people going through the Out of Hours Service. Alongside direct work supporting young people at the point of crisis this role included extensive inter-agency working and building relationships with a variety of other agencies.

Working in two emergency care units providing accommodation to homeless children aged 12 - 17 (St. Judes and Parkview).

Project staff in a Wet Shelter that was providing accommodation for long term homeless people with chronic alcohol problems. Worked within a team environment providing care and support for residents and also as an individual key worker for specific clients. Maintained case notes and other records, liaised with other agencies, and facilitated residents meetings.

Merchants Quay Ireland, Merchants Quay, Dublin 8

Worked as part of a team providing drop in services to homeless people and drug users, and provided on a one-to-one basis information, advice and support, including referral to appropriate specialist service providers and liaising with other services.

Msw, Masters In Social Work

Diploma In Drugs Counselling Theory And Intervention Skills

Professional training course offered by Merchants Quay Ireland in conjunction with University College Dublin. The course runs over two.

B.A., Psychology

Leaving Cert.