Kathryn Sinnott Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Greater Dublin

• 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔.
• Acts as the initial point of contact for newcomers, demonstrating empathy and asking targeted questions to direct distressed individuals to appropriate services. Handles counselling calls as needed.
• Oversees 14 support groups for approximately 130 people with sight loss, providing administrative support to 12 facilitators, most of whom are visually impaired.
• Delivered a presentation on Peer Support at the 2022 Retina Conference, raising awareness of charity services and leading to the creation of a new support group for individuals with sight loss conditions.
• Developed and negotiated a code of conduct for Fighting Blindness support groups, ensuring safety and confidentiality for all attendees and facilitators.
• Facilitates and co-facilitates monthly Relatives & Friends and Council Circle Support Groups.

Greater Dublin

• 𝑪𝒐-𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 90-𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒁𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒃𝒊𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚.
• Collaborates with a team of 6 volunteers to co-facilitate groups of 5-10 people in a non-directive manner, ensuring a safe, non-judgmental environment while listening empathetically and exploring helpful actions.
• Utilises the Aware Confidentiality and Risk Management Policy and other training to monitor highly distressed participants, offering additional guidance and escalating issues as necessary.
• Participates in regular training sessions to maintain and enhance facilitation skills, staying up-to-date with best practices.
• Facilitates groups efficiently, respecting participants' time and contributions, and smoothly transitioned from telephone to the Zoom platform during COVID-19, becoming adept at online facilitation.
• Supports recovery by promoting pathways and providing literature and information on other Aware services.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• 𝑨𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 2003 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚.
• Utilised strong communication and relationship management skills to coordinate with 15 venues, planning and managing the annual Marriage Preparation course schedule.
• Collaborated with a team of 30-40 facilitators to support three premarriage courses accommodating 60 couples each weekend.
• Responded to information and support requests from engaged couples, those seeking counselling, and senior ACCORD stakeholders.
• Ensured the smooth delivery of each programme by managing the Marriage Preparation database and coordinating all administrative, IT, and catering needs.
• Streamlined processes by developing a system to track and deliver all necessary materials to each venue in the correct quantities.

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Theatre & Performance

𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Drama (Performance)

𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍-𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑩𝑨 (𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒔). Studied drama.

Qqi Level 6, Group Work Theory & Practice

𝑨𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍/𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐-𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏..

Qqi Level 6, Training & Delivery Evaluation (Train The Trainer)

𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒏 2024 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈..