Philip O Reilly Email & Phone Number

I am currently working as a Medical Social Worker with the HSE Carlow/Kilkenny ICPOP team. I am also a Mentor on the Apprenticeship in Social Work and the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 Mentorship Programmes. I recently completed a NFQ Level 9 Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Abuse module in Trinity College Dublin. In 2022, I completed a NFQ Level 9 Certificate in Principles of Integrated Care in Munster Tecnological University. In 2021, I qualified as a Social Worker from University College Cork and received a 1.1 grade in the Masters in Social Work programme. I am also a qualified teacher and am a member of the Teaching Council.I worked with ALONE for three years in the office of the CEO developing new services and partnerships across the country. I have worked in Senior Management roles in the Community and Voluntary sector for over fifteen years. ALONE is a dynamic organisation that provides Housing with Support, Support Coordination, Befriending and campaigns for change. Prior to working in ALONE, I was the National Co-ordinator of Services for Older People with Respond Housing for 10 years. Respond is one of the largest approved housing bodies in the state. I was a member of the Respond National Senior Management team and was heavily involved in the delivery of quality services to tenants throughout the country. I am an active and vocal advocate for the rights of older people and have a particular interest in the whole area of loneliness and social isolation among older people in society today. I also have an interest in the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and sit on the HSE Safeguarding Steering Group in CHO 5. I am a regular contributor on the Paul Brophy show on Kilkenny Community Radio as well as regular appearances on KCLR96FM. Prior to joining Respond, I worked as an Advocacy Officer with Age Action in the south east region. I am also a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland and regularly lecture on Housing, Community Studies, Health Skills and Care of the Older Person courses. I have been invited as a guest lecturer on Social Science, Social Policy and Planning courses in University College Cork. I have written articles which were published in the Chartered Institute of Housing Journal and the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies. In my spare time I coach underage mini rugby with Kilkenny RFC and hurling with O' Loughlin Gaels GAA Club.