Aidan Cooney
Senior Medical Social Worker/Mental Health & Intellectual Development Disability
National Forensic Mental Health Services.
Aidan graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from UCC in 2005. In 2008, completed an M.Sc.King’s College London in Mental Health and Intellectual Disability. I have worked in social work settings in Ireland and the UK.
In 2013, developed an in-patient mental health social worker role in an approved centre in Ireland. In post developed four psychosocial interventions for in-patients; Accommodation, Finance, Parenting Support and Domestic Violence. The presentation today will focus on the development of an integrated intervention of accommodation, for patients who were homeless and using mental health services, as part of the care plan and discharge process.