Child and Family Services
Safer Children, Stronger Families, Healthier Communities
Child and Family Services at Childhood Matters provide integrated community and residential services offering family support, social work and clinical psychology input to parents and children. Our ‘family preservation’ ethos aims to help parents and children remain safely together where possible and to reduce the volume of children removed into state care while promoting lifelong positive outcomes.

Marie O’Riordan
Child and Family Services Manager

Jonathan Horgan
Child and Family Services Manager

Dr Alasdair Ross
Clinical Psychologist

Catherine Maguire
Senior Clinical Psychologist / Infant Mental Health Specialist

Lorna Bermingham
Parent & Infant Unit Aftercare Worker

Isobel De Búrca
Assistant Psychologist

Elaine Spillane
Family Development Practitioner

Pamela Massey
Family Development Practitioner

Sheila Flanagan
Family Development Practitioner

Sean Kelleher
Family Development Practitioner

Ellen Bowen
Family Development Practitioner

Nicole O’Connor
Family Development Practitioner

Lena McCarthy
Family Development Practitioner

Debbie O’Shea
Baby Massage Therapist

Kate O’Mahony
Family Development Practitioner

Heather O’Leary
Family Development Worker

Niamh Garde
Family Development Practitioner

Louise Kelleher
Teen Parents Support Project Worker

Meadhbh Wilson
Teen Parents Support Project Worker

Natalie O’Connell
Teen Parents Support Project Worker

Caoilfhionn O’Donovan
Family Development Practitioner