Child and Family Services
Safer Children, Stronger Families, Healthier Communities
Child and Family Services at Bessborough 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