Making The Difference
In Social Care we provide a professional, high quality and safe service to people with additional needs.
Our highly skilled support workers team act as brand advocates on behalf of their clients to provide a professional, high quality and safe service to people with additional needs. They work as a team and in consultation with each service user to ensure all of our client’s needs are met in a completely individual way.
Managing Director
Laura Keane
Heading up Resilience, with the ultimate responsibility for both the Advanced Community Care and Social Care service lines, Laura is someone who has dedicated her career to working with people with disabilities. With over 30 years experience in the delivery and development of services within the health and social care sectors, Laura has achieved in a spread of roles, from Clinician to Executive Management.
National Operations Manager
Sinead Butler
Responsible for the development and management of all innovative Social Care services, and leading her team, is Sinead Butler – a Registered Nurse for Intellectual Disability, with a Diploma in Health Care Management.
National Community Development Manager
Lars Schabelski
Within Social Care, Lars runs our New Directions and Outreach programmes: two innovative initiatives developed to empower our service users and involve them in their communities. Lars also manages one of our Adult Residential / Shared Care houses in Clare – The Belltree. His role is to liaise with all key stakeholders and is the Person in Charge of an Adult.
Service Manager of An Diadan and Ard Ri, Tipperary
Luan Lyons
A Limerick native, Luan was introduced to her vocation within the world of care working at The Daughters of Charity, where she supported people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems. She then made the move into day service, working with adults with physical and intellectual disabilities as well as mental health and behavioural problems.
Service Manager of Pebble Beach and Luachanna in Kerry, and working with New Directions
Mary Costello
Mary has been with the Social Care family for two-and-a-half years, bringing to her role a wealth of experience she has gathered through the years.
Service Manager of ard na gaoithe and The Meadows, Cork
Megan Barry
Originally from Tipperary where she earned her degree in social care, Megan trained in mainstream care, focusing on children with emotional problems. She did her Masters in Therapeutic Childcare in Carlow, beginning her career in 2015 when she worked with young violent offenders.