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‘Loneliness: The Role of Social Work’ resource launched to help tackle isolation

Pictured above, from left to right, speakers at Thursday’s launch event: (Back row) Mairead Harkin, Workforce Development Officer, Northern Ireland Social Care Council; Kevin Leonard, Principal Social Worker, Western Health and Social Care Trust; Linda Sayers, Independent Social Worker, Sayers Training Services, Catherine Maguire, Co-Director of Regulations and Services, Northern Ireland Social Care Worker; Charlene Hill, School Social Worker, St Ronan’s College; Mandy Cowan, Professional Adviser, Northern Ireland Social Care Council; Natasha Palmer, Refugee Support Service, Barnardo’s Northern Ireland and John Brattin, Social Worker, Liverpool City Council. (Front row) Jennifer McKinney, Lecturer in Systemic Psychotherapy, Queen’s University Belfast and Lorraine Conlon, Head of Governance and Planning, Department of Health.