Bernadette Casey

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About Bernadette Casey

Email: bernadetteacasey@gmail.com Provides professional support, clinical supervision and coaching to health, social care and safeguarding adviser staff, nationally and internationally, to promote an effective quality safe service delivery including management of complex caseload, workplace wellbeing and career management and development for management and leadership so organisations can successfully achieve the right talent for the right outcomes. Review of serious incidents including death in service. Active member of the National Adult Safeguarding Advisery Committee (NSAC) for Adult Safeguarding since April 2020 Expert adviser in safeguarding for Irish missionary members of Misean Cara operating imternationally, funded through Irish Aid, Dept of Foreign Affairs. Winner of an international ICF coaching award 2015. Guest speaker, lecturer presenter at various national and international safeguarding summits, conferences and seminars. Trained Mediator, past director of The MII to support the intoduction of the specialism in elder mediation. Trained investigator into serious sexual harm and serious misconduct (CHS) 2019, and investigator of Crimes Against Humanity (ICCI, UN School, 2019). Completed Senior Executive Leadership Course, IMI, 2020, and HSE Leadership and Management training programme 2015. Approved Train the Trainer in Adult Safeguarding, HSE since 2007, for staff (Section 29 and Section 30) and Designated Officers (DO, Mandated and DLP) in Safeguarding. Trauma Informed Practice and Stress management and trauma informed practice including CISM/CISD, Stress Management Institute, Permanent Defence Forces 2001 to 2007. Extensive experience in key leadership and management both nationally and globally, including Principal Medical Social Worker and Safeguarding lead, large complex caseload manager in specialist fields in safeguarding, older persons and adult residential care, day hospital, medical, primary care and disability settings, managing quality governance, developing processes, standards and guidelines of best practice and procedures both nationally and globally, across statutory and non statutory settings. Has worked in oncology hospital and various medical settings for over three years, mental health. Irish Permanent Defence Forces, including travel to conflict and post conflict regions with the UN on peace-keeping missions and largest refugee camp in the world.