Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work & Social Policy Trinity College Dublin. Interests include adoption practice and law, children's rights.
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined January 2013
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Thanks to the @LawSociety IRL for inviting us to present at their Family and Child Law conference.
Research commissioned by the
@DeptJusticeIRL
@Aisling Parkes (UCC) Kenneth
Burns (@uccsocialwork)
Delighted to be involved in this new intercounty adoption study with @AislingParkes from @LawUCC
A new national survey of the lived experience of intercounty adoption for parents of children aged 0-12 has been launched this week by @McCaughrenS in @SWSP_TCD and @UCC . The full survey can be found here eu.surveymonkey.com/r/X6PQSQ…
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Media piece by @McCaughrenS and @AislingParkes reflecting on research into the operation of the in camera rule in family law @DeptJusticeIRL @tcddublin @uccsocialwork @LawUCC independent.ie/irish-news/le…
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@McCaughrenS and I reflect on our research into areas of family law in need of fundamental reform in this mornings @Independent_ie Learning from lessons of the not-so-distant past – lifting the lid on family law independent.ie/irish-news/le… @LawUCC @uccsocialwork @UCCResearch
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A Review of the Operation of the In Camera Rule in Family Law Proceedings was published today by Minister @OCallaghanJim
The review contains 21 recommendations and is a key action in the Family Justice Strategy.
More Details: bit.ly/4kavlgr
@UCC @tcddublin
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Listen to the @rtenews DriveTime segment on the In camera rule in family cases. Powerful interview with a domestic abuse survivor. Report on the in camera rule by Kenneth Burns @UCCsocialwork, @AislingParkes and @McCaughrenS from @SWSP_TCD is due out soon
rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
Delighted to be standing proud with my wonderful parents having been made a Fellow @tcddublin @SWSP_TCD
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Delighted to present our @DeptJusticeIRL - funded in camera report this morning to the Family Justice Development Forum this morning with @McCaughrenS and Kenneth Burns! @LawUCC @uccsocialwork @UCC
Great to finally see our report on the in camera rule commissioned by @DeptJusticeIRL presented to the Minister this morning with @AislingParkes @SWSP_TCD @uccsocialwork
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Happy to share pt 2 of @McCaughrenS and my discussion of Irish family law in today’s Sunday Independent! @LawUCC Divorce and children: ‘It’s an unregulated Wild West’ – How outdated court system is causing hurt and heartache independent.ie/irish-news/di…
An opinion piece in today’s @TheSundayIndo from myself @SWSP_TCD and @AislingParkes @LawUCC #TrinityResearch. @Independent_ie
Divorce in Ireland: ‘Nothing prepared me for this cesspit of injustice’ – real stories of how court system is failing families buff.ly/4b02K96
Simone McCaughren retweeted
Delighted to announce new study commencing on the operation of the in camera (privacy) rule in Irish family law cases. Funded by @DeptJusticeIRL, @LawUCC in collaboration with @SWSP_TCD and @UCCsocialwork. More to follow on how to have your say #TrinityResearch #FamilyLaw
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Call for papers: 9th National #childprotection and welfare #socialwork conference org by UCC, Tusla and IASW. Deadline 21/4/23. Open to all. Deadline 21/4/23. ucc.ie/en/swconf/abstracts/
@MuireannNiR @pmcfadden5 @AMLTaylor66 @devaney_carmel @McCaughrenS @eavanrb @FiachraOS
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Congratulations to the interdisciplinary research team from TCD and UCC who launched a research report on Guidance on Contact Time for Infants and Young Children in Separated Families.
Read report here tinyurl.com/53u6wk4b
More information here tcd.ie/swsp/news-events/
ALT (L to R) Soma Gregory, Trinity; Dr Simone McCaughren, Trinity; Dr Stephanie Holt, Trinity; Karen Kiernan, CEO One Family; Niamh Kelly, Policy Manager, One Family.
A busy week with the launch of our interdisciplinary report on Monday on the extent to which young children are heard in practice in Irish family law cases @AislingParkes @SWSP_TCD @LawUCC @1familyireland tcd.ie/news_events
Simone McCaughren retweeted
"One Family commissioned @tcddublin and @UCC to undertake this research because we know parents in #separated families struggle to make decisions about how to manage contact time for their young children." tcd.ie/news_events/articles/… @CommunityFound @RTELateLateShow @McCaughrenS
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Some stark findings in our interdisciplinary report launched Monday on the extent to which young children are heard in practice in Irish Family law cases- @irishlegalnews irishlegal.com/articles/fami… @McCaughrenS @LawUCC
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The voices of young children are ‘starkly absent’ from Ireland’s #FamilyLaw system, finds a new report from @SWSP_TCD & @LawUCC.
The report was commissioned by @1family & funded by @RTELateLateShow's @CommunityFound.
#FamilyLawReform #TrinityResearch
👉bit.ly/3WbxBY8
ALT Picture of a family law book and a gavel
Simone McCaughren retweeted
We are delighted to launch our Contact Time for Infants & Young Children research report written by researchers from @tcddublin and @ucc - available now and free to download at bit.ly/3FkHHPW. With thanks to @CommunityFound & @RTELateLateShow
#FamilyLawReform
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We are looking for a new colleague to join our School as Professor in #socialwork Closing: 31/1/’23. Please RT! 👇
ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/ (search social work)
@cmcg2016 @McCaughrenS @SocialWorkatMU @WeHSCPs @HKJenkinson @UCDSocialPWJ @BrophyGer
