Kerry Cuskelly
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Kerry Cuskelly
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CEO @ Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service | Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University
#SocialWork | #HumanRights | #Diversity and #Inclusion | #SocialJustice | #Addthe10th | #SWisHumanRights
Killings, abductions and violence across Nigeria, IASW Statement:
We stand with our colleagues in the IFSW Africa Region and with the people of Nigeria & support the call for strong and immediate action from the African Union and the United Nations www.iasw.ie/Nigerian_Abu...
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📣 Join Our team! 📣

Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service is looking for a Part-Time Operations Officer to help us continue our vital work supporting Traveller individuals, families and communities across Ireland 1/
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you want to get involved please email john.obrien@exchangehouse.ie, patrick.reilly@pavee.ie or thomas@travellercounselling.ie 5/
September 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Dear Friends,

We are calling on Traveller and supportive organisations across Ireland to take part in #Traveller Road to Hope & Change 2025 – a National Traveller #Suicide and #MentalHealthAwareness Campaign, running from 10th September to 8th October 2025 1/
September 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This years theme is particularly important in ensuring conversations about mental distress / mental illness / mental health difficulties, happen openly, consistently, compassionately, inclusively, and with associated support from individual to societal level #EndTheStigma. 2/
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Best wishes to @ShineOnlineIE @nicolabyrne.bsky.social on the launch of the annual #GreenRibbonIRL campaign. I’m delighted to be able to join the official launch. This year’s theme is “Step Up to Stamp Out Stigma. 1/
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
⭐️Transformative open tender alert‼️

The Travellers Transforming Conflict Initiative (TTCI) is a collaboration between Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service, Traveller Counselling Service and Traveller Mediation services. 1/
July 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Be an ally to LGBTI+ Traveller and Roma and march with the National Action Group for LGBTI+ Traveller and Roma Rights on Saturday June 28th 2025! #Pride2025
June 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This wouldn’t be possible without the support of the public, @rte.ie Late Late Show, Community Foundation Ireland; thank you for investing in young people’s futures 💚 💚 2/
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We are delighted to be chosen as one of the lucky recipients of the #rtetoyshowappeal! This incredible opportunity allows us to progress the work of our co-created National #TravellerYouth #MentalHealth service from design stage to implementation! 1/
June 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#JobFairy alert ‼️

Exchange House Ireland are looking to hire a part-time project worker on a 12-month contract.

Closing date to apply: Friday May 30th@5pm.

For more information + how to apply go here: www.exchangehouse.ie/posv_ttcinc_...

#ConnectWithUs #LearnWithUs #TalkWithUs #GrowWithUs
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The theme for this years conference is Relationship-Based Practice in mental health #socialwork.
The speaker line-up is phenomenal! 2/
May 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This upcoming one-day Irish Association of Social Workers conference will be the last one I’m involved in hosting as outgoing chair of the Social Workers in Adult #MentalHealth Special Interest Group! 1/
May 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This all underpins the key findings and recommendations from the report (please do read it, link here: lnkd.in/eZc3NVKk)

If you want to discuss the report findings more, collaborate, listen, act, get in touch!
#ConnectWithUs #GrowWithUs #TalkWithUs #LearnWithUs 5/
April 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
⭐️ Believe in every young persons ability to succeed, build capacity, build hope; listen AND act
⭐️ Acknowledge, celebrate, embrace indigenous Traveller community culture and heritage; listen AND act 4/
April 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The absolutely clear messages from Young Travellers who spoke at the event were:
⭐️Journey with (not for) Traveller Youth; listen AND act
⭐️ Be that one good adult; listen AND act 3/
April 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The project, which wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Community Foundation Ireland #ToyShowAppeal, offers culturally appropriate and youth-led solutions 2/
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
At the launch of Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service #YouthMentalHealth report yesterday it was fantastic to hear about the process of creating and designing a national #Traveller Youth Mental Health Service 1/
April 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We are really looking forward to the launch of our Youth Mental Health report happening next week in Exchange House Ireland.

Come and join us next Wednesday 16th April @10:30 at EHI HQ to find out more. Register www.eventbrite.ie/e/traveller-...

#ConnectWithUs #TalkWithUs #GrowWithUs #LearnWithUs
April 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I’m privileged to know JP and the wider team who do so much with such motivation and dedication and who ask little in return. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 6/
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
⭐️Frontline workers do this while also managing the impacts of vicarious trauma, navigating complex bureaucracies and often while on precarious and under-resourced terms and conditions. 5/
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
⭐️Frontline workers find real-time solutions to hugely challenging and complex social and relational situations every day. 4/
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM