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Dr. Erna O'Connor

Asst Prof in Social Work/Fieldwork Co-Or (Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy)
ARTS BUILDING

 Erna.OConnor@tcd.ie

 3531896 2627


Biography

Dr Erna O Connor has worked as an Assistant Professor of Social Work and Practice Education Co-ordinator at the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland since 2002. She held roles as Director of the Master in Social Work programme (2015-2021) and Director of Teaching & Learning Postgraduate (2021-2023). Prior to joining the university Erna worked as a social worker in drug treatment and HIV services and a social work team leader in hospital-based social work. Her teaching and research interests include practice teaching and learning, health-related social work, bereavement, trauma informed practice, poverty aware practice and reflective and relationship-based practice.

Representations

Details Date
School of SWSP Representative on the Inter University Social Work Education and Practice Teaching (SWEPT) Forum 2020 - Present
School of SWSP representative on Editorial Board of All Ireland Social Work Educators and Researchers Across Ireland Social Work textbook 2024 -Present
School of SWSP representative on Editorial Board of All Ireland Social Work Educators and Researchers Across Ireland Social Work textbook 2024 -Present
School of SWSP representative on Editorial Board of All Ireland Social Work Educators and Researchers Across Ireland Social Work textbook 2024 -Present
Member of the National Critical Incident Stress Management Forum
Beaumont Hospital representative on the steering committee
Member of organizing committee of a series of national conferences on psychosocial care in major emergency planning
Irish delegate at EU conferences on psychosocial care in major emergencies 1996 and 2001
Chairperson of the management committee of the Coolock and Darndale Home Care Service 1998-1999
Member of IASW - Medical Social Work Special Interest Group 1994-1995
Member of the Panel of Assessors (NQSWB) for the Advanced Diploma in fieldwork practice and supervision (social work) University College Cork. 2006

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Irish Association of Social Work. 2007 To date.
Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) 2010 Present
I am I and my circumstances : A Person - Situation Perspective in Responding to Trauma, Erin Segal, Chris Hoff & Julie Cho, An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping, 1st, Washington DC, Thick Press, 2024, [Erna O'Connor], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED
Quigley, Duana; Poole, Claire; Whiting, Sinead; O'Connor, Erna; Gleeson, Claire; Alpine, Lucy, University student experiences of work-based placements during COVID-19 pandemic: An inter-disciplinary survey of allied health and social work students., Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 13, (1), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
O'Connor, E., Roulston, A., Whiting, S., & Olusa, O.,, Editorial: Special Across Ireland Issue of the Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 20, (2), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Helen Cleak, Erna O'Connor, Audrey Roulston, Integrating relational knowing and structured learning in social work placements: a framework for learning in practice, Social Work Education, Online, 2022, p1 - 19, Notes: [DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2075337 ], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Audrey Roulston, Helen Cleak, David Hayes, Paula McFadden, Erna OConnor, and Caroline Shore. , To fail or not to fail: enhancing our understanding of reasons why social work students failed practice placements (2015-2019), Social Work Education , 2021, p1 - 17, Notes: [DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2021.1973991], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Social work mobility in Europe: a case study from Ireland in, editor(s)Allen Bartley and Liz Beddoe , Transnational Social Work Opportunities and challenges of a global profession., Great Britain, Policy Press, 2018, pp241 - 260, [Walsh, T, Wilson, G & O'Connor, E.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Psychosocial Aspects of Illness and Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work in, editor(s)Christie, A., Featherstone, B., Quin, S., & Walsh, T. , Social Work in Ireland: Changes and Continuities, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp142 - 158, [O'Connor, E & Wilson, E.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Wilson G.,O'Connor E., Walsh T.,Kirby M., , Reflections on practice learning in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland:Lessons from student experiences., Social Work Education, 28, (6), 2009, p631 - 645, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Walsh T., Wilson G., O'Connor E., , Local, European and Global: An Exploration of Migration Patterns of Social Workers into Ireland, British Journal of Social Work, Advance Access, 2009, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
An overview of the development of health related social work in Ireland in, editor(s)Kearney, N. and Skehill, C. , A History of Social Work in Ireland, Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2005, [Horne, M., & O'Connor, E.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

O'Connor, E, The [Re]Turn to Relationship-based Social Work, The Irish Social Worker, 2017, p14 - 19, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
O'Connor, E., O'Driscoll, S., & Winston, A., Bereavement - When Someone Close Dies, Dublin: Department of Health, 2007, Report, PUBLISHED
O'Connor, E., New Approaches in Practice Teaching and Learning, 2006, Trinity College, Meetings /Conferences Organised, PRESENTED
O'Connor, E., O'Driscoll, S., & Winston, A., Children and Bereavement, Palliative Care Today, Irish Supplement, 4, 1997, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
O'Connor, E., O'Driscoll, S., & Winston, A., When Someone Close Dies: A Handbook on Adult & Child Bereavement, Dublin, Department of Health, 1996, Book, PUBLISHED

  

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Research interests include social work practice in health care settings; bereavement and trauma; reflective practice; practice teaching and learning; supervision in social work.