Shanelle Waring
Care Manager - Shannon Office
Shanelle is with us as Care Manager since October 2017. A county Clare native. Shanelle is a graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology with a Masters in “Child, Family & Community Studies” and also a graduate of National University of Ireland Galway with an Honours Degree in “Social Care”. She has an extensive background working and volunteering in child, youth, disability and elderly care sectors.
Ian Barrett
Managing Director – “Care About You” – Shannon Office
Ian has extensive senior management experience with Irish SME’s and large multinational organizations. Prior to joining “Care About You” Ian worked for 3 1/2 years with the “TTM Healthcare Group” – the final 18 months as Managing Director of their Advanced Homecare & Residential Disability Services operations. Ian is passionate about providing individuals with person-centered care based on their individualized care needs utilising informed decision making focused on maximizing each individuals abilities and supporting them within their own homes and/or communities.
Anja Rees
Care Supervisor - Shannon Office
Anja joined the team in September 2018. She is one of our Care Supervisors in the Shannon office. She is from north Clare. Anja holds QQI Level 6 qualifications in “Supervisory Management”, “Community & Health Services”, “Train the Trainer” and is a qualified Patient Moving & Handling Instructor. She has an extensive background in working in health care and childcare. Some of her duties includes managing, overseeing and developing individual support plans, staff training, recruitment and staff supervisions.
Nicole Hedderman
Care Co-Ordinator – Shannon Office
Nicole joined the “Care About You” team in December 2019. Nicole was a care support staff member who moved into the Care Co-ordinating role in April 2020. She is from county Limerick. Nicole is a Limerick Institute of Technology graduate with a Degree in “Social Care Work”. She holds QQI Level 6 qualifications in “Supervisory Management” and “Social Studies”. Some of Nicole’s duties include scheduling and coordination of staff and service users’ care schedules daily.
Anne Murphy
Clinical Lead for our Care Services supporting our Care Managers
Anne is a registered Nurse and registered Nurse Tutor by profession. She has extensive clinical experience in Community, Hospital, & Teaching settings. Anne brings her clinical expertise and teaching skills to support the CAY team in delivering a high level of care to our clients and their families and is a vital member of the company’s Governance Committee.
Barry Lyons
Project Manager – Shannon Office
Barry is based in the Shannon office and joined our team as Project Manager in April 2021. Barry is a County Clare native. He holds qualifications in “Medical Software Quality Assurance” from the University of Limerick, a Specialist Diploma in “Medical Device Science” from the National University of Ireland Galway and a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in “Applied Physics” from the University of Limerick. He has an extensive background working in Quality and Biomedical Engineering Projects within the Medical Device Industry.
Andrius Liobikas
Finance Manager – Shannon Office
Andrius has been with us as Finance Manager since April 2018. Andrius is a MIATI graduate with a diploma from Accounting Technicians Ireland. He has much financial experience, having worked with a wide range of SME organisations. Andrius manages the management/financial accounts of the business. He also manages the business's budgeting, cash forecasting and other accountancy functions. Andrius continues to further his education by pursuing the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants professional qualification.
Sandra Botha
Care Manager – Athlone Office
Sandra has ten years of experience in the rollout and developing of community disability and elderly care services that are person-centred, person-led and holistic. Sandra started “Care About You” in the Midlands in 2013 and has grown the service exponentially to provide extensive support
services to children and adults with disabilities and elderly people. Sandra has in-depth knowledge of delivering person-centred support to people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.
Sandra works closely with the HSE, clients and their families to develop holistic support agreements. These include home care and support, personal care, community respite, community integration and independent living. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in “Social Care Practice”, a BTEC Higher National Diploma in “Social Care”, a QQI level 6 in “Train the Trainer”, “Manual and Patient Handling” and a QQI level 5 in “Social Care Practice and Assisting children with special needs”.
Michelle Botha
Care Supervisor – Athlone Office
Michelle joined “Care About You” in 2017. Michelle has 11 years of experience working in therapeutic environments and five years managing therapeutic residential care centres. Michelle is highly experienced and proficient in developing and rolling therapeutic interventions and support plans. Michelle has created the TNA based on therapeutic approaches utilised in alternative care settings and has led extensive staff teams in providing trauma-aware, individual-led, person-centred support services. Her role also involves recruitment, staff training and development.
Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in “Applied Social Studies in Social Care”, a Higher Certificate in “Addiction Studies”, a Cache Diploma in “Childcare and Education”, and a QQI Level 5 in “Childcare”.
Orla Coyne
Operations Manager – Athlone Office
Orla has 12 years of experience as an operations manager. Orla is responsible for the careful selection and assignment of employees to individual service users for weekly scheduling of calls, funder invoicing, staff holidays, and wages.
Orla holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in “Sociology, Political Science and English” and a certificate in “Accounting”.
Paul Creaven
Care Manager – Galway Office
Kierelle joined the company in 2019. She is a Cork native. Kierelle is the Care Manager for the Community Health Organisation (CHO 4) Cork and Kerry.
Kierelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in “Early Childhood Studies” from University College Cork. She holds a Fetac Level 5 qualification in “Care of the Older Person & Care Skills”. She has had an extensive supervisory background in the disability and elderly care sectors for the last ten years.
Inga Cantir
Care Manager – Dublin Office
Tracy is a native of county Wicklow having moved to Cork in 2016. Tracy joined the “Care About You” team in September 2020 as Interim Care Manager of the Cork office and has now taken on the role of Care Supervisor. Tracy has over 20 years’ of experience in healthcare. She holds QQI Major Awards in “Healthcare” and “Childcare” and has an extensive background in homecare working in both “Elderly Care” and “Disabilities” sectors over her career to date. Tracy works directly with both our service users and staff daily. Some of Tracy’s duties include managing, developing and overseeing individual support plans, staff training, recruitment, scheduling and supervision.
Linda O’Sullivan
Care Co-Ordinator - Galway Office
Linda is our Care Coordinator for Galway, Mayo and Roscommon and the latest addition to the Galway office team 2021.
Linda has vast experience and knowledge working in the community sector for the last 14 years. Linda communicates with our service users and staff members daily. Linda assists with scheduling and the day-to-day running of the service. Linda also supports the recruitment of Care Support Workers and the organising of training.
Linda has a QQI Level 5 award in “Health Care Support” and QQI Level 6 in “Supervisory Management”
Apryl Vaughan
Care Co-Ordinator
Apryl joined Care About You team in July 2022. She is the Care Co-Ordinator in the Shannon office. Apryl is a graduate of Limerick Institute of Technology with a degree in Social Care. Apryl has been working in the care industry since 2020 working with both disability and elderly care service users. Apryl has completed her Train the Trainer qualification and currently completing her Advanced Business Management Qualification. Some of Apryl's duties include co-ordination of staff and services users on a daily basis. She is our first point of contact in our Shannon office.
Ciara Allen
Care Co-Ordinator – Shannon Office