See Change Volunteer Coordinator
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by SeeChange
9M ago
Reporting to: See Change Programme Team Leader Contract: Full time post (35hrs per week), permanent Salary: €30,346 per annum Location: Maynooth with flexibility for remote working. Some travel within Ireland may be required during course of workAbout Shine Shine’s vision is a more compassionate Ireland where those affected by mental illness and stigma are supported and included in all aspects of… Source ..read more
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Invitation to tender: Website Design, Development, Maintenance and Support Services
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by Shaunna Byrne
1y ago
Overview The over-arching goal of this RFT is to engage a web design and development partner to assist in the strengthening of Shine’s online presence and positioning within the sector as the national organisation supporting and educating individuals, family members and communities impacted by mental illness and stigma. Our intended approach to achieving this objective includes working with our... Source ..read more
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-by Becky Meenaghan
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by Shaunna Byrne
1y ago
From the age of 11 Obsessive compulsive Disorder (OCD) has been a part of me and a part of my life. It wasn’t until I was in my 30’s that I got diagnosed therefore looking back I did not know that what I was experiencing was Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I didn’t even understand what it was. My first memory of OCD is around the time I was 11, I would go around the house at night when everybody was... Source ..read more
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A diagnosis does not always answer the question “Why?”.- by Nick Groom
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by Shaunna Byrne
1y ago
by Nick Groome, See Change Ambassador A diagnosis does not always answer the question “Why?”. I don’t believe, and this is my own personal belief and experience, I don’t believe that EUPD is a mental illness. What I have come to understand through psychotherapy was that these behaviours and emotional responses came from my childhood and early adolescence. Here was my “Why?” Childhood trauma and a... Source ..read more
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What could be done to End Mental Health Judgement in the Workplace?  – by Lucie Kavanagh
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by Shaunna Byrne
1y ago
by Lucie Kavanagh, See Change Ambassador I have written a lot about my experiences of being stigmatised and isolated in the workplace because of having mental health difficulties and it’s interesting to look at my experiences from another point of view. What could it have been like had the judgement not happened? What would have helped? What would have not only kept me in my job but helped other... Source ..read more
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Mental Health Judgement in the Workplace by Aisling Heavey
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by Rachel Nulty
1y ago
by Aisling Heavey, See Change Ambassador Opening up about mental health difficulties in the workplace can be very difficult. Even though I work as a healthcare professional, I’m aware that we are all human, and that we will all make judgements on others. For me, talking about my mental illness in my previous workplaces was quite difficult, and something I would only share with supervisors... Source ..read more
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Judgement by Daniela Ferro
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by Rachel Nulty
1y ago
by Daniela Ferro, See Change Ambassador We judge and have to judge the world around us on a daily basis. We judge if we can cross the road before the next car, if we should have another piece of chocolate or instead fruit, if the new hair colour of our friend is cute or ‘interesting’. We judge if the politician we are about to elect is worth our trust. Judgement by definition is an opinion or... Source ..read more
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The new adventure by Lucie Kavanagh
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by Rachel Nulty
1y ago
by Lucie Kavanagh, See Change Ambassador Autism has been a part of my life since I was fifteen and taken to a local disability service to do some voluntary work. On that day, sitting in the canteen, a woman who stood making a coffee. She was having trouble placing her teaspoon in the right position and I imagine the sounds of a group of teenagers suddenly in her midst was quite overwhelming. Source ..read more
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What Mental health judgement looks like in the Workplace by Keith Dore
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by Rachel Nulty
1y ago
by Keith Dore, See Change Ambassador During the month of April, we will be exploring the impact of mental health judgement in the workplace and what we can all do to help end the judgement of ourselves and others. To kickstart the month, Keith Dore shares his experience of what mental health judgement in the workplace looks like: Opening up In 2018 I had gotten to such a low point in work that I... Source ..read more
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What it’s really like to live with Bipolar Disorder by Holly Fehily
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by Rachel Nulty
1y ago
by Holly Fehily, See Change Ambassador August 2019 is a time I will never forget; it was a time I felt like my world was falling apart. I had just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder – a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes me to experience episodes of hypomania, depression and mixed states. Being diagnosed with bipolar disorder was terrifying, it was something I wasn’t expecting. Source ..read more
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