Resume

Mary Jo McVeigh is the founder and CEO of Cara House and CaraCare.

Mary Jo completed her Honour’s Degree in Social Science in 1983 and worked in her community of North Belfast before returning to university and completing a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 1986. Mary Jo is currently enrolled in undertaking a Doctor of Social Work Degree at Sydney University. She is a trained trauma therapist and an accredited mental health social worker with a passion for exploring and studying comprehensive bodies of knowledge bringing this emphasis for diversity of wisdom to her work.

Mary Jo is acknowledged in her field as an expert in child protection, trauma therapy, in clinical supervision, management consultancy and leadership coaching and professional self care. She has presented at national and international conferences and published in professional journals and has published two books and three innovative resources for working therapeutically with children and young people.

Mary Jo has been interviewed in the media in Ireland and Australia about her work and life, featuring in magazine and newspaper print. She was Canada Bay City Council Woman of the Year in 2010 and a nominee for NSW Woman of the Year award for her work with traumatised and abused children and young people.