Health Promotion Staff List

Ms Lhara Mullins

BA.,MA

Biography

Lhara is a lecturer and deputy director of BA Social Care Programme and commenced employment in NUIG in 2012. Previously Lhara worked in the HSE with older people in the community from 2006-2013. Lhara has a BA in Social Care (Hons) (2010) and an MA in Social Work (2012) both from NUIG. Lhara completed the CELT postgraduate certificate in teaching and learning in NUIG in 2015. Lhara is in her final year of her PhD within the Discipline of Health Promotion, entitled: Older People and Homecare in Ireland: How much do we Care? Lhara sits on the Steering Committee of Comhairle na nOg in Galway, and as a board member for the National Board of Directors for Enable Ireland. Lhara acts as a bullying support contact person for staff in NUIG, sits on the Equaliy, Inclusion, Diversity and Well-being Committee and acts as disability officer within the School of Health Science. Lhara has a keen interest in practice and research relating to health promotion for older people. Lhara has completed short courses in: child protection, suicide prevention, crisis intervention training, responding to sexual abuse, diversity in the workplace, caring for older people, and supporting victims of domestic abuse.

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	*Irish Gerontological Society Annual Conference* Mullins, L,Hodgins, M (2017) Older people and homecare: And one week nobody came at all.. it was really upsetting, I was watching the door Irish Gerontological Society Annual Conference [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	*Social Care Ireland annual conference: The changing face of social care* Power, M., Kelly, C., McKenna, V., Mullins, L., Gough, H., & Clare, C. (2017) Gatekeepers of competency: Practice educators/teachers and the competencies based regulatory framework Social Care Ireland annual conference: The changing face of social care Galway, , 22-MAR-17 - 22-MAR-17 [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Working with Abilities and Strengths, Mullins, L. & Hodgins, M. (2018) Having the Cup of Tea: The Power of Positive Relationships in Homecare for Older People. [Oral Presentation], Working with Abilities and Strengths, Athlone Ireland , 21-MAR-18 - 22-MAR-18. [Details]
	(2018)	Social Care Ireland: Working with Abilities and Strengths, Mullins, L. & Molcho, M. (2018) Marginalised Children in Ireland: Addressing their Needs using an Asset Based Approach. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Social Care Ireland: Working with Abilities and Strengths, Athlone Ireland , 21-MAR-18 - 21-MAR-18. [Details]
	(2018)	Young People Mental Health and Mental Illness Conference (Social Care Ireland), Mullins, L. (2018) Workshop Presentation: Mental Health Promotion for Children and Young People. [Invited Oral Presentation], Young People Mental Health and Mental Illness Conference (Social Care Ireland), Dublin , 09-MAR-18 - 09-MAR-18. [Details]
	(2017)	Social Care Ireland Conference, Mullins, L. & Hodgins, M. (2017) New Innovations in Home and Community Care for Older People. [Oral Presentation], Social Care Ireland Conference, Galway , 23-MAR-17 - 23-MAR-17. [Details]
	(2017)	British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017, Mullins, L. & Hodgins, M. (2017) Homecare and Older People in Ireland: The Case for Reform. [Oral Presentation], British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017, Swansea , 05-JUL-17 - 05-JUL-17. [Details]
	(2016)	The National Dementia Care Conference, Mullins, L. (2016) Dementia Care in the Home and Supporting the Family. [Oral Presentation], The National Dementia Care Conference, Dublin , 02-MAR-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Health Promotion Conference 2016: Knowledge to Action: Using Research Evidence in, Mullins, L. (2016) Research Prompting Change: Health Promotion in Homecare for Older People in Ireland. [Poster Presentation], Health Promotion Conference 2016: Knowledge to Action: Using Research Evidence in, NUI Galway , 15-JUN-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Social Care Ireland Conference, Mullins, L. (2016) Older People and Homecare in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Social Care Ireland Conference, Meath , 15-APR-16. [Details]
	(2014)	IPH Open Conference, Mullins, L. (2014) Supporting Parents to Support their Children Living with Mental Health Difficulties. [Poster Presentation], IPH Open Conference, Belfast , 14-OCT-14. [Details]
	(2014)	Social Care Ireland Conference 2014, Mullins, L. (2014) Suicide Prevention: What Works?. [Oral Presentation], Social Care Ireland Conference 2014, Cork , 01-APR-14. [Details]

Article

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	The loneliness epidemic has been in Ireland long before Covid. Mullins, L. & Hodgins, M (2021) The loneliness epidemic has been in Ireland long before Covid. RTE Brainstorm: Article [Details]

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Social Care Ireland	Member	21-SEP-17 /
	Irish Gerontological Society of Ireland	Member	29-SEP-17 /

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Board of Directors Enable Ireland	Board Member/Director	01-JAN-21 /
Equality, Inclusion, Diversity and Well-being Committee	Committee Member	20-JUL-20 / 08-MAR-21
Comhairle na nOg Galway City	Member of steering committee	21-JUN-17 /
Ballybane Rainbow Community Childcare Centre	Board Member	26-JUN-11 / 22-JUN-17

Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	National University of Ireland Galway	Lecturer Below the Bar	05-JAN-14 /
	HSE West	Home-Help	04-SEP-06 / 25-NOV-13

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2016	NUIG	Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education	Teaching and Learning
2012	NUIG	MA in Social Work	Social Work
2010	NUIG	BA Social Care Hons	Social Care

Other Activities

	Description
	Certified training on: Suicide Assist and Children's First. Short training courses on: Workplace Diversity; Child Sexual Abuse; Data Protection; Continence Care; Manual Handling; Social Media, Nvivo; Research Methods; End Note.