Working Life: Working to ensure vulnerable people are given the right support

Gillian McConnell, social work team leader, HSE Dublin and South-East

Gillian McConnell, Social Work Team Leader, HSE, photographed at Ballinteer Health Centre. Photogaph: Moya Nolan

“As a 12-year-old in Clonmel, I volunteered at a summer camp for children with disabilities. I distinctly remember coming home and telling my parents that I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up.

“I still recall two of the young people who attended that camp and, unbeknownst to them, started me on my life’s path.