Sarah Jane is Community Therapy Ireland CEO since 2021. She began her career as a public health researcher at UL Graduate Entry Medical School. Subsequent roles include manager of MyMind Limerick, Communications Officer at the University of Limerick, and Communications and Campaigns coordinator with ActionAid Ireland. For several years, Sarah Jane worked with PAUL Partnership CLG, Limerick City's local development company, delivering several large-scale community-based programmes including Limerick's first UNHCR Refugee Resettlement programme.
Sarah Jane is the former National Chairperson and Mental Health Spokesperson for the Social Democrats, for whom she stood in the General Election in 2016 for Limerick City. She is a former Governor of the University of Limerick, where she received her degree in Politics and Public Administration and Masters in EU Politics and Law. Sarah Jane previously served as a Director of Limerick Mental Health Association and Garryowen CDP, Limerick city.
Sarah Jane is trained in Advanced Media Skills, GDPR, Reflective Practice facilitation, ASIST, Understanding Self-harm and she holds certificates from Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and the HSE for working with survivors of trauma and sexual violence in social care settings. She recently completed a Certificate Company Secretarial Law and Practice from the Law Society of Ireland.
