Social Care Ireland Annual Conference Timetable (Provisional)
Day 1 – Wednesday 29th March 2023
8:30 am – 9:30 am | Registration and workshop selection. |
9:30 am – 10:00 am | Conference opening – Kate Duggan – Deputy CEO Tusla |
10:00 am – 11:00 am | Keynote One: ‘How to find your true North: A guidance system for life’. –Brian Pennie |
11:00am – 11:30 am | Refreshments and comfort break |
11:30 am – 1:00 pm | 1. Workshop: (Restriction on numbers attending) ‘Beyond Resilience: How to Use Adversity as Fuel for Growth’ – Brian Pennie 2. Policy/Practice: 3. Workshop: 4. Policy/Practice: 5. Research: 6. Research (post-grad): |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | Charlotte Burke CPD Coordinator & CORU – Q&A |
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Keynote Two: ‘How to implement positive practice change and the impact of this change on the lives of people with Intellectual Disability’. –Catherine Kelly |
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm | Plenary session – TBD |
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Irish Association of Social Care Educators – AGM |
7:30 pm | Drinks Reception |
8:00 pm | Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony |
Day 2 – Thursday 30th March 2023
9:30 am – 10:00 am | Registration and workshop selection. |
10:00 am – 10:15 am | Conference opening |
10:15 am – 11:15 am | Keynote Three: ‘Agile Emotion Practices: Recognising, Valuing and Developing the Centrality of Emotions in Social Care’. –Dr Louise O Connor |
11:15 am – 11:45 am | Refreshments and comfort break |
11:45 am – 1:15 pm | 7. Workshop: ‘Perceptions of the professionalisation and future of social care workers in Ireland’. –Workers Advisory Group of Social Care Ireland & Dr Martin Power 8. Workshop: 9. Policy/Practice: 10. Research (post-graduate): 11. Workshop: 12. Workshop: |
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Lunch |
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | 13. Workshop: ‘The Self as key to successful relationship building in Social Care’. –Ailish Jameson, Siobhan Quinlan, Sandra Ratcliffe 14. Workshop: 15. Research (post grad): 16. Workshop: 17. Policy/Practice: 18. Workshop: |
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Conference close |