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March 2019
Multidisciplinary Reflective Practice Workshops
Four multidisciplinary Reflective Practice workshop from March till September, conceptualizing Reflective Practice, learning styles with practical exercise. Reflective Thinking and your professional self with practical exercise. The Importance of Reflection in professional practice and the qualities underpinning reflective practice.
Find out more »September 2019
Advocacy and Human Rights-based Practice
The aim of the overall course as outlined below, is to provide knowledge, understanding and application of advocacy and human-rights based practice. In 2018, Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), this guarantee's the same fundamental rights to everyone.
Find out more »Disability Services National Sharing Day – September 2019
Supporting people to live lives of their choosing Call for submissions for Plenary Presentations and Poster Displays The Quality Improvement Team in the National Disability Operations Office is planning a National Sharing day (along the lines of the Patient Safety Sharing Day but for providers of disability services) on the 25th September 2019. The theme of the Sharing Day will be “supporting people to live lives of their choosing” and will focus on examples of good practice around the country in meeting the 9 outcome domains from the Quality Framework for outcomes-focussed Disability Services. The Sharing Day will emphasise Continuous…
Find out more »The healing power of play, supporting children and teenagers to heal from trauma-Joanna Fortune
Joanna Fortune, Solamh is back by popular demand with Social Care Ireland and she will facilitate a four day workshop in Dublin (September-March, the price is inclusive of all four days) that teaches therapeutic techniques suitable for working with trauma and disrupted attachment in children and young people.
Find out more »October 2019
The National HSCP Office is hosting a conference on 1st October 2019
Save the Date The National Health & Social Care Professionals Office is hosting a conference on 1st October 2019
Find out more »Launch of Findings from ‘Workplace related violence’ Research
Earlier this year, Social care Ireland was involved in a Community-Academic Research Links initiative, CARL, which is located at University College Cork and invites non-profit voluntary or community organisations (CSOs) to suggest potential research topics that can be pursued by students on their behalf across a wide range of academic disciplines in UCC. Two Masters students in social work collaborated with SCI under this CARL initiative in "Exploring the extent of workplace related violence experienced by Social Care Workers in residential Disability Services.
Find out more »Disability Special Interest Group Annual Conference 2019
Save the date; Disability Special Interest Group Annual Conference Date: 24th October 2019 Journey to de-congregation- where are we now? Venue: ChildVision, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Time: 9:30 am Registration, 10 am start till 3:30 pm Lunch & refreshments provided Social Care Ireland are delighted to support the Disability Special Interest Group with their annual conference. Exploring the Journey to de-congregation- where are we now? One of the Government’s key objectives is to provide people with disabilities with services and supports which will empower them to live independent lives, provide them with greater independence in accessing the services…
Find out more »April 2020
Annual Social Care Ireland Conference 2020
Save the date; for next years Annual Social Care Ireland Conference 2020, in Sligo.
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