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September 2020
Current Challenges with Assessing Risk & Adult Safeguarding during a Pandemic
Webinar Video YouTube Link Deirdre Connelly Presentation HIQA Social Care Ireland had to postpone this conference, which was scheduled for April, due to the Covid-19 restrictions. We are now going to run a zoom/webinar on the 22nd September from 12- 13:30. We will have a number of speakers with a panel discussion at the end, questions for the panel discussion can be sent in beforehand. The main aim of this webinar is to have an open discussion around the current challenges with assessing risk & safeguarding vulnerable adults, practitioners face when applying these principles safely into their current job role,…
Find out more »October 2020
Work-Based Assessment: Exploring the Challenge of Consistency.
"Exploring the Challenge of Consistency " is the second Work-based Assessment (WBA) webinar brought to you by the National Forum and partner, QQI. During the first webinar some main key challenges were identified by the participants, i.e. consistency/reliability, feedback, authenticity. The most common theme identified was consistency and reliability in the work experience context. This latest event from the WBA partnership aims to explore what is meant by the term ‘consistency’ in work-based assessment. It will examine if the causes of inconsistency differ in the varied placement contexts. Attendees will also explore what are student experiences of consistency and will…
Find out more »November 2020
Motivational Interviewing (MI) Two Day introduction – Level 1
This is a virtual classroom interdisciplinary event between Social Care Ireland and the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland. Motivational interviewing (MI) adopts a person-centred approach that works by identifying and mobilising the service users/patient's intrinsic values and goals to stimulate behaviour change.
Find out more »December 2020
Webinar Welltree Model
In conjunction with Social Care Ireland we would like to introduce this webinar on the WellTree Model of Care. This Model of Care encompasses a range of theories and approaches under trauma, attachment, risk and wellbeing. This introduction to the model will be 2.5 hours long. Stuart Mulholland will outline the development, conceptual basis and key features of the Welltree Model of Care.
Find out more »Webinar Online Interview Skills
Social Care Ireland understand how complex practice has gotten for social care workers during the Coronavirus pandemic. This webinar may interest you if you are currently looking for a job or changing jobs. The interview may have shifted to an online platform. We would like to invite you to attend this 90 minute webinar to share some tips with you about how to make the best of this situation.
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