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An introduction to how mindfulness (and meditation) can nourish and sustain our role as health and social care professionals. This full day workshop will introduce the idea of how mindfulness and meditation practices can provide spaces in our days. It is these spaces that can nourish and replenish our body and minds. It is not about adding to our already top heavy days but about intertwining into our existing routines. But it is not a quick fix and it does take practice. The day will have discussion and theory but above all it will have experience of practice and also…

This is an interdisciplinary event for social workers, physiotherapists, social care workers and podiatrists. This experiential full day workshop introduces the practice of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion as genuine supports in the art of building resilience, enhancing listening and communication skills and nourishing ourselves as health and  social care professionals. Mindfulness is a simple practice that anyone can do.  In this experiential workshop, we will learn how to create space for ourselves in the midst of busyness, heavy workloads or stressful situations. Taking this mindful space allows us to be fully present to ourselves and others and gives us a…

Social Care Ireland  are coordinating a two-day workshop with facilitators Dr Jean Morrissey & Ms Jane Kennedy for Social Care Workers  engaged in a range of settings working with people who self-harm. Its aim is to support the professional in their therapeutic interactions with persons who self-harm. Building on existing interpersonal skills, the participants will be exposed to theoretical perspectives, specialist clinical experience and best practice interventions. This workshop will also examine the role self-care and its relevance and application in a therapeutic setting. The workshop is based on a person-centred and a harm reduction ethos. The workshop is interactive…

  Social Care Ireland and Irish Association of Social Workers are coordinating a full day workshop with Dr. John Sharry, on a solution focused approach to working with families with a child with Anxiety. This workshop is suitable for social care workers, social workers and any health and social care professionals engaged and supporting families with a child with Anxiety. The workshop will begin at 9.30am and finish at 4.30pm on the 11th September and will take place in the Wisdom Center, Sophia Housing, Cork Street, Dublin. Workshop Content: Drawing on the professional textbook Counselling children adolescents and families: A strengths based approach and…

Social Care Ireland and Irish Association of Social Workers are coordinating a full day workshop with Dr. John Sharry, on a solution focused approach to working with families with a child with ADHD and other Behavioural Problems . This workshop is suitable for social care workers, social workers and any health and social care professionals engaged and supporting families with a child with ADHD or other Behavioural Problems. The workshop will begin at 9.30am and finish at 4.30pm on the 25th September and will take place in the Carmelite Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin. Workshop Content: Drawing on the professional textbook Counselling children adolescents…

Practical Play and Therapeutic Techniques for working with trauma in children and young people

Joanne Fortune, Solamh is back by popular demand with Social Care Ireland and she will facilitate a day in Dublin that teaches therapeutic techniques suitable for working with trauma and disrupted attachment in children and young people. The techniques will be presented within the theoretical framework of trauma and attachment. Participants will leave the day with practical skills to add to their therapeutic toolkit in working with traumatised children and young people.

This is the first year the Disability Special Interest Group with Social Care Ireland will host their first conference on Advocacy & Decision Making.

This Social Care Ireland 2018 Conference Series comprising Four Half Day Workshops will provide attendees with an opportunity to participate in a focused, practical and experiential process. And how to effectively support relationship development for individuals in receipt of services.

This two day workshop is for Health and Social Care Professionals who need to know more about the implications of current healthcare legislation for their own practice and, where relevant, for that of their staff.

Non-managerial professional supervision (NMPS) is a facilitated process that focuses on the needs of the reflector.  At the heart of this process lies reflection, and participants are provided with the tools to engage more effectively in reflective practice.

This conference has been organised by the Social Care in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Special Interest Group in conjunction with Social Care Ireland. We welcome all health and social care professionals and students to attend what promises to be an enlightening event.

This course aims to enhance understanding and awareness of the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, to reflect on our daily practice and identify steps to prevent and/or minimise risk of experiencing compassion fatigue as well as providing participants with a self-care toolkit which aims to aid resiliency in professional practice.

The Non Violent Resistance (NVR) model includes a brief, systemic and evidence-based response to child to parent violence & abuse. It aims to empower & support parents/ carers in preventing & responding to the violent and controlling behaviour of children and teenagers.