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, […]

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.

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. 

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. 

Ireland has seen a significant rise in Domestic Violence and Coercive Control during this pandemic with many families not having a safe home environment to cocoon in.  The aim of this conference is to highlight how dangerous a crime coercive control is. A definition of coercive control is "a persistent pattern of controlling, coercive and threatening behaviour including all or some forms of domestic abuse (emotional, physical, financial, sexual including threats) by a boyfriend, partner, husband or ex. It traps women in a relationship and makes it impossible or dangerous to leave" (www.womansaid.ie) The underpinning theme of this half day virtual […]

Social care Ireland are delighted to collaborate with the Open Training College (OTC) on the following series of online events. This is a bespoke series of events from the OTC Management programme. 

Cultural competence enhances the ability of providers and organisations to effectively deliver health care services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of service users. Ireland is a culturally and linguistically diverse nation with the 2016 census revealing that 612,018 residents (13% of the population) are multilingual and speak a language other than Irish or English at home (CSO,  2016

Social Care Ireland are delighted to be working with Gearoid on this leadership workshop. This is a full day’s workshop to develop skills for Health and Social Care Professional staff to operate in the current environment. Servant leadership, which focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong.

Social Care Ireland is delighted to collaborate on this online workshop, with the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). The training focuses on the health and well-being of trans people and their families. TENI has partnered with the HSE and key professional healthcare providers to ensure that Gender Identity Skills Training (GIST) is delivered in 2019. GIST was piloted in 2017 and externally and internally evaluated.

Inclusion health is a model of health service delivery, research and policy that aims to prevent and address social and health inequity among the most marginalised and vulnerable people in society, (Royal College of Physicians, UK)

Social care Ireland are delighted to welcome back Dee Hennessy who has provided training for us in the past. During 2020 Dee developed some meditation & mindfulness training courses specifically for the human care workplace and the particular challenges of the worldwide pandemic. These interventions come from a place of deep understanding of human care work and are simple, practical and accessible to all. With the fast pace of life these days, many of us can feel overwhelmed and under pressur

What is Non Violent Resistance?
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.

This is an interdisciplinary event, Social Care Ireland are collaborating with the Association of Occupational Therapist of Ireland.  We have worked jointly on similar events like Motivational Interviewing, that have been very successful. (SFBT) is an effective, respectful, and powerful tool for workers in the health and social care field. SFBT focuses on client’s resources and skills, rather than on their deficits and weaknesses to help them to find solutions and create preferred futures rather than dwelling on past failures.

Social Care Ireland are delighted to collaborate with Dr Karen Treisman with this full- day workshop on creative ways to support our own and others emotional regulation. As we know many of us and the children, parents, and adults we support can struggle with regulating their emotions. This might be due to worry, stress, trauma, low mood, cognitive difficulties, and various other reasons. With this in mind, it is crucial to support ourselves and others to regulate.

This is an introductory programme which will prepare learners to be able to understand and clearly identify their role in supporting the needs for this very vulnerable and complex group of service users.  It will also prepare learners if they wanted to undertake a more comprehensive programme with the National Institute of Intellectual Disability Studies. 

Social Care Ireland are delighted to collaborate with Dr Karen Treisman with this half day workshop on physical environments. A brief but interesting and insightful morning workshop which applies some of the concepts, ideas, and principles of trauma informed practice into how we can infuse and incorporate these into our physical spaces, environments, rooms, and buildings.

Social Care Ireland are delighted to collaborate on the following workshop with the Irish association of Social Workers. This is an interdisciplinary event between social care workers and social workers. This course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to implement the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act into everyday practice.

Social Care Ireland are delighted to be working on this project with Charlotte Knight; Supported Self-Directed Living (SSDL) Trainer and Consultant and Pamela Mansell (SSDL) Trainer, Executive Coach and Consultant. This tasted workshop is suitable for any social care practitioner who has no prior knowledge of Social Role Valorisation (SRV) and would like to find out more.

La Touche training in collaboration with the Irish Association Of Social care Educators have put  this bespoke course together on Fitness to Practice

This is a collaborative one-day workshop between Social Care Ireland and the Irish Association of Social Work. With this in mind it has been designed for those who have come to realise that that the ‘wait and hope’ approach to navigating conflict is not effective.  Instead, one can learn to proactively navigate conflict, ensuring that all voices are heard, and that the most workable and practical solution can be implemented.  Navigating conflict is our new mind-set, in which we help teams move from conflict to constructive disagreement as a catapult to high performance.

This is an interdisciplinary event, Social Care Ireland are collaborating with the Association of Occupational Therapist of Ireland and the  Irish Association of Social Work.  We have worked jointly on similar events like Motivational Interviewing, that have been very successful. (SFBT) is an effective, respectful, and powerful tool for workers in the health and social care field.

This is an interdisciplinary event between Social Care Ireland and the Irish Association of Social Work. We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. Difficult conversations are anything that someone does not want to talk about, such as asking for a raise or complaining to a neighbour about his barking dog.  People are usually reluctant to open a difficult conversation out of fear of the consequences. Typically, when the conversation does occur the parties think and feel a lot more than they actually say.

Social Care Ireland are delighted to welcome back Caitriona and Kayla, they facilitated a workshop at the Annual Conference in Sligo in April.  Both are frontline workers. Participants will learn how to recognize, react and respond to someone experiencing a suicidal crisis. This 5 hour training course will give participants the knowledge, skills and confidence to intervene in a suicide situation.