The day has finally arrived! Social Care Workers in Ireland will come under new regulation by CORU, Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator, from 30 November. The regulation of Social Care Workers will promote high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst those working in the profession, for the purpose of public protection. Welcoming the opening of the Social Care Workers Register, Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly said: “Today is the culmination of many years of dedicated work by CORU, the Social Care Worker Registration Board and many others. Social Care Workers are extremely important health […]

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today launched the 2024 Parent Peer Support fund. The fund is open to organisations working with parents and/or children and young people to facilitate the development and support of parent peer support groups.Beneficiaries of the initial round of Parent Peer Support funding included organisations working with parents of LGBTI+ children, parents of children with a disability and parents of children who have recently migrated to Ireland.This year, a total of €75,000 will be made available to 37 organisations with each successful applicant receiving €2000 to provide and promote […]

The Countdown is on for the Registration of Social Care Workers  The Social Care Workers Register will open on the 30th of November 2023, according to the Social Care Workers Registration Board. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is one of the key mechanisms used to foster high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training, and competence among registrants. This requires social care workers to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. CPD is a mechanism for maintaining registrants professional knowledge and skills. The National Institute of Intellectual Disability have put together some course bundles for Health & Social Care […]

    CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator whose role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence through statutory registration of health and social care professionals. On 30 November 2023, the register opens for social care workers in Ireland in preparation for the title “Social Care Worker” becoming protected from 1 December 2025. This will mean that only those who are on the Social Care Workers Registration Board’s register will be permitted to use the title from this date forward. Regulation aims to protect the public by promoting high standards of […]

Social Care Work: An Introduction for Students in Ireland, 4th ed. has just been published by the Institute of Public Administration. Co-edited by Kevin Lalor (TU Dublin), Perry Share (ATU) and Dr Teresa Brown (TUS).  It contains 29 chapters covering all aspects of social care work in Ireland and is a significant expansion and update on the 3rd edition in 2013. Please see full details via the below link.         Social Care Work: An Introduction for Students in Ireland (ipa.ie)

The Wheel  invite you  to join them on the morning of Weds, 6 December (10am – 11am) for their Developing Your Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy FREE webinar. This will be your chance to get a practical introduction to the increasingly important topic of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in your workplace. We’ll have four speakers on hand from across the sector, each with their own unique perspective on implementing and developing a successful EDI policy for their organisation. Meet the Speakers Caroline Flynn is the Partnerships and Engagement Manager at BeLonG To.  Pierre Yimbog is a Co-founder and current Managing Director of Black and Irish. Ciara […]

ITS REGISTRATION MONTH   On Thursday 30 November 2023, CORU’s register will officially open for social care workers. Regulation recognises the critical role this profession plays in society and will enhance the public’s confidence in the social care work profession…   Read about the work of CORU as it prepares to open registration for Social Care Workers.   https://www.coru.ie/social-care-workers/

HSE Spark Innovation Programme is inviting HSE frontline staff with a passion for innovation to host a Spark Connect event in your local service/department with guidance and support from HSE Spark Innovation Team during this year’s Public Service Transformation week (October 23-27). At Spark, we recognise that some of the most innovative ideas and projects come from the frontline in local settings around the country. We want to support you to promote and showcase the innovative work happening in your department as well as providing you the tools to solve new challenges within the health system. There are two ways […]