National HSCP Office – Programme of Funding Opportunities for HSCP 2024   Please see below details of National HSCP office funding development opportunities for HSCP’s. There are only a limited number of places available on each course so please follow the below instructions carefully: UPDATED INFORMATION Please find attached updated list of courses for which the NHSCPO are offering funding opportunities. Four new courses have been added and these are listed at the top under ‘NEW COURSES ADDED 18/04/2024’ Two course have been cancelled by the HEI – one in UCC and one in UG. These have been highlighted in red on the list […]

HIQA are delighted to announce the launch of their innovative Lexicon for Social Care, a resource which will benefit of all those working in, engaging with or learning about social care services. The lexicon is a live, ever-evolving resource which aims to standardise frequently used words and terms in social care settings, as well as to better support people’s understanding of the language used in the services they access. Join HIQA office in Smithfield, Dublin for a special launch event at 11am on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 More information to follow.  

Dear Colleagues, The HSE National Health & Social Care Professions Office is conducting a survey on the ‘Professional Development Needs of HSCP working in publicly funded posts’. The HSCP office are trying to reach as many HSCP’s as possible.  We would ask you to complete this Survey if it applies to you, also please share widely with your HSCP colleagues. Thanking you in advance for taking the time to share your valuable insights.

  Congratulations and well done to Mark Garavan ATU Mayo  lecturer on the publication of his new book ‘Care – Síeacht”: Longing for Another Ireland  in which he proposes two specific achievable reforms to address our growing crisis of care in Ireland. Full Details Here

CORU Announce Appointment of Sheila McClelland as CEO   Sheila McClelland has been announced as the new CEO of the Health and Social Care Professional’s Council, CORU. Ms McClelland who is currently the CEO of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) will take up her appointment on 8 April 2024. Established in 2005, CORU’s role is to protect the public, by ensuring high standards of professional conduct by the practitioners of 13 distinct professions*. CORU currently regulates the work of 27,000 health and social care professionals, a number that is predicted to reach 40,000 within the next five […]

Dr Cynthia Okpokiri @DrCynOkpokiri Dublin workshop on ‘Black Parenting in Western Contexts’. Date: Thurs 22nd Feb, 2-4 Where? Carmelite Centre, Aungier St, Dublin. Free event, but please register at: https://forms.gle/U7F4tDg17TcvbpW49

Introducing Care Day 2024! Care Day 2024 will be celebrated across the world on Friday 16th February. Each year EPIC Care Community and Youth Council members develop a Care Day theme, and for their 2024 celebration they have chosen “I am what I choose to become”. On the EPIC Youth Councils, there is a diversity of talent and interest. From aspiring nurses, paramedics and social care workers to Lego enthusiasts, creatives, and footballers, as well as young people who have embarked on careers as teachers, social workers, and digital marketers. These inspirational young people have overcome challenges and are embracing […]

PETMA© is an Irish, human right based approach to supporting service users who may get verbally or physically distressed at times. PETMA© focuses on preventing service users from getting distressed, using intense modules to facilitate an understanding of the realities of having disabilities and how this impacts their ability to understand and comprehend information. The training focuses on stressors, triggers, functions and maintain factors. It provides training on de-escalation techniques such as understanding, empathy and collaboration. It is a powerful training that equips staff to develop meaningful relationships to support service users to a calmer place. A TNA is conducted […]

As a collective, those with Lived Experience, Tinteán Housing, SERDATF, Better Together, De Paul, Cornmarket Project and SETU are inviting you to join them on March 6th and 7th 2024 at SETU Arena Waterford City, to a Change Event where they will engage in reflection and action to seek to bring about transformative change to service design and delivery in the South East, and build a movement for change throughout Ireland. At the event we you will hear from, and engage with the lived experiences of women in homelessness, substance use and/mental health distress. The aim is to create more gender-sensitive responses to service design, delivery and practice […]