October 29, 2024
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Leon Ledwidge about her role as Chairperson of Social Care Ireland. Leon takes us on her journey working in social care to where she is now as a trainer. Audrey & Baggie are delighted to collaborate with Social Care Ireland at their Annual Conference to bring you this episode, however, Social Care Ireland do not endorse any products or services mentioned and individuals opinions are their own and not representative of Social Care Ireland. Find out more about Social Care Ireland here: https://socialcareireland.ie/ Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of […]
October 21, 2024
Join Audrey and Baggie as they interview a number of young social care workers and students in this episode recorded live at the Social Care Ireland Conference 2024. They chat with the Social Care Ireland Student of The Year Award Winner Aine Hatzer about her great work at Atlantic Technological University and her volunteer work. Next up, Audrey and Baggie chat with a student, Julie Reilly, and two mentors, Sophie Quirke and Sarah Corcoran, from the SCI Conference Mentor Programme about their experiences at the conference and the Mentor Programme. Listen here: Listen Here.
March 4, 2024
In this episode, Niamh talks to Dr Majella Mulkeen of Atlantic Technological University about her research on the framing of care within the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers (SOPs) in Ireland. As Majella explains, the SOPs are set down by the Social Care Workers Registration Board. They detail the skills and abilities that individuals must possess in order to enter the register of social care workers, i.e. to be able to legally practise in Ireland using the protected title of ‘social care worker’. Drawing on research outlined in her 2020 paper in the Irish Journal of Applied Social […]
July 11, 2023
The latest episode of the PEIN Podcast, Perspectives on Prevention, is now available. http://nearcast.ie/perspectives-on-prevention-maureen-looney/ Join Marian for an insightful discussion with Maureen Looney, a founding member of the Dublin Safer Families Service as they reflect on the challenges and rewards of supporting families impacted by domestic violence and coercive control, plus loads more.
June 26, 2023
Title: Unveiling the Power of Professional Supervision: Insights from Social Care Ireland and Health and Social Care Professionals Office Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5indTRams67mBjmZayVRBU?si=EaKfSW05RQGWimYEGiDZeA Information: Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Charlotte Burke and Nuala Flynn about all things professional supervision. Gone are the days when the word ‘Supervision’ struck fear into the hearts of workers in social care. Charlotte and Nuala are here to tell us about the benefits to everyone and why we would all be mad not to engage in supervision. Charlotte Burke is the continuing professional development coordinator with Social Care Ireland for the past five years. As part of […]
June 9, 2023
Childhood Development Initiative – Season two of Restorative Practices (RP) Podcast series These uplifting stories from a wide range of people and organisations get to the heart of RP in the community. A new episode is available each week through the links below! Episode 1 – Circles of Connection Circles of Connection / Episode 1: Childhood Development Initiative, a restorative organisation. (audioboom.com) Episode 2 Restorative Practices Circles of Connection / Episode 2: From Restorative Justice to Restorative Practice, Kieran O’Dwyer, 20 years of involvement in the field. (audioboom.com) Episode 3 – Delivering Training and Living and […]
June 6, 2023
Episode 4 : SCI Conference Award Winners 2023 Link: Episode 3: SCI Conference Award Winners 2023 In this episode, Audrey and Baggie chat to the two recipients of Social Care Ireland Awards at the 2023 Conference. Ciaran Byrne, a Social Care Worker in WALK is the recipient of Social Care Ireland Student of the Year and talks about his journey through recovery and into third level education. Joanne McAdam, a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the recipient of Social Care Ireland Outstanding Contribution of the Year talks about her work creating Christmas hampers for families in need for the past 15 years. […]
May 25, 2023
Episode 3: Social Care Ireland Student Membership Programme In this episode, Audrey and Baggie interview three individuals involved in the Student Mentoring Programme at the Social Care Ireland Conference. Adrian McKenna, returning to The Social Care Podcast is the brainchild and coordinator of this programme alongside his wife Nuala McKenna. Ado chats to us about its conception and how he felt it went. Paul McDonnell, one of the mentors, speaks about what he got out of the programme and Tina, a student who benefited from the programme spoke about her experience at the conference. If you would like to give […]
May 19, 2023
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with three of the exhibitors at the Social Care Ireland Conference, followed by a chat with one of the key-note speakers. Ciara Redmond is a recruiter from HAYS with many years experience working in social care services up to management level. Ciara chats about her vast experience in the sector both at home and abroad before becoming a recruiter. From SAIL Training Ireland, Sindy Offer and and Anita Oman-Wrynn tell us all about the work they do on the tall ships, where they give opportunities to a range of people to experience crewing […]
May 12, 2023
Episode 1 – Welcome to the Social Care Conference This is the first episode of series two of the Social Care Podcast – Sharing Stories, with Audrey Moore and David Bagnall aka ‘Baggie’. The first four episodes of this series were recorded live at the Social Care Ireland Conference in collaboration with Social Care Ireland. For this first episode, we chat with a number of delegates at the conference including Emily McElarney, Social Care Worker, three students studying Social Care at TUDublin, Noel Howard, editor of the Curam and Links magazines for Social Care Ireland and David Durney, Chairperson of […]
October 14, 2022
If you are thinking about going back to further education you may be interested in listening back to our Friday podcasts, which Social Care Ireland shared over the last 5 weeks. Charlotte Burke (SCI CPD Co-Ordinator) interviewed social care workers, who shared their experience of partaking in a Masters programme. As a social care worker, you may feel a bit overwhelmed and perhaps you don’t know where to start… The stories capture what that was like and give some tips to the listener! If you are thinking about going back to further education these podcasts are for […]
October 7, 2022
SCI are delighted to share the fouth of our Friday podcast sessions. In this week’s podcast, Charlotte Burke (CPD Coordinator) interviews Michelle Burke a Social Care Worker who shares her experience of partaking in a masters programme. If you are thinking about going back to further education this podcast is for you!
September 30, 2022
SCI are delighted to share the third of our Friday podcast sessions. In this week’s podcast, Charlotte Burke (CPD Coordinator) interviews Noelle Reilly, a Social Care Worker who shares her experience of partaking in a masters programme. If you are thinking about going back to further education this podcast is for you!
September 23, 2022
SCI are delighted to share the second of our Friday podcast sessions.
In this week's podcast, Charlotte Burke (CPD Coordinator) interviews Deborah Brady, a Social Care Worker who shares her experience of partaking in a masters programme.
If you are thinking about going back to further education this podcast is for you!
September 16, 2022
SCI are delighted to share the first of our Friday podcast sessions.
In this week's podcast, Charlotte Burke (CPD Coordinator) interviews Janine Zube, a Social Care Worker who shares her experience of partaking in a masters programme.