The Social Care Podcast - Sharing Stories

Join Audrey and Baggie this week as they chat with Simon Keating about what it's like to work in a restorative justice project, promoting empathy in young offenders for victims of their actions and Simon Keating is a Restorative Justice Project Officer (RJPO) for Le Cheile Mentoring services in Limerick, Clare, and Cork. He studied Applied Social Studies in Social Care, achieving a first-class...

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...

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with former social care classmate Bernie Breen, CEO of Bee Smart Training and Consultancy and Executive Director of the new residential service ‘Clover Care’. Bernie is a qualified social care worker with a masters in Social Care Leadership and Management. She has over 23 years social care experience working in children’s services with extensive experience worki...

Join Audrey & Baggie as they chat about stepping outside your comfort zone to network in social care. The benefits, some tips to make the most of it and more. If you would like to give feedback on The Social Care Podcast or be a guest on the show, please reach out to us by emailing thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 20 years in front line, manage...

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 Contrib...

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 it's conception and how he felt it went. Paul McDonnell, one of the mentors speaks about...

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 Train...

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 W...

Audrey and Baggie chat about their journey creating the first series of The Social Care Podcast. In true social care worker fashion, they reflect on the ups and down of the first series of the podcasts, key learning, the guests, listeners' reactions and how they are feeling. They talk about the future of the podcast for 2023. Audrey & Baggie will be at the Social Care Ireland Conference in Mar...

Join Audrey & Baggie as they hear from Rachel Fayne, Co-ordinator of the DAVINA Project ( D omestic A buse V iolence I s  N ever A cceptable). The DAVINA Project is part of SAOL. SAOL is an integrated programme of education, rehabilitation, advocacy and childcare in North Inner City Dublin. The SAOL Project’s on-going commitment to the women, children and community members continues to de...

In this episode of The Social Care Podcast, Audrey & Baggie chat with Sherin Hughes about the origins of the Sister Shed movement in Co. Dublin. Sherin shares her incredibly raw and personal story of grief following the sudden death of her mother, community activist Dympna Hughes and her subsequent healing only to be thrust into the depths of Covid isolation. Sherin and her cousin Rachel Hughe...

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Paul Curtis from Youthreach Priory in Tallaght about his work with young people, the marriage of education and social care in Youthreach and the impact of small gestures on young people. To get in touch with Youthreach Priory, call 01-4515292 or visit www.fetch.ie to find out about the courses available. If you would like to send feedback for this episode o...

Please join Audrey & Baggie as they chat to Sinead Quinn from SONAS Domestic Violence charity about her work. Sinead takes us into detail about the different legislation protecting victims and the challenges faced by Social Care Workers working with victims, both adults and children, of domestic violence. If you have been affected by the issues raised in this episode, you can seek support from...

In this episode, we chat with Paul Flynn from Crosscare. Paul has been working in social care for nearly 40 years and has a lot of wisdom in the area of youthwork and aftercare. He chats about projects in the 80's and 90's supporting children and young people in inner city Dublin and current non-residential aftercare services for those leaving care. With the belief that aftercare service provision...

In this episode, Audrey & Baggie chat with Sue Cushen, Student on the BA in Social Care in DKIT, foster parent, NALA service user and member of the HSE National Volunteer Panel for Mental Health Engagement and Recovery. Sue talks about fostering, returning to education to study social care and the impact of this on her life. Warning: this episode contains themes of childhood trauma, child abus...

This episode is being released on 10th October 2022, World Mental Health Day. We are joined by Catherine Kelly, Deputy CEO of WALK, an organisation that supports people with disabilities in Dublin and Louth. She has been at the forefront of designing, developing, and delivering award winning programmes for people with intellectual disabilities that provide pathways to access employment in the open...

Join Audrey & Baggie as we chat with Rosemarie Hayden from Irish Red Cross about the work being done on the ground to assist Ukranian refugees.  Rosemarie is a long time volunteer with 30+ years experience with the Irish Red Cross. She works on the front lines of the voluntary ambulance service as an EMT, is the Area Director of units, managing the operational side of things in Kildare an...

Hear Audrey & Baggie chat with Celine Dillon from TUDublin about her journey into social care and her current work in TUDublin. Hear her speak about the needs of students in recovery, and her plans to ensure supports are made available.  All TUDublin students in Tallaght and Blanchardstown campuses will receive a survey soon around support needs for students in recovery. This survey will...

Join Audrey and Baggie as they speak with Adrian McKenna about his journey into social care, supervision and making mistakes. Adrian has been making vlogs for social care workers on social media since the start of the pandemic for which he won the Social Care Ireland Outstanding Achievement Award for his dedication to the profession and his support of social care workers learning and working withi...

In this episode, Audrey and Baggie speak with Audrey Darby about her therapeutic work using horses to help children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities and autism. Hippotherapy is the use of horse riding as a therapeutic or rehabilitative treatment, especially as a means of improving coordination, balance, and strength and has been incredibly effective for many service users in...

In this episode, you will hear Audrey and Baggie discussing the recent issues around the social care course in Dublin Business School withdrawing their application for approval as a route into the social care workers registration board with CORU. What does this mean for the students? Why is registration important and what are the options to gain entry onto the register? For more information regard...

The first episode and introduction to The Social Care Podcast and the co-hosts Audrey Moore and David Bagnall. The hosts introduce social care work, themselves and give some information about their career and their personal philosophies. You will get an insight into what to expect from this podcast in the future.