📢#CareDay23 👇🏾 ⚡️Social Solidarity Action 🗓️Fri 17 February Calling on all #CareAware champions to post a 📸 or 🎥 in celebration of the incredible, creative, talented & resilient care-experienced children ➕️ young people out there! Let's show them how much we care 💜❤️🧡💙

New co-authored publication 'Assessment tools used in #adultsafeguarding practice within the UK and Ireland.' Journal of Adult Protection with Laura Doyle, Lorna Montgomery SSESW at Queen's Kathryn Mackay Bridget Penhale UCDSocialPolWorkJust emerald.com/insight/conten…

#careday23 epiconline.ie/care-day-23/ Great resources and ideas from EPIC, Empowering People in Care to celebrate Care Day. Also listening back to some great 'the care experience' podcasts - so much learning here, its a great resource for teaching and learning. thecareexperience.libsyn.com

While some evidence suggests that empathy is on the decline, researchers at University of Galway are exploring new ways to counter these trends. Read more from Dr Bernadine Brady UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳-CFRC & Conn Holohan @Conntec in Cois Coiribe: #CreativeGalway bit.ly/3DXwt3Q #ionbhá

The Report commissioned by @dcediy on #MotherAndBabyHomes ‘Language, Terminology & Representation’ has been published today via Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway and We are now Research Ireland The report is accessible here universityofgalway.ie/media/unescoch…

‘Words are like weapons’ – Research shows power of language when talking about State institutions galwaydaily.com/news/words-are…

Research launched with Dr Carmel Devaney @SarahAnneBuckle Language Terminology and Representation We are now Research Ireland @dcediy

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We're so happy to launch our associate membership offer in partnership with BASW Northern Ireland Starting from today IASW members can can join BASW as an Associate Member (& vice versa) and be part of an all-island social work profession. To apply see link below: basw.co.uk/iasw-associate…

SHOULD PEOPLE BE LOOKED DOWN UPON FROM THOSE IN AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOME? ATD Ireland launches a new project supported by Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission to define what Socio-Economic Discrimination is and feels like STOP Socio-Economic Discrimination & #Povertyism atdireland.ie/wp/does-it-onl…

. Eleanor Kelly from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway welcoming this morning's keynotes to #NPTSWI conference

Social work in 40 objects: visit Mark Doel's website 👉 socialworkin40objects.com #nptswi

Marguerita McGovern Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway at #nptswi examining the use of language in social work and practice placements IASW Siobhan Maclean Eleanor Kelly Joan Cronin. M Ní Raghallaigh @SineadWhiting @kburns28 Caroline McGregor Hilary Jenkinson Caroline Shore

Great presentations from Dr. Erna O’Connor of ⁦SWSP_TCD⁩ and from ⁦Niamh Flanagan⁩ and ⁦Elaine Wilson⁩ at #NPTSWI Conference, on important research findings on #SocialWork practice placements - learning to inform teaching and practice

At the launch today of this report commissioned by Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project, Tallaght Travellers and Clondalkin Travellers confirming discrimination and racism are part of Travellers' daily experiences and this in turn impacts on #TravellerMentalHealth

The stellar crew bhind National Practice Teacher Social Work Initiative #NPTSWI Paula Slevin (UCD),Lyn Dorney (UCC),Brian Melaugh (MU),Jean Byrne (MU),Joanne Rose (UCC),Eleanor Kelly (UG), Erna O'Connor (TCD)👏👏👏 & They're only gettin started ucc.ie/en/nptswi/ @UCCsocialwork

A new (and probably my fav) paper from our #padmacs_adm study- exploring the relational dynamics of power in the context of assisted decision‐making with #olderpeople. Huge thanks to Deirdre O'Donnell for her leadership + persistence Éidín Ní Shé UCD IRIS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

Our next FREE online CPD "Responding to racism in social work practice placements" is on 20th April 12 - 2pm. This webinar is part of the collaborative CPD series by the #NPTSWI & IASW Register here: ucc.ie/en/nptswi/cont… Lyn Dorney UCC Irelandsocialwork @UCC