Join Audrey and Baggie as this week they chat with Ciara McShane, the Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for disability services in HIQA.

HIQA is the Health Information and Quality Authority, an independent statutory body in Ireland. It was established to drive improvement in health and social care services by developing standards, monitoring and inspecting services, and supporting informed decision-making about service delivery. HIQA's aim is to ensure high-quality and safe care for people using health and social care services in Ireland. Find out more here www.hiqa.ieHear about Ciara's professional journey from a social Care Worker in disability services to her current role and about David and Audrey's first hand experiences with HIQA inspectors as PICs.

Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Neil Maiden about creativity and the use of AI in Social Care.

Neil Maiden is Professor of Digital Creativity at the Bayes Business School at City St George’s, University of London and Director of its Institute for Creativity and AI. His research interests include uses of artificial intelligence to augment human creativity. He is and has been a principal and co-investigator on numerous UK EPSRC- and EU-funded research projects with a total value of over £64 million. He has published over 220 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and conferences. He chaired the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering series 2009-2012, and was Editor of the IEEE Software’s Requirements column 2005-2013. His details are available at https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/neil-maiden.

Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Sinead Johnston, Team Leader in Sankalpa community addiction services who provide services to Finglas and Cabra.

Sinead tells of her journey growing up in Dominic Street in Dublin 1, where she developed a passion for advocating for people in addiction and homelessness to working in her current area, dealing with deprivation, social exclusion and substance abuse that people in her community struggle with. She is eager to be part of the solution to help others have a better quality of life.

Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat about where they're at as they begin series 4 of The Social Care Podcast. Both Audrey and Baggie chat about the challenges they've had in their lives over the last while and about the new series.

Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

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 our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Dr. Lorcan Byrne, Sez Morse, Edwina Grant and Shane Casey at the Social Care Ireland Conference.

Lorcan is a lecturer of Sociology on the social care programme in TUS and a presenter at the conference, he chats about the role of sociology in social care.

Shane, a keynote speaker, is an Irish actor and playwright who chats about resilience and wellbeing.

Sez is a child and adult psychotherapist, DDP practitioner, consultant and trainer and Edwina is an independent chartered educational psychologist and DDP practitioner. They were also keynote speakers at the conference and will chat about their presentation.

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 our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

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.

Audrey & Baggie are delighted to collaborate with Social Care Ireland at their Annual Conference to bring you this episode, however, Scoail 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 our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

In today's episode, Audrey and Baggie chat with Aubrey McCarthy, a man whose life's work has been dedicated to lifting up the most vulnerable members of society.

Aubrey, a businessman from Naas, Co. Kildare, was recently named the Red Cross Humanitarian of the Year for 2024, and it’s easy to see why.

His personal journey, from growing up on a farm in Punchestown where he experienced poverty and hardship, to becoming a passionate advocate for the marginalised, is nothing short of extraordinary.

As the Founder and Chairman of Tiglin, Aubrey has spent the past 16 years providing housing, rehabilitation, and essential supports for those affected by homelessness, addiction, and displacement. Through his leadership, Tiglin has transformed thousands of lives, giving a voice to those who have been silenced by life’s toughest challenges. But his dedication doesn’t stop there—he is also involved in numerous other charitable organisations, from the No Bucks Café on Pearse Street to serving as Chair of the South West Drugs Task Force, Casadh and the Tivoli Training Centre in Dun Laoghaire.

Join us as we dive into the incredible story of Aubrey McCarthy—his unwavering commitment to combating poverty, his vision for a more equitable society, and the personal experiences that have shaped him into the humanitarian leader he is today. You won’t want to miss this conversation.

https://www.tiglin.ie/

Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast Hosts:

• Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.
• David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.

This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/