The Social Care Podcast - Sharing Stories

Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode as they chat with Des Mooney, a Social Care Worker, SETU Lecturer and former member of the Social Care Workers Registration Board. Des talks about his work in residential services and the work that led him there and his time on the SCWRB. Stay tuned to hear what we can do as a team in social care to stay up to date about whats happening with C

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with SETU Social Care Practice Co-ordinator Christina Sieber. We hear about her interesting journey into social care, discuss the importance of career long reflective practice and she shares with us her thoughts on the impact of professional registration for social care workers. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, plea

Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with the Company Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Disability Studies about her incredible journey from failing the leaving certificate...twice, working on the roads for Kildare County Council, finding her way into working with persons with intellectual disabilities and eventually setting up her own company. Hear about the Nation

Join hosts Audery Moore and David Bagnall (Baggie) as they chat with Mariaam Bhatti about a new model of care in Ireland. Mariaam is a qualified community development and social policy practitioner with extensive experience of advocacy and community organising. For over a decade she has worked on various national and global campaigns and provided peer support to migrants in low pai

This is a special episode dedicated to social care students around the country who are juggling academic workloads and busy jobs. Join Audrey and Baggie this week as they chat with Edel Walsh, a student and exam coach about managing your workload and exam stress. You'll hear lots of tips to help you at this busy time. Working in academia for over 10 years, Edel is passionate

Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode as they chat with Michelle Carter about working with those with intellectual disabilities as they age. Hear about the IDS-TILDA study and Michelle's own research into what social care workers know about this emerging field. Also, hear what we can do to assist those we're working with to have more fulfilling lives of their choosing. To

Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode of The Social Care Podcast as they chat to Claire O'Sullivan from Tintean Housing Association in Waterford City. Claire shares her incredible story of pain and resilience through adversity which led to her passion for her work with women affected by homelessness. Claire has worked for many years with those experiencing homelessness, men,

Join Audrey And Baggie as they discuss the incredible power of play in the lives of children and young adults with Mireia Lopez from Discovery Playtime. From Barcelona originally, Living in Ireland for the last 13 years, Mireia is a qualified primary school teacher with a MA in Educational Psychology, a QQI level 6 in Therapeutic play skills and mum to 2 children. Mireia founded D

Join Audrey and Baggie for their final episode of series 2 where they chat with Sindy Offer and Anita Oman about their work on tall ships expeditions with young people. Anita tuned in LIVE from an expedition on the tall ship 'Pelican of London' to chat to us. They talk about their trips and the people they mentor including those with neurodivergence and disabilities. They a

Join Audrey and Baggie as they welcome back Dr. Brian Pennie to chat about resilience. We hear some incredible stories of resilience in the face of adversity and get some great tips on building and maintaining our well-being to help us to face the challenges of life and social care work. Dr. Brian Pennie holds a Doctorate of Neuroscience from Trinity College Dublin, is an author,