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On Tuesday 24th
August, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council hosted the
second virtual Professional in Practice Awards ceremony to celebrate the 115
social workers who achieved a Professional in Practice Award in the past year.
Robin Swann MLA, Minister of Health and Sean Holland, Chief Social Worker,
relayed messages to acknowledge these fantastic achievements. Musical
entertainment was provided by the wonderfully talented "Counterpart" who were
introduced by Shauneen O' Connor from CAMHS in the Belfast Health and Social
Care Trust. You can view the ceremony, along with a list of successful Professional
in Practice (PiP) Awardees, below:
https://niscc.info/professional-in-practice-awards-2021-full-awards-ceremony/
A huge congratulations to all those who were successful in
achieving a PiP Award this year!
Listed below are some of the Lunchtime Seminars hosted by the Northern Ireland
Social Care Council which will be coming up soon- you will be able to find details
of how to register for these seminars on our website: https://niscc.info/events/
Date Subject Facilitator(s)
22 September 2021
12noon - 1.30pm
Living with HIV in Northern Ireland
- the Statutory Response
Pat Knowles, Staff and Service
Users (Regional HIV Social Work
Team, BHSCT)
28 September 2021
12noon - 1.30pm
Mental Capacity Act Developments Phil Hughes, Karen Harvey &
Diane Williams (Department of
Health)
12 October 2021
12noon - 1.30pm
Covid: Delivering person-centred
support services for children with a
disability and their families in times
of risk, change and uncertainty
Mark Irwin (Southern Health and
Social Care Trust)
8 November 2021
12noon - 1.30pm
Health and Social Care Workers'
Quality of Working Life and Coping
while Working during the COVID19
Pandemic: May-July 2021
Phase 3 Results
Paula McFadden & John Moriarty
(Ulster University)
7 December 2021
12noon - 1.30pm
Resourcing Northern Ireland's
Social Care workforce to support
people with grief and bereavement:
Launch of Grief and Bereavement
resource.
Marian O'Rourke, Mervyn
Bothwell & Mairead Harkin
(Northern Ireland Social Care
Council) and Heather Russell (NI
Bereavement Network/Belfast
Health & Social Care Trust).
To view our recorded seminars please visit:
https://niscc.info/lunchtime-seminars-presentations-and-videos/