Missed a Lunchtime Seminar or want to revisit something you missed during a presentation?
On this page you’ll find recordings, videos and presentations from our Lunchtime Seminars. If you wish to attend future seminars find out more by visiting our Events Page.
*Not all seminars are recorded.
**The presentations remain the property of the organisation/presenter(s) and cannot be used by anyone else.
2025 Lunchtime Seminars
Residential staff’s perspective on
the model of attachment practice
Presented by Dr. Tom Cassidy, Director of Children and Families and Executive Director of Social Work, Western Health and Social Care Trust
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2024 Lunchtime Seminars
Meetings of Understanding – Resolving differences
with positive conversations
Presented by Jim McGrath, Director, Netcare
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Supporting LGBTQ+ children and young people
Presented by Professor Gary Mallon, Professor of Child Welfare, Hunter College, New York City Dr Danielle Mackle, Queen’s University Belfast
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Developing trauma informed organisations –
Northern Ireland update and a new toolkit
Presented by Sheina Rigg, Implementation Manager, Trauma Informed Team, Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland, Dr Suzanne Mooney and Dr Montserrat Fargas, Queen’s University Belfast, Orla Connolly, Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland
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Trauma Informed Toolkit
An implementation resource to embed a trauma-informed approach within organisations and systems.
This trauma informed toolkit is designed to help leaders, workforces, services and organisations to implement a trauma informed approach across policy and practice. Based on local and international evidence, it offers in-depth insights from those with lived experience. It is infused with cross sector examples and local research, and it provides a checklist for organisations to measure progress. It aims to complement existing organisational priorities, driving improvement, innovation and sustainable change.
The toolkit is free to download below and the organisational checklist can be used as an interactive workbook to chart organisational developments. As this toolkit will have periodic updates, the current version will always be available via this link. We ask all organisations to share and download the resource from this website only.
Trauma Informed Toolkit (safeguardingni.org)
You can register for the cross sector implementation workshops through this link Workshop Registration or sign up through the SBNI website Events & Training (safeguardingni.org).
Suzanne and Montse and their teams research (including the full report, executive summary, case study links and launch recording can be found below.
Latest research (safeguardingni.org)
The Supervision Lotus – a new
tool for reflective supervision
Presented by Siobhan MacLean, Independent Social Worker, Author and Practice Teacher, Linzi Hunter, Student, Queen’s University Belfast
Safer and Effective Staffing in Social Work
Research and Policy Development
Presented by Aine Morrison, Chief Social Worker, Department of Health – Paula McFadden, Senior Social Work Lecturer, Ulster University – Mary McColgan, Emerita Professor in Social Work, Ulster University
Click here for Safer Effective Staffing in Social Work poster.
Click here for ‘Report One Safe Staffing Research and Policy Development in Older Peoples Social Work’.
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ICT systems that ‘strangle’ relationship-based
practice for social workers in Northern Ireland
Presented by Brian Crossan, Ulster University
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Promoting quality supervision in social work –
The Social Work (NI) Supervision Policy 2024
Presented by Aine Morrison, Chief Social Worker, Department of Health – Susan Ritchie, Professional Social Work Officer, Department of Health – Dr Paula McFadden, Senior Social Work Lecturer, Ulster University – Maria Emilsson, Principal Social Worker, Western Trust – Marian O’Rourke, Director of Regulation & Standards, the Social Care Council
Social Work (NI) Supervision Policy 2024
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A New Script for Mental Health: From stigma
and silence to storytelling and solidarity!
Presented by Lisa Morrison, Participation and Practice of Rights