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Social Care Managers Forum Resources


On this page you’ll find presentations from our Social Care Managers Forum.

*The presentations remain the property of the organisation/presenter(s) and cannot be used by anyone else.


Spring 2024 – Social Care Managers’ Forum Presentations

Turning the dial on social care

Presented by:
Patricia Higgins
,
Chief Executive, Social Care Council

Turning the Dial on Social Care presentation cover.

What does the Care in Practice
Framework mean for you and
your staff?

Presented by:
Mervyn Bothwell
and Meta Keenan,
Professional Advisers, Social Care Council

What does the Care in Practice Framework mean for you and your staff? Presentation cover.

The underpinning principles and
their use in all social care roles

Presented by:
Ms Sarah Penney
, Associate Director,
My Home Life NI, School of Nursing
and Paramedic Science (SoNP)

The underpinning principles and 
their use in all social care roles presentation cover.

My life in a care home

Presented by:
Linda Craig
, Regional Lead Patient Client Experience, Public Health Agency
Dalrene Masson, Project Lead for Patient Client Experience/
Care Homes, Public Health Agency

My life in a care home presentation cover.

Values-based retention toolkit –
What works in valuing and keeping
social care practitioners?

Presented by:
Mairead Harkin
, Workforce Development
Officer/Lead for Digital Learning,
Social Care Council

Values-based retention toolkit
what works in valuing and keeping
social care practitioners? Presentation cover.

Supporting a proud workforce
in a digital age

Presented by:
Ruth Hutchison
,
Head of Registration Services,
Social Care Council

Declan McAllister,
Director of Registration and Corporate Services,
Social Care Council

Supporting a proud workforce in a digital age presentation cover.

Autumn 2023 – Social Care Managers’ Forum Presentations

Understanding Visual Impairments with Empatheyes to Enhance Care

Presented by:
Mark Nattriss, Business Development Executive, Empatheyes

Empatheyes presentation

Social Care Worker Referrals to Fitness to Practice – 2012-2022

Presented by:
Helen Vicker, Head of Fitness to Practice, Social Care Council

Fitness to Practice Analysis

RQIA Inspection Support Volunteers Initiative

Presented by:
Amanda Jackson, Assistant Director, Adult Care Services Directorate, RQIA

RQIA Inspection Support Volunteers Initiative

The Care in Practice Framework: Discovery of Social Care Managers’ Attitudes, Needs and Expectations

Presented by:
Jonathan Synnott, Design and Research Lead, Big Motive

Care in Practice

Social Care Reform – Update on Level 2 Qualification, Traineeships and Apprenticeships

Presented by:
Paul Rooney, Professional Adviser, Social Care Council

Social Care Reform Slide

Learning and Development Planning

Presented by:
Colin Smith, Assistant Director of Organisational Development, Inspire

Learning and Development Planning slide

Review of Registrants’ Forum Engagement

Presented by:
Marian O’Rourke, Director of Regulations and Standards and Rita McCullagh, Head of Strategic Communications and Engagment

Social Care Council

Review of Registrants Forum engagement

A New Social Care App – Progress so Far

Presented by:
Declan McAllister, Director, Registration and Corporate Services, Social Care Council

Social Care App Development

Supporting People in Care Homes this Winter – What Can We Do?

Presented by:
Caroline Lecky, Nurse Consultant Care Homes, Public Health Agency

Supporting people in Care hopes this winter - PHA

Spring 2023 – Social Care Managers’ Forum Presentations

How to keep social care workers?

Presented by:
Shirley Boyle, Sessional Professional Advisor

Staff Retention

Presented by:
Dory Kidd, Senior Director, Harmony Community Care Services

You can watch the video on Staff Retention by clicking the link: Staff Retention

Workforce Planning – Supporting Staff Talent

Presented by:
Darren Campbell, Disability Daycare Manager, SHSCT

Apprenticeships

Presented by:
Michael Harris, Head of Apprenticeships Development & Marketing, Department for the Economy

Care in Practice Framework update

Presented by:
Paul Rooney, Professional Adviser, Social Care Council,
Meta Keenan, Workforce Development Officer,
Social Care Council

Developing our Social Care Council App

Presented by:
Declan McAllister, Director of Registration and
Corporate Services, Social Care Council
Mairead Harkin, Workforce Development Officer,
Social Care Council


Autumn 2022 – Social Care Managers’ Forum Presentations

Learning Zone New User Experience

Presented by:
Mairead Harkin, Workforce Development Officer,
Digital Learning, Social Care Council (SCC)

The Humans of Inspection

Presented by:
Marie-Claire Quinn, Senior Inspector, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

Social care reform: Sector perspectives

Presented by:
Dr Shirley Boyle, Sessional Professional Adviser, SCC

Social care reform

Presented by:
Paul Rooney, Professional Adviser, SCC
Mervyn Bothwell, Professional Adviser, SCC
Meta Keenan, Workforce Development Officer, SCC
Mairead Harkin, Workforce Development Officer, SCC

Registration: Supporting an Innovative Workforce

Presented by:
Declan McAllister, Director of Regulation and Corporate Services, SCC

Scheduled maintenance

Due to scheduled maintenance on our online services ‘My Portal’ – anyone who wishes to start, progress or submit an application for registration will not be able to. These services will resume Wednesday 16 October 2024. Thank you for your patience.