Georgina Savage M.A. in Child and Youth

Care. Community Participation for People with

Intellectual Disabilities.

Symposium G

Family Work

Pauline Orohoe Social Care Worker/Manager

with Barnardos Mullingar. The Language of

Social Care: Discussion of Language use in So-

cial Care and, in particular, the use of Jargon in

Family Work.

Ann McGuiness Social Care Worker, Triple P

Project HSE. The Triple P: A Model to help

Families improve Parenting Skills.

Symposium H

Homelessness

Ruth Keane Midlands Simon, Tullamore.

Accommodation and Support for People

experiencing Homelessness.

Sheila McGree AIT. Review of the Bridge

Resource Centre, Ballinasloe: A Service to

Combat Homelessness.

Symposium I

Drug Addiction

Kathryn Joyce Whyte Merchants Quay

Service, Athlone. Drug Addiction and its Impact

in the Midlands Area.

Brenda Kneafsey EPIC. Aftercare and the

Challenges facing Young People leaving Care.

Symposium J

Advocacy & Rights for Young People in

Social Care

Bridget Malone Foroige. Social Care & Youth

Work.

Sinead Fallon M.A. in Applied Social Studies

(through research). Rights Through and In

Education: An Examination of the Practice of

Children’s Rights in Second Level Schools in

Ireland.

Reidin Dunne M.A. in Child and Youth Care.

Giving Young People a Voice.

Linda Jo Quinn M.A. in Advanced Social Care

Practice. A Stakeholder Analysis of an

Afterschool Project.

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Symposium B

Disability & Legal Capacity

Josephine McLoughlin Social Care Worker and

Independent Training Provider, St. John of God

Services. (1) Discussion of Legal Capacity Training

Solutions –A Model which provides Training for

social/health care Professionals to support people

with Disabilities to exercise their Legal Capacity, (2)

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013

and (3) Capacity, Consent and Sexual Relationships.

Symposium C

Disability & Care of Older People

Anne McFarland Manager Rehab Care Monaghan.

Tools for working with people with a Disability with

a particular focus on Older people in Rehab Care.

Des Powell Social Care Worker, Help Link South. Discussion of Employment Opportunities for Social Care Graduates in the Care of Older People.

Geraldine Kiveney Social Care Worker/Lecturer. Discussion of her Experience working with those who have Acquired Brain Injury and her Pathway in Social Care.

Lisa Hanlon Social Care Worker, AIT. Disability Supports in AIT.

Symposium A

Residential Child Care

Maurice Fenton Queens University/Empower Ire-

land (Support for Care Leavers). Discussion of

Residential Care.

Caroline Coyle Social Care Worker/Lecturer AIT.

Reflection on Residential Care: Poetry based on

Caroline’s experience of working with Children in the

Residential setting.

Symposium D

Family work

Liam Conway & Angela Feeney Manager &

Deputy Manager, Oars Family Services HSE

Dublin. Social Care Workers. Discussion of the

Social Care Model of Assessment used by the Oars

Project with Families.

Symposium E

Social Care and Crime Prevention

Caroline Winters M.A. in Child and Youth Care.

Youth Crime Prevention: The Impact of Diversion

for Young People.

Maria Glynn M.A. in Applied Social Studies

(through research). The Obligation to Protect and

Assist Victims of Human Trafficking and Ireland’s

Protection Provisions.

Theresa Beirne M.A. in Advanced Social Care

Practice. A Reflective Look at Life in Prison.

Symposium F

Social Inclusion and Disability

Anne Marie Crehan M A. in Advanced Social

Care Practice. The Social Inclusion of Young

Adults with Intellectual Disability: The Views of

Parents.

Emer Dooley M.A. in Advanced Social Care Prac-

tice. Social Inclusion of Service Users with

Intellectual Disabilities.

9.30 Welcome & Plenary Sessions C1141 Douglas Hyde Theatre.

9.45 Noel Howard IASCW, Coordinator. ‘Success’ in Social Care.

10.45 Catherine Byrne Continuing Professional Development Officer, IASCW, DIT. Continuing Professional Development and its Benefits for Professional Social Care Practice.

11.30 Tea/Coffee

12.00 Symposia A, B, C, D & E

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Symposia F, G, H, I & J

3.00 Frieda Finlay Parents: A

Nuisance or a Resource.

4.00 Summary from Noel Howard

and closing address.

* Rooms for Symposia to be posted on day.