Social Care Professional Development
What course should I do and the application process?
The response to this blog series has been very positive. The College has heard from many adults who are thinking of returning to study. What was meant to be a three post series has now become a four post series,…
Read MoreThe Art of Inclusion
When leaving the new library in Dun Laoghaire on Saturday, I was surprised to come across an exhibition being held by Downes Syndrome Ireland (DSI). The ‘Here I am’ exhibition (more on the exhibition photographed by Dan Murphy here). All…
Read MoreLoneliness is the only real disability
David Pityonak in his paper Implications and Recommendations For Policy Makers (2003), stated that loneliness is the only real disability (see the paper here). The Loneliness of the Service User People who are in services are lonely. They have very…
Read MoreWhat do social care workers do?
When asked by a person at a party what do you do, how would a social care worker reply? What is a social care worker? What do they do? An imagined conversation may go like this. Are you a social…
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