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Posts Tagged ‘Gerry Clarke’

Alan Martin – winner of the Gerry Clarke Award for Best Reflective Practice in Social Care 2018

The OTC is delighted to announce that Alan Martin, Camphill Communities has been awarded the Gerry Clarke Award for Best Reflective Practice in Social Care, 2018 at our Annual Conferring Ceremony on Saturday, 17th November, 2018 in the RDS. Gerry…

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The Gerry Clarke Award for Best Reflective Practice in Social Care

Gerry Clarke tutored on the social care programme for the Open Training College for 7 years, before the OTC lost Gerry in June 2013. Gerry came to the College after many years working in Stewarts Hospital where he worked in…

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