📢 Call for all social workers in the field, the Professional Doctorate is currently open for applicants and we would love to see some practitioners considering and applying for the programme. Details below: Online information session 1-2 Mar 24th & Wed 19 Apr 7-8pm. (1/2)

In June our Chaplains and Bereavement staff will hold a Sunflower of Life Remembrance Reflection in our Hospice Gardens You can have a loved one remembered at this reflection by calling 01-8327535 or sponsor a sunflower in our Hospice Virtual Garden hospicevirtualflowergarden.com/sunflower/

Very proud of the social work team for developing this resource to support children who are grieving and their families #bereavement #hospice #AWSincommunities SHAPE Brand Development

Looking forward to a day of learning and sharing at the National Bereavement Forum #NBF2023

Orla Keegan giving voice to some of the experiences of the bereaved during Covid times. How their grief was made more difficult #NBF2023

Maura Keating ⁦The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network⁩ talking through the national survey on childhood bereavement services. Highlighting the areas of development needed to enhance and improve the provision of bereavement support to@children #NBF2023

Eibhlin McNamara sharing some of the work of South Dublin Bereavement Network projects to date #NBF2023

Amanda Roberts bringing participants through the development and levels of the adult bereavement care pyramid #NBF2023

Iryna Matuzov and Colleen Brown ⁦Barnardo’s⁩ sharing stories and images of grief and loss in a wartime context. Very poignant and powerful, the harshness of the multiple losses of war and displacement #NBF2023

Diane Clabby talking about trauma informed care in a bereavement support programme for the Ukrainian community based on hearing and hope. Carol Milton also talked about the development of the project #NBF2023

New publication with Hannah Casey and D.Desmond explores Irish mothers' experiences of supporting decision-making in adults with intellectual disabilities and their views on the recently commenced Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act #ADMA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bl…

Nobody wants to see strike action but @Hselive unreasonable response to reasonable requests for a career pathway have driven HSCPs out of the agency, leaving those remaining in poorly governed, medical model led services. Not good for workers or people who use services!

Fantastic morning hearing pg students presenting reflections on their learning from year one of the Post Graduate in Palliative Care Social Work. Wonderful learning opportunity for any sw interested in palliative care in all settings SSESW at Queen's Professor Audrey Roulston Irene Murphy

thesun.ie/news/13009792/… Ombudsman for Children said: “It is the idea that they are not being listened to. A child and parent and the GP are the ones that report this. “They know when a child is changing. They know after six months that a child is in a different space than they were. They

Register now! Nursing Home staff from all counties are invited to attend networks in any CHO. 4.5 CEUs with NMBI 👉caru.ie/event/caru-reg… All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care HSE Ireland Irish Hospice Foundation Ann Marie Murphy Ali McMahon Janet Tobin-Martin Kate Steele Mark Murphy 🌻 sharon o brien Siobhan Murphy

Delighted to be at the launch of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy today - a long awaited and much anticipated. St. Francis Hospice Department of Health #palliativecare #hospice #endoflife #bereavement

Dr Karen Ryan, chair of National Adult Palliative Care Policy Steering Group taking us through the work to get to todays launch. An important roadmap for ongoing development and excellence ⁦St. Francis Hospice⁩ ⁦Department of Health⁩ #palliativecare #endoflife #hospice #bereavement

Marian O'Mahoney shared briefly her experience of palliative care as her son Brian died. This led to Marian advocating for patients & families to be listened to, responded to, getting the right care ⁦and quality of life St. Francis Hospice⁩ ⁦Department of Health⁩ ⁦All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care⁩