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Join co-hosts Audrey Moore and David Bagnall (aka Baggie), Social Care Workers, who discuss issues relevant to social care. Audrey and Baggie are opening up the conversation around social care and sharing stories with interesting guests and topics.

  1. Cat Scanlon from Localise - Challenging young people to make a difference

    10/20/2025

    Cat Scanlon from Localise - Challenging young people to make a difference

    Join Audrey and Baggie for this episode of The Social Care Podcast chatting with Cat Scanlon. Cat has had an interesting journey into the world of social care, beginning with work with First Nations people in Australia. She currently works with Localise as the Youth & Community Coordinator. Find out more about Localise, Irelands national youth volunteering programme here: https://www.localise.ie/ Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    36 min
  2. A Career in Social Care with Brian Hogan

    09/21/2025

    A Career in Social Care with Brian Hogan

    In this Episode, Audrey and Baggie chat with Brian Hogan, former Deputy Director of Oberstown Children Detention Campus. Brian's career in social care spans several decades and he takes us through his work from the early years working with teenagers in Warrenstown House to his later years in Oberstown. Brian has a wonderful ability to share stories from his experiences. Brian now operates a consultancy, Relationships at work and can be found here: https://relationships-at-work.ie/ Trigger warning: mentions of child abuse, suicide and addiction in this episode. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    54 min
  3. Interview with Ciara McShane from HIQA

    08/11/2025

    Interview with Ciara McShane from HIQA

    Join Audrey and Baggie as this week they chat with Ciara McShane, the Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for disability services in HIQA. HIQA is the Health Information and Quality Authority, an independent statutory body in Ireland. It was established to drive improvement in health and social care services by developing standards, monitoring and inspecting services, and supporting informed decision-making about service delivery. HIQA's aim is to ensure high-quality and safe care for people using health and social care services in Ireland.  Find out more here www.hiqa.ieHear about Ciara's professional journey from a social Care Worker in disability services to her current role and about David and Audrey's first hand experiences with HIQA inspectors as PICs. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    38 min
  4. Creativity and AI with Neil Maiden

    07/28/2025

    Creativity and AI with Neil Maiden

    Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Neil Maiden about creativity and the use of AI in Social Care. Neil Maiden is Professor of Digital Creativity at the Bayes Business School at City St George’s, University of London and Director of its Institute for Creativity and AI. His research interests include uses of artificial intelligence to augment human creativity. He is and has been a principal and co-investigator on numerous UK EPSRC- and EU-funded research projects with a total value of over £64 million. He has published over 220 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and conferences. He chaired the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering series 2009-2012, and was Editor of the IEEE Software’s Requirements column 2005-2013. His details are available at https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/neil-maiden. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality. This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    35 min
  5. Recovery and Hope in the Community

    07/22/2025

    Recovery and Hope in the Community

    Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Sinead Johnston, Team Leader in Sankalpa community addiction services who provide services to Finglas and Cabra. Sinead tells of her journey growing up in Dominic Street in Dublin 1, where she developed a passion for advocating for people in addiction and homelessness to working in her current area, dealing with deprivation, social exclusion and substance abuse that people in her community struggle with. She is eager to be part of the solution to help others have a better quality of life. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    38 min
  6. Series 4 Intro & Catch Up with Audrey and Baggie

    07/14/2025

    Series 4 Intro & Catch Up with Audrey and Baggie

    Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat about where they're at as they begin series 4 of The Social Care Podcast. Both Audrey and Baggie chat about the challenges they've had in their lives over the last while and about the new series. Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 23+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with social care professionals and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice. She also works with TUDublin, lending her expertise to the student placement process.David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Social Care Leader with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in Ireland. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality.This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    22 min
  7. Leon Ledwidge, Chair of Social Care Ireland

    10/25/2024

    Leon Ledwidge, Chair of Social Care Ireland

    Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Leon Ledwidge about her role as Chairperson of Social Care Ireland. Leon takes us on her journey working in social care to where she is now as a trainer. Audrey & Baggie are delighted to collaborate with Social Care Ireland at their Annual Conference to bring you this episode, however, Social Care Ireland do not endorse any products or services mentioned and individuals opinions are their own and not representative of Social Care Ireland. Find out more about Social Care Ireland here: https://socialcareireland.ie/ Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.  David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality. This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    34 min
  8. Keynote Speakers and Presenters at The Social Care Ireland Conference

    10/18/2024

    Keynote Speakers and Presenters at The Social Care Ireland Conference

    Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Dr. Lorcan Byrne, Sez Morse, Edwina Grant and Shane Casey at the Social Care Ireland Conference. Lorcan is a lecturer of Sociology on the social care programme in TUS and a presenter at the conference, he chats about the role of sociology in social care. Shane, a keynote speaker, is an Irish actor and playwright who chats about resilience and wellbeing. Sez is a child and adult psychotherapist, DDP practitioner, consultant and trainer and Edwina is an independent chartered educational psychologist and DDP practitioner. They were also keynote speakers at the conference and will chat about their presentation. Audrey & Baggie are delighted to collaborate with Social Care Ireland at their Annual Conference to bring you this episode, however, Social Care Ireland do not endorse any products or services mentioned and individuals opinions are their own and not representative of Social Care Ireland. Find out more about Social Care Ireland here: https://socialcareireland.ie/ Audrey and Baggie love to hear what you think of our episodes, please feel free to send us a message on this platform or email us at thesocialcarepodcast@gmail.com. Podcast Hosts: Audrey Moore has worked in social care for the past 22+ years in front line, management and teaching roles. Currently a consultant with Trust Social Care Consultancy, Audrey works with Social Care Workers and organisations providing professional supervision, mentoring, training and advice.  David Bagnall has worked in a variety of Youth Work and Social Care settings. Currently a Team Leader in ChildVision where he has worked for 17+ years. He is the parent of a visually impaired son and is an advocate for Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services; Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and Equality, Empowerment and Legality. This podcast is sponsored by Trust Social Care Consultancy, for the support and development of Social Care Workers. Check out our website to see how we can support you and your staff: https://trustconsultancy.ie/

    42 min
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Join co-hosts Audrey Moore and David Bagnall (aka Baggie), Social Care Workers, who discuss issues relevant to social care. Audrey and Baggie are opening up the conversation around social care and sharing stories with interesting guests and topics.

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    The Social Care Podcast
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    45
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