Well, that was v v lovely. Gwilym Simcock (piano), Claire Booth (soprano), Rob Buckland (sax) & Ensemble 360, doing Debussy, Ravel, Purcell, Fauré, Schoenberg, Grainger, Grieg & Weill + Levant & Heyman's Blame It On My Youth, for #SCMF2026 @musicintheround.bsky.social.

The day is here, our first Social Care Manager Forum event of the year at Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim.

This Spring’s Social Care Managers’ Forum was introduced by Director Declan McAllister.

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Great to welcome so many incredible people to today's Social Care Managers' Forum at the Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, shared ideas and contributed to such valuable discussions throughout the day.

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Effective supervision underpins safe practice, quality, learning, staff wellbeing, and retention.

Great to have Suzanne McStravick with us today delivering her informative presentation on the importance of supervision in social care.

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Mairead Harkin, Digital Learning Manager delivers a presentation on Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) and its importance in strengthening development and supporting continuous improvement within the social care sector.

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Today’s Social Care Managers’ Forum included an interactive exercise, hearing feedback from each table about what works for them in terms of group supervision.

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Declan McAllister and Soo Hun shared insights on AI - Capturing the opportunities from service users and carers at today’s Social Care Managers’ Forum.

They provided an update from the AI steering group and discussed how AI can add to social care.

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Catherine Maguire concludes the first Social Care Managers Forum with closing remarks reflecting on the day’s key discussions and the importance of continued collaboration across the social care sector. Another successful event!

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The attendees at today’s Social Care Manager’s Forum undertake a table exercise on how to develop people and strengthen teams with the help of Professional Advisers Sharon Foster and Mervyn Bothwell.

'It's important to increase visibility of a career in social care'

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The next presentation is delivered by Senior Lead Adviser Mervyn Bothwell, Rachael Mackarel, Team Lead at L’Arche Belfast and Adrian Ghosh, Head of Service Delivery at Mainstay DRP.

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Our speakers all ready to present at our second Social Care Manager Forum of the year at the Seagoe Hotel in Portadown.

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Our Chief Executive, Tracy Reid, opened the second Social Care Manager Forum event of the year with a warm welcome at the Seagoe Hotel in Portadown.

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