Mindfulness-Based Health and Social Care Programme - HSCP Funded
| Venue | Online |
| Contact Hours | 9 |
| Event Type | Expression Of Interest |
| Presenter Details | Weekly sessions will be facilitated online on MSTeams by Dr. Alan Maddock. Dr. Maddock is a professionally qualified social worker who specialised in mental health social work, and is currently a Lecturer in Psychology. Dr. Maddock developed the MBHSC programme, is a trained mindfulness facilitator, and has over 10 years mindfulness meditation experience. |
| Refreshments Included | No |
| Free Event | Yes |
| Contact Person | David Kennedy |
| Contact Email | professionaldevelopment@ISCP.ie |
| Date | 27 Oct 2026 18:00 - 8 Dec 2026 19:30 |
| Pricing | |
| HSE Physiotherapists | €0.00 |
| HSE Physiotherapists | €0.00 |
Mindfulness-Based Health and Social Care Programme
- HSCP Funded
Venue: Online
Dates: Commencing Tuesday 27th October for six weeks, 6-7:30pm
Format: 6 x 1.5 hour online weekly sessions
Cost: €100 deposit payable to Irish Association of Social Workers, refundable upon completion of course
EOI closes: 5pm, Monday 14th September
If your application for a place on this HSCP funded course is successful, you will be notified after the EOI closing date.
Participant allocation:
This is an interdisciplinary event organised by IASW with IASLT, ISCP, and IIRRT. The course has been funded by the HSCP Office, HSE.
As such, places are available to physiotherapists in the publicly funded healthcare service only.
Background:
The Mindfulness-based Health and Social Care (MBHSC) group programme is a unique mindfulness-based programme which focusses on improving the self-care and practice of health and social care professionals. MBHSC is a theory and evidence-informed programme which focusses on reducing stress, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation of service users/patients, improving well-being and a range of practice skills and competencies.
Programme structure:
Each session will adhere to a standardised protocol and will cover health and social care practice exercises and topics which were examined within the context of mindfulness.
The course structure will consist of:
Week 1: Introduction to mindfulness: theory and practice.
Week 2: Mindfulness for health and social care practice: Stress, the thinking process, avoidant coping, and decentering.
Week 3: Approach coping: Attachment, aversion, negative thinking, and approach coping.
Week 4: Acceptance – the thinking process, approach coping, and staying present with service users/patients.
Week 5: Self-Compassion – the thinking process, approach coping, and staying present with service users/patients.
Week 6: Embedding mindfulness in our everyday lives and practice.
Each session will introduce different mindfulness-based practices (e.g. mindful body scanning, mindful yoga) and psychoeducation on the potential role that mindfulness could play in our self-care, and professional practice. Participants will be provided with psychoeducation on practical ways in which to apply the experiential learning attained from these practices when confronted with stressful personal and/or practice situations. The development of mindfulness is predicated upon regular and repeated practice, thus participants will be requested to engage in daily mindfulness-based homework exercises for 20 minutes per day, for 6 out of the 7 days, between sessions. Each session will include practice role plays and discussion. This will allow participants to have an opportunity to apply their evolving experiential learning to a practice case context.
Important Information:
HSCP-funded CPD opportunities are available to all HSE-funded Health and Social Care Professionals, regardless of professional body membership. Offers are subject to caseload and service needs.
Data Protection:
ISCP securely stores data on encrypted devices and does not share information with third parties.
