Director of Children and Young People’s Services /Executive Director of Social Work @NHSCTrust. All views expressed are my own.
Joined November 2019
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Maura Dargan retweeted
"All these children are so unique, so special & they just need somebody to love them" ♥️
This #FosterCareFortnight we want to highlight the essential work Foster Carers & Social Workers do for children in the Trust 🙌
Are you interested in fostering? Watch to learn more 🎥
Maura Dargan retweeted
Are you passionate about shaping the best health and social care services for children and young people?
We’re seeking to appoint a new Assistant Director for Child Health, Development and Emotional Wellbeing.
For full details and to apply online go to orlo.uk/jlyUe
ALT Image shows a child wearing a yellow top and dungarees reaching out and holding an adult's hand. No faces are visible. Text reads 'Be Proud, Be Part of It', Assistant Director for Child Health, Development and Emotional Wellbeing, www.northerntrust.hscni.net/jobs
Maura Dargan retweeted
Our #teamNORTH social workers got together recently to welcome newly qualified colleagues and those who completed their Assessed Year in Employment (AYE) 👏
Marie & Ellie Jo from our Looked After Children’s team talk about their experiences and the support they’ve received.
Maura Dargan retweeted
Our children's residential homes have gone all out for the festive season🎄
We are so impressed by the creativity of our #teamNORTH staff and the young people in our care 👏
Well done to all for spreading Christmas magic in this way 🎅
#MakingADifference
Maura Dargan retweeted
Congratulations to @ThePianoUK winner Brad Kella, whose moving song in honour of his foster parents Ev & Frank impressed the judges & audience.His inspirational speech illustrates the important role foster carers can play in the lives of the children & young people they care for. – at Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Maura Dargan retweeted
Please consider this fab opportunity 👇 if you are passionate about health and social care, have a values based approach and up for a hugely rewarding challenge. Never mind working with a great team! 🌟 🌟 🌟 #teamNORTH
Could you play a key leadership role within our Senior Management Team?
We’re recruiting for a Divisional Director of Surgical and Clinical Services.
Full details are available here orlo.uk/qJVyv
Apply before 5pm on June 19 with interviews on July 17.
#teamNORTH
ALT A graphic highlighting a range of roles within the health service. Text reads "Divisional Director of Surgical and Clinical Services"
Maura Dargan retweeted
Don’t forget our interview day for Band 4 social care roles takes place on Sat 1 June, 9.30am – 4pm, Braid Valley Hospital in Ballymena 🏥
We’ve positions to fill in Ballymena, Coleraine & Whitehead so please come along if you’re interested in joining #teamNORTH
ALT A blue graphic with cartoon children a the bottom right. Test reads: "Interview Day Band 4 residential social care workers Saturday 1 June Braid Valley Hospital NHSCT Logo"
Maura Dargan retweeted
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Today we celebrate our #teamNORTH Social Workers as we mark World Social Work Day.
Social Workers play an integral part in our health & social care provision, making a positive difference and improving the lives of our patients, service users & their families.
#WSWD2024
Thank you to all social workers @NHSCTrust and across NI on #WSWD2024. You do an incredible job, turning up every day to support, protect and care for those most vulnerable. Thank you. @JulieCPatterson @magill_tracy @CaroleShanKirk
Maura Dargan retweeted
Very positive feedback from @davidwylie79 @BelfastTrust today about this event! Thank you for the opportunity @UlsterSW 🙏 – at Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
Another busy week…for #teamSHSCT making connections with our future workforce. We also received a powerful reminder of what we should all aspire to be as true social workers🫶🏼 @UlsterUni @CityHotelNI
@SouthernHSCT @setrust @WesternHSCTrust @BelfastTrust @NHSCTrust @NI_SCC
Maura Dargan retweeted
💬 Carolyn Ewart, @BASW_NI National Director, spoke to @BBCNews yesterday about the Northern Ireland Assembly reconvening.
Carolyn urged political leaders to address growing pressures on social work services and recruitment and retention challenges impacting the profession.
ALT BASW Northern Ireland National Director, Carolyn Ewart speaks to BBC News.
Maura Dargan retweeted
Making profit off the back of the most vulnerable is just wrong ⬇️⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/327ea…
Maura Dargan retweeted
Independent foster care agencies cost twice as much as in-house local authority provision, an average £48,000 per year, according to an investigation by @TheHouseMag politicshome.com/thehouse/ar…
Maura Dargan retweeted
Profiteering fears as global investment firms increase stakes in England’s child social care: major Observer investigation has just been published.
theguardian.com/society/2023…
Maura Dargan retweeted
🔹11 Dec: Virtual info event, 7-8pm, MS Teams ID: 337 523 994 302 / Pass: 22LuZR
🔹12 Dec: Info stand, Tesco, N'ards, 10-2pm
🔹12 Dec: Virtual info event, Chloe & Toby, 7.30-8.30pm
🔹13 Dec: Info stand, Castlecourt, 9-5pm
🔹13 & 14 Dec: Info stand, Craigavon Hospital, 12-2.30pm
Maura Dargan retweeted
We are recruiting for Band 6 Social Workers in our Children’s and Young People’s Division.
Apply before 5pm on Fri 15 Dec: orlo.uk/band6socialwork_d2Jl…
👇Find out more about this rewarding career path: youtube.com/watch?v=myb0fjAA…
#teamNORTH
Maura Dargan retweeted
Students leaving the care system will be given preferential treatment for campus accommodation.
These students have gone to college "against all the odds", he said, and will be named as a priority group in the national access plan.rte.ie/news/education/2023/1… via @rte
Maura Dargan retweeted
NEW! Special edition of the Future of Children's Care podcast!
@robin_23_99 and I hear from Ray Jones, social worker and child of the welfare state, chair of the Northern Ireland Care Review and author of The Story of Baby P and In Whose Interest?
futureofchildrenscare.podbea…
Maura Dargan retweeted
Delighted to get such trust wide backing for the article 9 Christmas campaign designed and run by young people from the @NHSCTrust @JulieCPatterson @mdargan4 @JonathanDillon9
This Christmas time, think Article 9 🎄
Social work staff in the @NHSCTrust have been hearing from Young Rep, Madison, about our campaign calling for all family time visits over the Christmas period to be agreed by Friday 8 December.
For more info visit-
voypic.org/christmasfamilyti…
ALT Madison with a room full of staff from the Trust, holding the poster for the campaign.