DAY ONE PROGRAMME DETAILS (13 May 2009)
ROOM 2
10.30 – 11.20am
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (BASW)
BASW’s Guide to Thriving and Surviving as a Social Worker
This workshop will look at the difficult situations that are faced by social workers and how they can draw upon professional support in order to maintain high levels of ethical and effective practice. It will consider the twin objectives of professional growth and personal protection in an environment that is both extremely challenging and powerfully rewarding.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Reflect on case studies that showcase BASW’s Advice and Representation Service
- Consider examples of strategies students and practitioners can adopt to protect themselves
- Develop a personal action plan for support and wellbeing
Contact: Nushra Mansuri
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11.30am – 12.20pm
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
A Whole-Systems Approach to Managing Transformational Change in Older People’s Services
This workshop will showcase the innovative way in which Manchester City Council has transformed the delivery of older people’s services through individual budgets and reablement. It will provide an overview of the scale of change management employed, including examples of the benefits to both service users and the workforce.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider the benefits of the transformational framework employed by Manchester City Council
- Reflect on the workforce changes to deliver the personalisation agenda
- Explore why outcomes for older people can be better than the Individual Budget Evaluation would suggest
Contact: Hannah Booth
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1 - 1.50pm
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
Two Years On: The Impact of the Mental Capacity Act on BME Groups
This workshop will look at developments since the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act two years ago. It will look at research carried out by the Mental Health Foundation on how it has been experienced by BME communities and the continuing cultural difficulties concerning mental capacity issues that affect some BME communities.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Reflect on how the Mental Capacity Act has affected BME groups
- Consider how cultural difficulties concerning mental capacity issues experienced by BME groups can be overcome
Contact: Toby Williamson
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2 – 2.50pm
NATIONAL CAMHS SUPPORT SERVICE
Targeted Mental Health in Schools: An Opportunity for New Ways of Working
The Targeted Mental Health in Schools programme aims to transform the way mental health support is delivered to children aged 5 to 13, to improve their mental wellbeing and to tackle problems more quickly. This workshop will enable participants to hear about some of the different models and to explore the new roles and new ways of working.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Gain awareness of the Targeted Mental Health in Schools programme
- Consider the links between TaMHS and social care roles
- Reflect on the wider TaMHS workforce implications for all professions working with schools, children and families
Contact: Sarah Jane Williamson
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3 - 3.50pm
COMMUNITY CARE
How to Think Like a Journalist - and Improve your Media Coverage
This interactive session will give an insight into the internal workings of the media so delegates can influence journalists. It will explore what reporters look for and how they make decisions, and give delegates the opportunity to work through scenarios from the perspective of a journalist and a social worker.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- How to respond in a crisis
- How to get positive coverage
- How to get the most of out different media
Contact: Emma Maier
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ROOM 3
10.30 – 11.20am
LAMBETH COUNCIL
Making a Difference: The Role of Corporate Parenting for Children and Young People who are Looked-After by Lambeth Council
This workshop will provide an overview of the work that has been undertaken to develop Lambeth’s 18 key promises to improve services for its children and young people who are looked-after. It will also focus on how children and young people influence the decision-making process; the part they play in the quality assurance of services and paid work placements locally.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Learn the arrangements for effective corporate parenting within Lambeth Council
- Consider the views of care experienced children and young people of their participation in developing services locally
Contact: Gerry Dermody
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11.30am – 12.20pm
WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Releasing Social Workers to Social Work and Putting People before Process
This workshop will describe how the implementation of mobile working across all adult social work teams across a big county like Warwickshire has resulted in social workers being freed from paperwork and process to focus on people and families first. It will also show how aligning mobile working with the personalisation agenda brings success.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Learn how mobile working can support the implementation of self assessment and individual budgets
- Consider how new worker roles arising from this approach can contribute to releasing social workers from process and back to supporting and safeguarding people and families
Contact: Christine Renshaw
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1 – 1.50pm
COMMUNITY CARE INFORM
Community Care Inform is Community Care’s new online information service for practitioners working with children, young people and families. Come and hear about how the site works and what information it gives access to.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Learn about Community Care Inform and the information it contains
- Explore how using an information tool can help you in your practice
Contact: Alison Miller or Sarah Bartlett
2 - 2.50pm
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HELEN SANDERSON ASSOCIATES
Valuing People Now: Person Centred Reviews in Transition and Beyond
Valuing People Now requires that person centred reviews are used with young people from the Year 9 review. This workshop will share what has been learned over the past four years in implementing person centred transition reviews. The aim of the session will be to introduce person centred transition reviews, and share learning about making them happen at scale to implement this Valuing People Now requirement.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Be introduced to person centred transition reviews in year 9, and year 10
- Consider the lessons learned in rolling out reviews for all young people
- Hear how person centred reviews can provide a foundation for support planning within individual budgets
Contact Helen Sanderson associates
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3 - 3.50pm
BARNET COUNCIL
The Wishing Tree: Listening to Children and Young People
Our workshop will focus on the Barnet ‘Wishing Tree’ and how it has enabled us to draw on the hopes and aspirations of young people in Barnet to shape the services we provide. We aim to link this with the hopes and aspirations of social workers, expressed on the ‘Wishing Tree’ at the Community Care Live event.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider the importance of user feedback to inform and shape service provision
- Hear how to develop creative solutions to use in listening to children and young people
ROOM 4
10.30 – 11.20am
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The National Dementia Strategy: Making It Happen
This workshop will outline the key aims of the first ever national dementia strategy and their implications for commissioners and providers. It will explore ways of how the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment can form the basis for mapping current provision and identifying gaps, using Objective 6 - improving community personal support services - as an example.
Delegates who attend this session will:
- Consider the implications of the strategy for commissioners and providers
- Reflect on how to map services and identify data sources
- Identify levers in the system that they can use to achieve change
11.30am – 12.20pm
BARNARDO’S
Assessing and Helping Young People Who Sexually Harm: A Model to Targeted Intervention
This workshop will examine at how best to target scarce resources at those young people who display sexually harmful behaviour. It will examine the principles of specialist risk assessment and outline types of help that are effective in reducing this behaviour.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Hear how and when a risk assessment will be of benefit
- Consider how to get the best out of an assessment
- Reflect on what help can be provided ‘in house’ and about the role of specialist agencies
1 - 1.50pm
GENERAL SOCIAL CARE COUNCIL
How Can We Improve Standards in Social Work and Deliver Excellent Services for Children and Adults?
This workshop would set out the plans for strengthening the regulation of the social work workforce to improve the quality of care and protection received by people who use services. It would set this in the context of the wider programme of reforms being developed by the government, including the Social Work Taskforce and the Workforce Strategy.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Hear why regulation in social care is essential for raising standards in the profession and protecting people who use services
- Consider the changing landscape in social care, including how the GSCC works with government in raising standards
2 -2.50pm
SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
Safeguarding Well: An Inter-Agency ‘Systems’ Model for Case Reviews
SCIE has developed a new model for organisational learning. This session will provide an outline of what it involves. There’ll be discussion about how it can be used to understand how we are doing in implementing the safeguarding agenda and generate ideas about better supporting front-line workers in the tasks.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Attain a basic understanding of the ‘systems’ approach to understanding professional practice
- Learn about the potential application of this approach to their own practice
- Develop some ideas for improving organisational learning within their own workplace
3 - 3.50pm
SYMBOL FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BRANDON TRUST
Assessing and Supporting the Children of Parents with Learning Disabilities
Children need to be brought up in a safe, secure and nurturing family. Achieving this may require parents’ to access specialist assessment, additional assistance, support and training.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Have an opportunity to explore the issues surrounding working with parents with learning disabilities
- Have the opportunity to consider the context, value and process of multi disciplinary assessment in relation to parenting for people with cognitive impairments
- Consider the value of long term support as a central requirement for the avoidance of unintentional neglect and ensuring the safety of the child within the context of promoting family life
Contact: Leighann Stone
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DAY TWO PROGRAMME DETAILS( 14 May 2009)
ROOM 2
10.30 - 11.20am
FOUR SEASONS HEALTH CARE
The Positively Enriching and Enhancing Resident’s Lives (PEARL) Project: Delivering Excellence in Dementia Care
This workshop will showcase the work of the PEARL project, honoured as part of the 2009 Excellence Network for its approach to training and development. It will outline the in-house accreditation system to promote dementia care and will focus on the types of training that have been developed to improve the lives and care of people who have dementia.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Be introduced to some key concepts to develop excellent dementia care
- Reflect on training that is being utilised to compliment the PEARL strategy
- Consider evidence of key outcomes
Contact: Caroline Baker
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11.30am - 12.20pm
SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Doing What Works: Individual Placement and Support
Most people with severe mental health problems do not have jobs, yet most want to work. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) can help support this and also offers advantages for other groups of disabled people. This workshop will give an overview of IPS and demonstrate how it can help people achieve their potential and fulfil their ambitions in life.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Learn about the principles of Individual Placement and Support and its advantages over traditional models of ‘train then place’ for helping people into work
- Consider the collective contributions of social care, health and employment providers in implementing IPS
- Hear about real-life examples of how to build a successfully supported employment scheme
Contact: Geoff Shepherd or Amba Murdamootoo
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1pm - 1.50pm
THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
Supporting Refugee Young Carers and their Families
This workshop will explore the key issues faced by young carers from refugee families. It will examine where and when refugee young carers may need essential support; provide informative good practice examples and showcase new tools in practice to effectively support young carers from refugee and asylum seeking families.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Identify key issues affecting the lives of young refugees with caring responsibilities
- Consider examples of good practice when working with young carers from refugee and asylum seeking families
- Explore new practice tools to improve support for young carers in families who are seeking asylum or have refugee status
Contact: Helen Windebank
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2 – 2.50pm
BAAF
Supporting Adopters and Foster Carers of Black Children
Parents and carers of adopted bme children can help these children understand and take pride in their ethnic heritage at the same time as developing the life skills necessary to survive the inevitable challenges. This workshop presents practical experience from the BAAF black adopter support group that has been running since 2005.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Attain practical guidance in establishing effective support groups
- Consider how adopted bme groups can build a positive identity and a sense of belonging
Contact: Colin Bent or Roana Roach
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3 -3.50pm
HILT SUPPORT LTD
Get Up and Go: Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities to Lead Healthier Lifestyles
The Get Up and Go project has been successful in presenting keep fit in a way that has encouraged members to want to continue to exercise. This workshop will showcase the development of the project and its fit with Valuing People Now. It will also focus on how user participation has informed the development of the project.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider the importance of social inclusion and peer support in motivating someone to want to develop and continue in an activity
- Reflect on the success of enabling learning disabled adults to guide their own direction
ROOM 3
10.30 - 11.20am
NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL CARE
Developing Careers in Social Care
The National Skills Academy for Social Care is a major initiative that will provide leadership and skills development support for the adult social care sector in England. This workshop will provide an overview of the services that the Academy proposes to offer in relation to workforce recruitment and retention and career development.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Have the opportunity to shape the development of the Academy’s work by exploring what action should be taken to raise the profile of adult social care
- Consider what elements a structured career pathway in adult social care could incorporate
Contact: Feeroza Patel
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11.30am - 12.20pm
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Putting People First (PPF): Opportunities and Challenges for Commissioning (a whole system perspective)
This workshop will describe the progress achieved in PPF and outline the opportunities for improved commissioning to tackle future challenges. It will provide a whole system perspective to the issue of commissioning, including housing options, to enable independence and wellbeing, using case examples as illustration.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider the implications of Putting People First for commissioning practice across social care, housing and health
- Reflect on the benefits that can be realised through a more creative, integrated approach to commissioning which promotes personalisation and early intervention
1 - 1.50pm
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION (CQC)
The Emerging Regulatory Model for Health and Social Care
This workshop will outline CQC’s objectives to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of people who use health and social care services. It will showcase tools to help develop the regulatory model in a way that is most effective for people who use the services including aspects of commissioning.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider effective models for registration and assessment of providers
- Hear about assessment of council and PCT commissioning
- Reflect on evidence from national studies and reviews
Contact: Alan Rosenbach
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2 - 2.50pm
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT (NMHDU)
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA): Mental Health Toolkits
This session will equip mental health commissioners with the tools and information needed to engage directly with the local JSNA process. The NMHDU has developed the JSNA and mental health toolkit, to allow mental health commissioners and decision makers to embed mental health priorities more strongly into the work of local partnerships.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Consider the JSNA process and how to engage effectively with it locally
- Hear how to practically use the JSNA and mental health commissioning toolkit
Contact: Maurice Burns
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3 - 3.50pm
VOICE UK
The Protection of Disabled Children
Disabled children are considered to be at increased risk of abuse. This workshop will examine the particular child protection concerns and issues affecting disabled children. It will include an overview of: the law and guidance; how to recognise the risk factors; and the protection and support disabled children should expect to receive from social care and criminal justice agencies.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Hear how to identify the particular risks faced by disabled children
- Learn how to recognise safety and welfare concerns
- Consider their responsibility in supporting, caring for and protecting disabled children
ROOM 4
10.30 - 11.20am
COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Aiming High for Disabled Children: An Update on the Transformation Programme for Disabled Children
This workshop will update participants on developments in the different work strands of the programme. This is a critical phase for AHDC as we move from the policy and pathfinder to mainstream implementation phase. The workshop will provide an update on the key milestones and share some of the learning from the pathfinder areas.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Receive an update on the developments in this change programme
- Learn how pathfinder areas have tackled some of the challenges to delivering on AHDC
- Gain an understanding of some of the key issues moving forward
Contact: A.Allard
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11.30am - 12.20pm
VOICE
Partnership and Practice with Young People
This workshop will consider issues around safeguarding and improving outcomes for children in care or looked-after by the state through working in partnership with young people, including the role of advocacy in enabling young people to participate in decisions. This workshop will involve young people from Voice’s ‘Peer Rights Group’, who are young people from care and care leavers.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Share some of the practice developed from the Blueprint in Practice projects with six local authorities, including effective involvement in care planning and reviews
- Consider how independent advocacy can be most effective in enabling children’s views to be heard
- Hear directly from young people with care experience about what matters to them
1 - 1.50pm
GREATER LONDON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT
Domestic Violence: Impacts on Children and Young People
This workshop will provide an overview of current best practice work in responding to children and young people who have experienced domestic violence. It will also reflect on young people as perpetrators of abuse and what support is available to them. It will include processes for engaging children and young people in participation and the importance of multi-agency work.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Hear about new best practice initiatives across the country
- Reflect on the importance of participation and multi-agency work
- Consider service provision for both young victims and perpetrators of abuse
Contact: Joanna Sharpen
2 - 2.50pm
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH (NFER)
Exploring the Effectiveness of Integrated Working Through the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) Process
This workshop will report on emerging findings from a project funded by the Local Authorities Research Consortium - a collaboration of 30 local authorities. It will focus on the impact of the CAF process on improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.
Delegates who attend this session will:
- Hear how to develop research capacity within local teams
- Consider integrated working arrangements between children’s trust partners to improve the outcomes for children, young people and families
- Consider the factors that help effective practice
3 - 3.50pm
NCB
Safeguarding Arrangements Between Hospitals and Children’s Social Services
This workshop will share the findings of a project that examined the ways in which hospitals and social service departments work together to safeguard children. The project undertook a national survey of working arrangements and case studies of three hospitals with different models of service delivery.
Delegates who attend this workshop will:
- Learn more about the working arrangements between hospitals and children’s social care services in safeguarding children
- Consider the factors that help/hinder effective practice
- Reflect on the implications for effective policy and practice
Contact: Di Hart
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