SSRG Previous Events - 2002

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SSRG Scotland: Modernising Goverment & E-Care: 17 December 2002

Business Centre,
Council Chambers,
Edinburgh EH1 1YH

This day seminar considered the impact of a major Government policy initiative - Modernising Goverment - on public services in general, and on social work and health services in particular, including:

• the aims of the Modernising Government initiative
• its significance for operational practices within and between public services
• experiences in local initiatives in Scotland and England
  the role of informationtechnology
• ethical issues relating to data exchange
• an overview assessment of past progress and possible future developments

Speakers included:

• Stephen Gallagher, Joint Future Unit, Scottish Executive
• Alan Fleming, Stirling Council
• Dave Simpson, Forth Valley Health Board
• Robert Forman, North Lanarkshire Council
• Stewart McDonald, NHS Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust
• Brian Hamilton, Stockton Borough Council/Department of Health 'Information for Social Care' Project
• Peter Ashe, Joint Future Unit, Scottish Executive

SSRG Scotland: Joint Future Progress and Good Practice: 12 November 2002

Old Viewforth
Stirling

Part of a series of five seminars being organised by Social Services Research Group - Scotland during November to Spring 2003. The series considers major issues in social and health care.

The Joint Future initiative presents a real challenge to agencies that provide services to vulnerable adults in Scotland and has been the subject of much debate. The seminar gave delegates the opportunity to hear of progress, good practice and ways that the various aspects of the initiative might be evaluated.

Details of Presentations

• The Joint Future Agenda
  David Meikle, Joint Future Unit, Scottish Executive
• As I see it: A Chief Executive Perspective (presentation - Word file)
  Tim Huntingford, West Dunbartonshire
• Implementing a Joint Future in Edinburgh (presentation - Word file)
  Tim Montgomery, Lothian NHS
• Evaluating Joint Future: the Joint Performance Information and Assessment Framework (presentation - Word file) and Summary (Word file)
  Angela Canning, Audit Scotland
• The Impact of Integrated Health and Social Care Teams in Wiltshire - Executive Summary (presentation - Word file)
  Louise Brown, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath.

London Forum for Quality Assurance in Social Services: 27 September 2002

London Forum for Quality Assurance in Social Services, 9.30 AM - 1.00 PM

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
1st Floor, Goldings House, 2 Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2HB

• Part 1 - Relaunch of London branch of the Social Services Research Group (SSRG). Speaker to be announced - details to follow.
• Part 2 - Programme for 2002 and Steering group - Members are asked to bring along ideas for topics for meetings in 2002 and also volunteers are sought to form a Steering group to coordinate organising the meetings.
• Part 3 - Open Forum - discussion of new developments in our departments and organisations including how the new Star Rating system and CPA are affecting social care in London.

For more information contact Dugald Millar, Quality Standards Manager,
Hillingdon SSD, Civic Centre 2S/08, Uxbridge UB8 1UW
01895 277261 or e-mail dmillar@hillingdon.gov.uk

SEARIG & SSRG Conference. Bringing Health & Social Services professionals together: 12 July 2002

Developing best practice and shared experience from across the South.

Southampton Institute Conference Centre, Southampton

SEARIG (South East Authorities Research & Information Group) is a partnership of 13 regional Social Services Authorities. This year's conference focuses on 'Improving Joint Working Partnerships' with Health and other agencies.

Details of Presentations

• PCTs - Miracles or Monsters
  Professor Paul Waddington, Faculty of Health & Community Care, Birmingham University
• Use of financial flexibility in integration
  Ruth Marshall, Health & Social Care Joint Unit
• Development of a multi-agency service for children with severe learning disabilities
  Donna Chapman, Chris Burch & Hilary Corrick, Southampton PCT, Southampton Education & Social Services
• Jointly Funded Orthopaedic Unit Business Plan
  Jay Stickland, Southampton Social Services
• The Brighton & Hove Intermediate Care Experience
  Annie Hampson, Maureen Hitching & Annette Turner, Brighton & Hove Social Services
• The Havant Joint Children & Family Therapy Team
  Mary Bracken, Hampshire Social Services
• Integrated Working in Older Persons Teams (Word file)
  Matt Fossey, Central Brighton CMHT
• The Development of local strategic partnerships & community strategies
  Sue Ballack & Karin Jonzon, University of Brighton, Care Equation UK
• The Division between Nursing & Social Care
  Shelia Kesby, Gregory Research Interlink of Canterbury
• The West Sussex Generic Care Worker Project
  Sally Skipper, West Sussex Social Services
• The Development of a Joint Disability Register (Word file)
  Donna Chapman, Chris Burch & Hilary Corrick, Southampton PCT, Southampton Education and Social Services

Modernising Health and Social Care: Partnerships, Performance and the Pursuit of Excellence 22 April 2002

Stanford Hall, University of Leicester

The development and maintenance of partnerships between councils and health services and between academics and practitioners is seen as an essential part of the government’s reform of public services.

In the ‘pursuit of excellence’ we have also seen the introduction of performance frameworks, ‘best value’ and more rigorous audit and inspection regimes. NICE and SCIE have also been established to promote evidence-based practice and to ensure that professionals carry out their work to the highest standards.

This workshop examined the extent to which such partnership, performance and practice initiatives are making a difference in the way that services are being planned, managed, delivered and evaluated.

Details of Presentations - Monday

• Anne McDonald
  Moving to Integrated Services (Word file)
• Melanie Henwood
  Beyond Partnership: Issues and Implementation (Word file)
• Chris Simpkins & Penny Litchfield
  The Rural Action Zone concept - a recipe for inclusive and sustainable inclusive and sustainable community development (Word file)
• Margaret Cooney, Brighton and Hove Social Care and Health
  Idenitfying the organisational barriers to working with communities (Word file)

Details of Presentations - Tuesday

• David Berridge
  Making Research Count. Partnership between Researchers and Practitioners (Word file)
• Louise Brown, University of Bath
  Integrated Health and Social Care Teams: the Evidence for Effectiveness (Word file)
• Dr Hugh McLaughlin, Social Work Research Centre, University of Salford
  Partnerships: Panacea or Pretence? (Word file)
• Mo Barrat and Colette Elliot-Cooper
  REAL evidence-based practice in teams and organisations: practice development in partnership (Word file)

Details of Presentations - Wednesday

• Peter Steel, DoH
  The New Star Rating System for Assessing Performance in Social Services: how it was put together, what it means and how it will be used (Word file)
  See also link to DoH page on Social Services Star Ratings: http://www.doh.gov.uk/pssratings/
• Andrew Kerslake, Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University
  Beyond the Performance Assessment Framework: Developing Executive Information Systems (Word file)
• Keith Moultrie, Institute of Public Care and Director of SSRADU, at Oxford Brookes University
  Performance Management and Integrating Teams across Health and Social Services (Word file)
• Nick Miller
  The Weakest Links: Priorities for Improving Performance Measures for Personal Social Services (Word file)

Programme and booking form also available in word format:

• Programme - Monday 22nd April (Word file)
• Programme - Tuesday 23rd April (Word file)
• Programme - Wednesday 24th April (Word file)

See here for further details of the presentations (Word file)

Research and Development in Social care: Governance and Good Practice: 25th Jan 2002

Banqueting Suite, the Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham

The Department of Health is now consulting on how to implement the Research Governance Framework within social care. Initially, the focus will be on governance arrangements for research ethics, and there will be a baseline assessment of organisations active in social care research. An implementation plan is expected to be published in December 2002.

This workshop will consider key themes in research governance. There will be presentations by stakeholders in central and local government, academia and the independent sector. It will also look at how some authorities are applying research governance within social care or more broadly across the authority in order to embrace the 'consultation' element of 'Best Value'. In doing so the 'Four Cs' of ethical inquiry - competence, consent, confidentiality and conduct - will be addressed.

View or print outlines of presentations

• Research Governance in Social Care - C Davies and J Pahl (Word file)
• Implications for Practice: A Research Funder's Perspective - J Lewis (Word file)
• Implications for Practice: An ADSS Perspective - David Johnstone (Word file)

Workshops

• Research Governance in Derbyshire (Janet Gadsby and Denis Jones) (Word file)
• Implications for Practice: a Local Government Perspective (Roger Sykes) (Word file)

See here for more information on good practice in research.