SSRG Annual Workshop 2009

Meeting the PR Challenge in Social Care and Health Services

POLICY & RESEARCH ● PERFORMANCE & REGULATION  
PARTNERSHIP & RESOURCES ● PERSONALISATION & RE-ABLEMENT 
PUBLIC RELATIONS & PRESS RELEASES ● “PRECIOUS” or REALISTIC?

 

Chancellor’s Conference Centre, University of Manchester

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Monday 20th Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd April 2009

Chancellor’s Conference Centre, University of Manchester

The 2009 annual workshop will focus on research, policy, performance and practice issues relating to areas such as 'person- centred care', 'outcomes' and safeguarding, all of which are high on the government's agenda. 

Speakers confirmed are:
            Celia Atherton, Research in Practice
            Peter Beresford, Brunel University
            David Challis, PSSRU
            Parvinder Chana, Telford Council
            Andrew Cozens, IDeA
            Terry Dafter, Stockport MBC
            Sheila Fish, SCIE
            Tim Ham, Bradford City Council
            Jane Hughes, PSSRU University of Manchester
            Maureen Hughes, Stockport Borough
            Paul Kiff, Independent Researcher and Consultant
            Ray Jones,
            Maggie Kufeldt, Stockport Borough and Stockport Primary Care Trust
            Robert Lake and/or colleagues from the NHS Information Centre
            Joy MacKeith, Triangle Consulting
            Simon Medcalf. Department of Health
            Keith Moultrie, Institute of Public Care
            Ann Netten, PSSRU University of Kent
            Alan Rosenbach, CSCI
            Rob Sinclair, DSCF
            Mark Watson, OLM Pavillion

The Venue The Conference Centre is set in 5 acres of landscaped gardens, only 3 miles from Manchester city centre. All bedrooms are ensuite (all non-smoking) and furnished to a 3 star equivalent standard. Each of the bedrooms is equipped with a desk, direct dial telephone, LCD television, hair dryer and tea and coffee making facilities. Internet access is also available.

The fee for the 2009 Annual Workshop has been retained at the same level as last year’s event. The SSRG member’s rate was only £395* for the three-day residential, for:

• en-suite bed and breakfast accommodation on Monday and Tuesday,
• all meals including the annual dinner
• attendance at plenary and a choice of workshop/small group sessions,
• delegates information pack.

                                    Daily rate for members is £110 per day.

(*This represents outstanding value when compared with some other events staged by government organisations, with fees often in excess of £400 per day!)

Attendance at this event can be used as evidence of continuing professional development and 'certificates of attendance' will be provided (on request) for your CPD portfolio

A programme and booking form will be available in February, but to be assured of a place, please email Jackie Watson Jackie@wolvercott.co.uk

Day 1

• Meeting the ‘PR’ challenge in adult social care services: securing ‘Positive Reform’(278kb PowerPoint)
  Cllr Dr Gareth Barnard Vice Chair, LGA Community Wellbeing Board
  
• Ambition, Confidence and Risk: Holding our Nerve in Difficult Times (780kb PowerPoint)
  Andrew Cozens, Strategic Adviser, Children Adults & Health Services, IDeA.
  
• The Social Work Taskforce: Roles and Responsibilities (5MB PowerPoint)
  Richard Jones, DASS Lancashire CC and member of SW Taskforce
  
• Think Research: Evidence-Informed Planning and Commissioning - an example from Children's Services (1.7MB PowerPoint)
  Celia Atherton Research in Practice and Keith Moultrie Institute for Public Care
  
• 'World Class’ Commissioning in the NHS (1.5MB PowerPoint)
  Elizabeth Wade NHS Confederation
  
• Person – Centred Care: An ADASS perspective
  John Fraine, Oldham MBC
  
• Protecting Children from harm - What practice model will work and how do we build and deliver it? (340kb PowerPoint)
  Colin Green DCS Coventry and ADCS lead on Safeguarding
  
• Engaging Employers: Models of Good Practice in Professional Education (4MB PowerPoint)
  Hugh McLaughlin University of Salford
  
• ICS: Challenge and Opportunity (780kb PowerPoint)
  Lee Hopkins and John Hayter, RB Kingston

Day 2

• Adults outcomes framework: Progress and developments (270kb PowerPoint)
  Simon Medcalf DH
• Progress on Revising the NIS for the next Spending Review period (200kb PowerPoint)
  Rob Sinclair and Alison Thompson DCSF
• The Emerging Regulatory Model for Adult Social Care and Health (1MB PowerPoint)
  Alan Rosenbach. CQC
• Assessing LA Services for Children and Young people (744kb PowerPoint)
  Mike Cladingbowl, Ofsted
• Adult Social Care Information and Intelligence Going Forward (2MB PowerPoint)
  Robert Lake (NHS Information centre)
• The Outcomes Star in Practice (2.3MB PowerPoint)
  Kate Graham Triangle Consulting
• Developing Performance Management Frameworks for C&YP Partnership (2MB PowerPoint)
  Tim Ham and Kate Davies Bradford MBC - For further details of the Bradford Children and Young People Partnership Framework please contact Tim Ham at tim.ham@bradofrd.gov.uk
  
• C4EO Progress Maps: Tools to help improve outcomes for children, young people and families Jez McDonald SCIE and Marian Morris NfER
• More PR: How Policy, Practice, Partnership & Performance will be Renewed & Re-Engineered around People & the Planet
  Davy Jones, Independent Consultant
• Personalisation: transforming the way we communicate
  Terry Dafter (Stockport MBC) and Andrew Chilvers Pavillion/Care Knowledge
• Measuring the impact of service delivery through outcomes - focused planning and partnership working. (800kb PowerPoint)
  Parvinder Chana
• Helping Councils Make More Use of Social Care User Experience Surveys
  NHS Information Centre and council colleagues
• Self Assessment in Adult Social Care – which way forward? Lessons from the DH Pilot Projects –
  David Challis et al – PSSRU
• Plenary: Evidence-based Management and Procuring Best Performance- the Proper role of Performance Measurement
  Paul Kiff, University of East London

Day 3

• Media rules: How Politics and the Media Measure the Public Sector.
  Michael Blastland
• The Threats And Possibilities For Person-Centred Support - the view from service users and practitioners
  Peter Beresford
• Measuring outcome in Social Care
  Ann Netten and Juliette Malley. PSSRU Kent
• Beyond Scapegoating: a multi-agency ‘systems’ model for Children’s Case Reviews
  Sheila Fish and Sue Bairstow – SCIE
• Hospital discharge: commissioning research to shape local decision-making
  Jane Hughes et al PSSRU
• C4EO Progress Maps: Tools to help improve outcomes for children, young people and families
  Jez McDonald SCIE and Marian Morris NfER
• The ISA’s Contribution to Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
  Sir Roger Singleton, Chair ISA
• Knowledge sharing through stories and storytelling in contemporary social care services
  Todor Proykov RiPfA
• The value of involving young people in research: where do young people’s voices count
  Dr Darren Sharpe, Elizabeth Goldsbrough and Daniel Crawford, The National Youth Agency
• The Thurrock Journey to Self – directed Support
  Jon Carter et al – Thurrock Council
• Factors Contributing to Residential Care for Older People: Reducing the Risk of Early Admission
  Chris Benton and Louise Pittam Northamptonshire CC
  

The 2008 SSRG Annual Workshop is supported by