Social Services Research Group
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Modelling Ageing Populations to 2030 (MAP2030) End of Project Conference
We would like to invite you the Modelling Ageing Populations to 2030 (MAP2030) End of Project Conference. This ESRC-funded study is concerned with assessing the needs and resources of older people up to 2030 and improving understanding of the causes and consequences of these trends, especially to inform public debate and the development of future long-term care and pensions policy.
The conference is to be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the New Academic Building on Thursday, 17th June from 10am to 3.30pm, followed by a reception at LSE.
We hope that you will be able to join us for one or both of these events. Please return the registration form at your earliest convenience.
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ChildhoodHEALTH
‘Fit for the future’
The Barbican, London – 26th May 2010
Free of Charge Guest Invitation
Recent research has indicated that children’s fitness levels in the UK are falling faster than anywhere else in the world. In a running test, the average 1998 10 year old would beat 95% of their peers today. Although children are routinely monitored to combat obesity, no such assessment takes place for fitness levels. The two elements are inextricably linked; however, in a lot of cases, fitness levels in the non-obese are also a concern.
The Childhood Health – Fit for the Future Conference invites all professionals working with children to hear expert opinions as to how to improve the wellbeing of the next generation.
The Politics of Service user Involvement
Date: Thursday 15th April 10am – 3pm
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Richard Crossman Building, Jordan Well, Coventry City Centre (Opposite Herbert Art Gallery – postcode: CV1 5QP)
Work and Wellbeing conference 28/04/2010 London
£195 (£125 for SSRG and Academy members)
Good health enables human flourishing and fulfilment. Given the amount of time spent at work, the workplace is central to physical and psychological health, as well as life satisfaction. As the costs of ill health continue to rise, workplace health has become an issue that employers can no longer afford to ignore.
This conference brings together all the latest thinking on current issues in work and wellbeing, from both academic and practitioner perspectives. Visit the Work and wellbeing site for more information
4th ESRC Research Methods Festival
Monday, 5 – 8th July 2010
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK
The ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is pleased to announce that the registrations for the 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival (5 – 8 July 2010 at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK) are now open.
This is the biggest social science research methods event of the year in the UK, with over 60 sessions, more than 200 presenters and 800 delegates. As at previous festivals, an impressive line up of presenters will speak about issues at the cutting edge of developments in social science research methods. This biennial festival aims to engage social scientists across a wide range of disciplines and sectors and at different points in their research careers, and aims to stimulate interest, raise issues, highlight opportunities and showcase new developments.
Early bird fees of £50 per day apply from 1 March until 16 April. From 17 April onwards registrations cost £60 per day. Reduced fees for full-time students. For further information and to book your place, please see The NCRM website.
We look forward to seeing you in Oxford
7th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice
Tuesday, 10 - 11th March 2010
Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
A Civic Reception in The Supper Room of Elgin Town Hall has been arranged for the evening starting at 19.30 with an official welcome to Moray by our Convenor, Chief Executive and Councillors.
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NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme and INVOLVE joint funding call: Public involvement in research
This is a joint funding call about public involvement in research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through INVOLVE and delivered by the NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme managed by NIHR Evaluations, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC). We anticipate funding a range of studies in both size and duration using different approaches and within a variety of areas of NHS, public health and social care research.
The closing date for submission of outline proposals is before 1pm on Thursday 6 May 2010.
Please visit the HSR website HSR Joint involved call site
for further information and to download the following documents:
One day conference seminar: The National Dementia Strategy Practice Perspectives: One Year On.
Monday 1st March 2010
King’s College London Free for staff working in organisations subscribing to Making Research Count, £140 for others
Speakers include Professor Steve Ilife and Professor Jill Manthorpe, who will be exploring the implications for social care of early diagnosis of dementia and making decisions in the light of the Mental Capacity Act, respectively.
View details and booking form (PDF file, 79kb)
New non-SSRG event: NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference
Chair: Claire Goodchild, National Dementia Strategy Advisor, Department of Health
Earlier Diagnosis of Dementia: What are the Implications for Social Care?
Professor Steve Iliffe, University College London
Making Decisions: Working with the Mental Capacity Act in Social Care Practice
Professor Jill Manthorpe, King’s College London.
Decisions, Assessment, Risk and Evidence in Social Work
Mon 28 & Tue 29 June 2010
Templeton Hotel, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland (convenient to Belfast International Airport)
Decision making is of crucial importance to the social work profession. Lives and liberty depend on decisions undertaken in crises and high risk situations. We support clients in risk-taking decision making. Professional judgements have to be based explicitly on evidence and sound reasoning, utilising robust assessment tools and collaborative (and sometimes contested) decision making processes. This conference is designed to bring together researchers, educators, policy makers and senior practitioners to share current developments and to promote collaborative research, development and teaching initiatives to improve professional knowledge and skills for the ultimate benefit of clients and families.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Jill Manthorpe, Director Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College, London who has undertaken extensive research and publishing on risk in adult social care including the protection of vulnerable adults.
Martin C Calder MA, CQSW who has worked and published extensively in child protection and child welfare for over 25 years including the development of accessible, evidence-based assessment tools for frontline workers.
Click on http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/spri/dare/ for further information.
Further information and a call for abstracts for Workshops will be issued shortly.
If you would like your name to be added to the list for email publicity to be sent to you please contact Mrs Sharon Lucas at sa.lucas@ulster.ac.uk.
Myths and Realities - The Issue of Risk
Wednesday 18 November 2009, 6pm – 7.30pm (followed by a drinks reception)
Venue: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB.
Tickets £6, £4 concessions.
Book your place via the British Library’s website: www.bl.uk/whatson or for more information, contact social-sciences-events@bl.uk. This is the second in a series of events put on by the Academy of Social Sciences and the British Library and will explore the issues, misconceptions and facts around risk. The speakers are:
NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference
**Date for your diary**
The NIHR School for Social Care Research is pleased to announce that our first annual conference will take place between 10am and 4pm on 30 March 2010. The conference will take place at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and will focus on key themes for adult social care practice in England.
The conference is open to all, with a small registration fee.
Further full details including conference programme and registration processes will be available shortly at www.lse.ac.uk/collections/nihrsscr.
For any queries email sscr@lse.ac.uk.
Social Care Workforce Research Unit [SCWRU] Expert Seminar:
International Social Care Workers in England: Experiences and Expectations
9th December 2009
King's College London
This Expert Seminar offers access to the emerging findings of a two-year research project exploring the numbers, characteristics, experiences and expectations of international social care workers. Presentations will also include local authority and GSCC perspectives and a range of other national and international research on the experiences and impact of international social care staff.
‘Research impact conference
16th July
2009
11am – 4pm
Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1 8LX
A major conference to consider the applicability of Research Impact measurement to the Social Sciences
Organized by the Academy of Social Sciences at the request of its member learned societies
Capita’s 4th National Conference
Developing the Adult Social Care Workforce
Meeting the Needs of a Modern Care and Support System
Tuesday, 31st March 2009 - Central London
Capita’s Fourth Biannual Developing the Adult Social Care Workforce Conference takes a strategic look at the shape and nature of the future workforce, considering the impact of personalisation and ongoing reform on the frontline. With the Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy imminent and a Care and Support Green Paper in development, social care is undergoing a massive transformation. How can you ensure an adequate and sustainable workforce to deliver the change?
View the full programme and booking form (PDF)
Mastering Evidence-Based Practice Event
5th March - London
The UK Occupational Therapy Research Foundation (UKOTRF) is running an event aimed at occupational therapists, and other allied health and social care professionals who wish to develop their knowledge of evidence-based practice, and particularly for them to acquire skills in critical appraisal and an awareness of research implementation and utilisation methods. Participants will hear from several experts in evidence-based practice and receive practical advice and training on how to access, appraise and implement research evidence in practice.
Download flyer and booking form (PDF)
Children's Services Annual Data Conference - New Accountability Framework: holding data to account
3rd February 2009, London
This major national conference coincides with the publication of the new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) framework, which takes effect from April 2009. It will explore the implications of the CAA framework for children's services, at the heart of which lies the new National Indicator Set.
With high-stakes judgements of local authority and local area effectiveness being based largely on the new data set, there is an urgent need for local authorities and their partners, DCSF and the inspectorates to better understand the new indicators and how they can reliably inform service improvement and the CAA process and outcomes.
As well as making sense of this rapidly changing landscape, the conference will provide opportunities to learn from case studies and share ideas on supporting vulnerable groups, which feature prominently in both Every Child Matters and the new CAA framework.
The programme and booking form is available at: http://www.lgiu.gov.uk/admin/images/uploaded/Data030209.pdf
The Evaluation of Individual Budgets: Messages for Policy and Practice
Tuesday, 3rd February 2009 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - £25
Chair: Mark Ivory, Executive Editor, Community Care
The Individual Budget (IB) pilots have laid the foundations for the current drive to transform the social care system around the principles of personalisation. But what did we learn from the pilots? Did they work, for whom, and in what circumstances? The Individual Budgets Evaluation Network – comprising independent researchers from 5 universities - has recently published its evidence and can now share its findings. Delegates will learn of the views and experiences of service users and stakeholders from the pilot, and will hear a comprehensive but non-technical overview of the evidence.
Social Marketing and Segmentation
A Joint LARIA/LGA Seminar in London and Manchester
Local Government Association Offices, London – Wednesday 10th December 2008
Manchester Cathedral Visitors Centre, Manchester – Wednesday 28th January 2009
The aim of the conference is threefold. Firstly, to showcase the research completed by
network partners, secondly, press forward with their campaigns, and thirdly, to support
and encourage the growth in young people-led research.
The conference will include young people-led workshops reporting on research carried out by the YRN over summer 2008, and the implications for policy makers and practitioners. It will also allow delegates to learn more about involving young people in research.
The Young Researcher Network (YRN) - Annual residential conference
“Look what happens when young people set the research
agenda”
14 – 15 November 2008, Warwick University, Coventry
The aim of the conference is threefold. Firstly, to showcase the research completed by
network partners, secondly, press forward with their campaigns, and thirdly, to support
and encourage the growth in young people-led research.
The conference will include young people-led workshops reporting on research carried
out by the YRN over summer 2008, and the implications for policy makers and
practitioners. It will also allow delegates to learn more about involving young people in
research.
Ann Craft Annual National Conference
Safeguarding Across the Generations
19 November 2008
The Ann Craft Trust will be holding its annual conference in Nottingham on Wednesday 19 November 2008 at the National College for School Leadership (NCSL), entitled 'Safeguarding Across the Generations'. Presentations will include the safeguarding of disabled children and vulnerable adults, the implementation of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act and the Independent Safeguarding Authority, the adult protection legislation debate and lessons learned from child protection. This conference will be of interest to all professionals working with disabled children and vulnerable adults in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors’
NCERCC 2008
Residential Child Care: Leadership, management, outcomes
5 November, Manchester
The National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) annual conference is the pivotal event of the year for Residential Child Care (RCC). This year's conference addresses issues that are current within the sector: Leadership, Management and Outcomes. Speakers will offer a significant contribution to the development of Residential Child Care relevant for practitioners, policy makers, regulators and commissioners.
For further information, please visit http://www.ncb.org.uk/conferences, email conferences@ncb.org.uk or telephone 020 7843 6042.
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