DEBATE SESSIONS
Students over 18 only.
The content of the programme is subject to change at short notice. All session places are available on a first come, first served basis. Please ensure you check for updates on a regular basis.
AUDITORIUM
10.15 – 11.30am
EARLY INTERVENTION VERSUS FAMILY SUPPORT: WHICH STRATEGY HAS THE BEST OUTCOMES AND REPRESENTS VALUE FOR MONEY?
This session will examine the idealogical debate that is starting to dominate children’s services about whether it is better for children, and more cost effective, to take a child into care earlier or should the traditional model of trying to keep a child with its family, and out of care, for as long as possible still the best way forward?
12 – 12.30pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Speaker:
- Rt Hon Tim Loughton, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education
1.30 – 3pm
Reform: The future of social work as a profession
Following the report of the Social Work Task Force at the end of 2009, plans were set in motion to change careers paths, education and the public understanding of social work. Key players in these changes are the Social Work Reform Board, the new College of Social Work and the Health Professions Council which takes over from the GSCC. This session offers an opportunity to hear about developments from all three.
3.30 – 4.30pm
Risk Factor – LIVE!
Speakers:
Perdeep Gill, Social Care Consultant , ADITI Consultancy and training
ROOM 1
10.30 – 11.45am
Green paper on disabled children
12.45 – 2p.15m
Kinship care
3.15 – 4.45pm
Reducing bureaucracy in children's services
