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Community Care Live

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09:45
  1. Community Care Inform theatre
    63 mins
    • Adults
    Co-production as a process is gaining popularity within strategic projects and service development. However, its principles and values can also be useful for increasing involvement within an individua ...
  2. Essex Theatre
    63 mins
    • Children and Families
    This session will explore research on the trauma of refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people as they transition into adulthood and resettle in the UK. It will look at trauma-informed pract ...
  3. Legal Learning Theatre
    63 mins
    • Legal
    • Adults
    This session will look at difficult challenges for professionals working with adults with mental capacity issues who have become hoarders or where they refuse to take essential medication and judges o ...
11:00
  1. Wellbeing area
    20 mins
    • Interactive
  2. Executive Room
    45 mins
    • Occupational therapy
    This presentation hopes to inspire and empower occupational therapists to be critically reflexive and conscious to deliver anti-oppressive practice. The session will explore the component features of ...
11:30
  1. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    Social workers have been in the frontline of the government’s attempts to create a hostile environment for asylum seekers and refugees. This workshop will help social workers in promoting the interest ...
  2. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    Find out how Hampshire turned theory into action to transform child and family outcomes. Reflections, positives, and lessons learnt from the first six months of family help being live. What went well, ...
  3. Essex Theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    In Essex we have a framework for tackling exploitation called ‘Risk in the Community’ which is a partnership approach supported by a dedicated social care team of professionals. In this workshop, we w ...
  4. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Children and Families
    This session will examine some of the issues that arise in attempting to protect children from the consequences of their own decisions when they are approaching adulthood. It will look at legal option ...
12:00
  1. Executive Room
    45 mins
    • Occupational therapy
    This session will describe how the principal social worker (PSW) and principal occupational therapist (POT) lead practice together in Essex to create the conditions for both social workers and occupat ...
13:00
  1. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    Cafcass welcome you to a learning event on relationship-based practice, exploring how we are working with children and families to build relationships and work collaboratively to provide all children ...
13:30
  1. Wellbeing area
    20 mins
    • Interactive
  2. Executive Room
    45 mins
    • Occupational therapy
    Occupational therapy supports individuals to reach their chosen goals and achieve their full potential. Taking risks can be intrinsic to someone’s progress which means occupational therapists should n ...
14:15
  1. Essex Theatre
    60 mins
    • Adults
    Strengths-based social work is a deceptively simple approach that's been conflated with community strengths-based models, causing confusion for practice. This has led to the reductionist question ‘wha ...
  2. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    • Adults
    • Workforce
    Why does knowing at least something about benefits matter? Because it matters to most of the people we work with, especially in times of austerity. In an hour, you won’t become experts on the UK benef ...
  3. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    In this thought-provoking session, we will talk about the importance of a parent’s journey whilst considering their own child’s life story. You will hear firsthand the experiences some parents have ha ...
  4. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Adults
    This session is designed to identify the legal framework for the provision of care and support to adult asylum seekers and their families, and those in immigration detention and on bail, in the UK. It ...
14:30
  1. Executive Room
    60 mins
    • Adults
    • Children and Families
    This workshop will be based around the format of Community Care's popular 'ask the expert' column. Three expert panellists with a wealth of experience in social work will answer career dilemmas sent i ...
15:15
  1. Wellbeing area
    15 mins
    • Interactive
15:30
  1. Essex Theatre
    60 mins
    • Adults
    This session will explore issues around online participation and online harms, drawing on research conducted over a number of years with stakeholders around adults with learning disabilities. It will ...
  2. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Children and Families
    This session aims to assist those working with dilemmas of practice with young people when voices need to be heard, parents have a view and the law might sound confusing. It will re-visit basic princi ...
  3. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Occupational therapy
    • Adults
    Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed to enhance collaboration between occupational therapy (OT) and social work. This workshop aims to equip participants with the skills and knowl ...
  4. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Workforce
    The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said that the only constant in life is change and this is particularly true in the field of social care and health. However, navigating this change can be challen ...
17:00
  1. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Interactive
    • Children and Families
    What happens when a Climate Emergency is declared by countries and organisations like the UN? Everyone sits up and takes notice. So could the same principles be applied to inclusion? Why can’t we decl ...
09:45
  1. Insights theatre
    63 mins
    • Children and Families
    Cafcass and the Family Justice Young People's Board (FJYPB) are excited to welcome you to explore some of the ways social workers at Cafcass strive for children and young people's voices to be the lou ...
  2. Community Care Inform theatre
    63 mins
    • Children and Families
    This presentation bridges the gap between real-life experiences and theoretical knowledge within the care system. It charts a remarkable journey from care leaver to care leader, offering attendees dee ...
  3. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Adults
    This session will consider the relationship between, on the one hand, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and, on the other hand, the Care Act 2014 and Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. These ...
  4. Essex Theatre
    63 mins
    • Workforce
    Local authorities, social care providers and academics across the country are exploring ways to first create an anti-racist culture in social work organisations, and then to sustain this culture. How ...
11:00
  1. Executive Room
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    • Adults
    Donna Ohdedar is an ex-local authority Head of Law, now an independent reviewer, consultant and specialist in safeguarding and domestic abuse cases. She is involved in three types of serious case revi ...
  2. Wellbeing area
    20 mins
    • Interactive
11:30
  1. Essex Theatre
    60 mins
    • Adults
    In this workshop, two early help teams in Essex adult social care will talk about practice approaches which place the relationship at the heart of the intervention. We will share real case studies and ...
  2. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    Find out some of the innovative ways Hampshire children’s services are supporting disabled children within their own homes. Explore: The benefits of providing sleep support Enhancing communication usi ...
  3. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    This session will explore the challenges social workers face when working with women who are living with active addiction and domestic abuse whilst being parents and needing to be safe. It will help p ...
  4. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Adults
    The legal framework for adult safeguarding begins but does not end with the Care Act 2014 and Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. It is made up of a complex array of legal provisions whic ...
12:45
  1. Wellbeing area
    25 mins
    • Interactive
    Self-care is important for us all, but especially for social workers as we recognise the emotional demands of our work. Join Kathryn Swinney, Health and Wellbeing Manager at Cafcass, as we review the ...
13:00
  1. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    • Adults
    • Workforce
    This workshop will explore how specialist teams, partner agencies, consulates and local authorities work together to support vulnerable British nationals at home and abroad. We will delve into the glo ...
13:30
  1. Wellbeing area
    20 mins
    • Interactive
14:15
  1. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Adults
    Join us for a comprehensive and interactive workshop designed to empower professionals in adult social care with the skills and knowledge to create more inclusive and collaborative environments. Run b ...
  2. Essex Theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    We love to pilot something different in Essex County Council’s children and families service. Following the successful use of solution-focused practice in our edge of care services, the South Essex qu ...
  3. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Adults
    Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is a unique and important legal duty. It establishes a strong legal requirement on local authorities and the NHS to provide free after-care services to certai ...
  4. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Workforce
    This session will introduce neurodiversity and its vital role in the social work workforce and explore different neurotypes, their strength and challenges. It will look at how as a profession we can w ...
15:30
  1. Insights theatre
    60 mins
    • Adults
    This session will explore a person-centred and capabilities-based approach to assistive technology and telecare for older adults with dementia. It will help professionals navigate some of the practica ...
  2. Legal Learning Theatre
    60 mins
    • Legal
    • Children and Families
    This session will explore the challenges social workers face in assessing a child’s best interests when they are reluctant or are refusing to see a parent. This can occur in the context of polarised a ...
  3. Community Care Inform theatre
    60 mins
    • Children and Families
    • Adults
    Nearly half of children and young people in England and Wales have been a victim or witness of violence in the past year, suggests a recent large-scale survey by the Youth Endowment Foundation. This s ...

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Testimonials

  • The event was exceptionally well-organised, with a clear structure that made it easy to follow. The sessions were insightful, offering valuable perspectives and practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional role.
  • The day was powerful, with a positive impact on my learning and practice.
  • It was just what I needed, a chance to network, reflect and learn with colleagues from across the profession
  • Great variety of learning available both in presentations, theatre and guided conversations all relevant to my own working experience.
  • My experience was incredibly positive and far exceeded my expectations. I found myself enjoying the event much more than I anticipated.”
  • A great chance to share the joy of social work with new and familiar colleagues
  • It opened my mind to the different career paths and also the diverse ways in using the strengths approach in Social Work
  • Very glad I have finally had the opportunity to attend such an insightful day.

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