SCIE national conference 2007 - Programme

9.30 am	Registration
10.15 am	Welcome, Allan Bowman, Chair, SCIE
10.20 am	Vision for knowledge in social care, Julie Jones, Chief executive designate, SCIE
10.35 am	Presentation, Craig Muir, Director of Social Care Policy and Innovation, Department of Health
10.50 am	Presentation, Peter Lauener, Director - Supporting Delivery Group (Local Transformation). Reports jointly to the Director General for Children, Young People and Families and to the Director General for Schools
11.05 am	Service users' perspective , Ann Macfarlane MBE, Disability Rights and Equalities Consultant and SCIE Board Member
11.20 am	Question and answer session
11.35 am	Tea / coffee break and visit to exhibitions
12:00pm	Seminar options
	Service user participation
	PARTIC1: Developing measures for effective service user and carer participation
	PARTIC2: The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care
	PARTIC3: Involving children and young people in developing social care
	Support and information for carers
	Helping carers to balance work and caring, Jill Akroyd, Project Manger, Carers Employment, Hertfordshire County Council
	Carer Participation, Professor Alan Roulstone, Head of the Centre for Social Policy and Applied Social Science, Team Leader Social Work and Social Care, University of Sunderland
	Following The Road Ahead, Andy Minnion, Director, and Pat Staples, Rix Centre, University of East London
	People management study day (closed session for People Management Network members only)
	Practice Partners (closed session for practice partners only)
1.15 pm	Lunch and visit to exhibitions
2.30 pm	New product development, Iris Steen, Director of Communications, SCIE and Gavin Nettleton, Principal Adviser e-Learning, SCIE
3.00 pm	Seminar options
	Service user participation
	PARTIC4: Exploring the participation of service users that are seldom heard
	PARTIC5: Developing mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men
	PARTIC6: Good practice in social care work with refugees and asylum seekers
	Review and panel discussion
	Support and information for carers
	CARER1: Implementing the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 - supporting carers into employment
	CARER2: Working together - carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	CARER3: Following the Road Ahead - supporting people with learning disabilities and their carers to plan transition themselves
	People management study day (People Management Network members only)
	PM1: Changing roles and relationships
	PM2: Vision and leadership
	PM3: Embedding service user and carer participation into practice and policy
	PM4: The SISCo project: addressing basic skills at induction (Supporting Induction in Social Care)
4.15 pm	Close