Safeguarding, risk and regulation: keeping vulnerable adults and children safe in housing support and care
29 October 2009 at the Jury’s Inn Hotel, Birmingham
Special offer: For a limited period only, we're offering a 50 per cent discount on your second booking - please quote reference SRR50. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other offers.
There have been a number of high-profile incidents involving vulnerable adults and children, which has brought greater focus on protection and safeguarding issues. Ideal for frontline staff and managers in housing-related support, this conference will enable delegates to discuss new measures on safeguarding, including the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), early findings from the review of 'No secrets', the guidance on multi-agency work to protect vulnerable adults from abuse, and the enhanced measures in Supporting People's Quality Assessment Framework (QAF).
Who should attend?
· Managers and frontline staff at housing support providers
· Those responsible for safeguarding other third sector organisations
· Supporting People commissioners
· Managers and policy staff working in adult social care
· Safeguarding adult board members.
Price: Sitra members £130 / Non-members £169. Special offer: For a limited period only, we're offering a 50 per cent discount on your second booking - please quote reference SRR50. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other offers.
Visit the events section of the Sitra website at www.sitra.org to find out more and make your booking, email [email protected] or call 020 7793 4713.
Personalisation in practice: Making personalisation a reality for housing, support and car
25 November 2009 at the Thistle Westminster Hotel, London
We are eighteen months into the Government’s Putting People First agenda, and all parties are in favour of giving service users greater choice and control over the services they receive. It is now time for the housing with care and support sector to start looking at the implications of the personalisation agenda.
Whether you are a third sector, public or private provider or a commissioner of housing support services, you will be the fundamental driving force in taking forward this agenda in the housing with care and support sector. This conference aims to help facilitate this, as well as disseminating information regarding best practice, risks and outcomes.
Who should attend?
The conference is aimed at professionals from the public and voluntary sectors involved in the development of personalised housing with care and support services for vulnerable groups. It is also suitable for central and local government staff and private sector officers and managers responsible for developing personalised services.
It will specifically be of value to:
· Senior, policy and operational managers from provider organisations in housing support services and social care
· Officers and managers responsible for developing personalised services in housing support services and social care
· Officers and managers in health, police forces, and education with an interest in the personalisation agenda
· Senior, operational and policy staff in the private sector
· Commissioning teams
· Personalisation lead officers
· Officers and managers responsible for developing personalised services
· Efficiency leads
· Advisory bodies on personalisation.
Price: Sitra members £130 / Non-members £169
Visit the events section of the Sitra website at www.sitra.org to find out more and make your booking, email [email protected] or call 020 7793 4713.
Client involvement in housing support and care: Sharing and learning good practice
12 January 2010 at the Thistle Westminster Hotel, London
A timely forum for support providers and their clients to discuss and share best practice examples that focus on enhancing client choice and control over the services they receive, and to explore how to make client involvement real and worthwhile.
A number of recent changes have highlighted the need for provider organisations and service users to work together to shape innovative client involvement strategies. With the increasing prominence of the Government’s personalisation agenda, providers are urged to include users in the design and delivery of services. In addition, the recently formed Tenants Services Authority (TSA) has highlighted tenant participation as a key tenet for RSLs. Further, since the introduction of the refreshed QAF in April 2009, housing related support and care providers are now required to commit to putting clients at the heart of their organisation’s strategic plans, if they wish to demonstrate the provision of a quality service and achieve level A standard. Even to achieve level C, providers need to be fully engaging their service users.
Who should attend?
Providers and service users
· Clients of housing with care and support services
· Front line workers including support workers, key workers and housing officers
· Senior managers from provider organisations in housing support services
· Operational managers from provider organisations in housing support services
· Policy managers from provider organisations in housing support services
· Officers and managers responsible for developing client involvement in housing support services.
The wider public sector
· Supporting People teams
· Housing departments
· Adult social care departments
· Other commissioning groups such as Local Strategic Partnerships
· Health authorities
· Voluntary organisations
· Officers and managers in health, education, probation and police forces responsible for advancing client involvement.
Price: Sitra members £130 / Non-members £169
Visit the events section of the Sitra website at www.sitra.org to find out more and make your booking, email [email protected] or call 020 7793 4713