Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS

Tackling violence against women and girls: reducing risk through prevention, provision and partnership

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:10:29 PST

When: Tue Mar 20, 2012

Where: Broadway House, Tothill St, London SW1H 9NQ
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: At this event delegates will: - Examine the progress made in preventing VAWG through education, raising awareness and community engagement - Explore how to further bolster the women’s community sector through transparency, joint commissioning and partnership working - Discuss how to reduce the risk to women through earlier intervention and improving the safety of stalking victims - Consider how to improve justice outcomes for victims and strengthen the management and rehabilitation of offenders. For further information, please visit the < a href="http://publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/CC20-PPE.php">event website

Working with complex trauma issues of attachment, trauma and dissociation

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:07:13 PST

When: Fri Jun 15, 2012 to Sun Jun 17, 2012

Where: The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 1AU
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Conference with keynote speakers including Tony Buckley, Andrew Harkin and Adah Sachs. It is for counsellors, doctors, CPNs, social workers, ministers, pastoral workers, health visitors, psychologists, psychiatrists, OTs, nurses, psychotherapists, support workers, survivors, supporters, and anyone committed to the recovery and support of survivors. For further information, please visit the event website

Tackling long-term conditions: health and wellbeing

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:29:40 PST

When: Wed May 30, 2012

Where: Barbican Conference Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Speakers at this event will be discussing how to shift towards a more flexible, integrated and people-centred health system. Delegates will hear from leading case studies, discover the latest developments of new services and gain a better understanding of how to improve patient outcomes. For further information, please visit the event website

Thriving for life: combating neglect through childhood and beyond

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:01:08 PST

When: Tue May 8, 2012

Where: Glasgow
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This seminar will look at the impact of neglect at all stages of a child’s life, allowing delegates to share experiences and good practice, and to discuss the way forward with experts from across the sector. The day will focus on examining the prevalence, causes and consequences of child neglect, and look at what presently works, how good our collective response to child neglect is and whether young people get the help they need when they need it. For further information, please visit the Children in Scotland website

How can we get it right?

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:58:36 PST

When: Fri Mar 9, 2012

Where: Discover Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The LACSIG (Looked After Children’s Strategic Implementation Group) has embarked on a programme of work to support policy makers and practitioners in all disciplines. Sustained multi-disciplinary working is fundamental to making placements which will serve a child well throughout childhood and beyond. Meeting children’s needs is a complex and challenging task. When little might be known of the child’s origins, early experiences, ethnic and cultural background, the challenges multiply for professional staff, carers and adoptive parents. This event offers a valuable opportunity to hear about practice perspectives and research from across the UK. For further information, please visit the BAAF website

Maltreatment and neglect - Impact and interventions for looked after and adopted children

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:56:15 PST

When: Mon Jun 25, 2012

Where: Etc Venues Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham B4 6TB
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: With the majority of children entering care due to abuse and neglect, it is crucial to have comprehensive understanding of how maltreatment and neglect impact on looked after and adopted children and young people. It is equally important to understand children’s developmental needs and to structure interventions to minimise and address the adverse effects of maltreatment. This conference will present the latest evidence from neuroscience and genetics concerning the effects of abuse and neglect on brain structure and function, as well as how to use this knowledge to improve outcomes. For further information, please visit the BAAF website

Adoption: a case for radical reform

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:54:17 PST

When: Tue Mar 27, 2012

Where: CCT Venues – Smithfield, 2 East Poultry Avenue, London EC1A 9PT
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This conference will explore the nature of the evidence for a further round of adoption reform following the Prime Minister’s review of Adoption in 2000. Key stakeholders will address key questions about the different parts of the adoption system, including the courts, to identify the scope for change based on what currently works well and what is proving to be problematic. For further information, please visit the BAAF website

Helping children living with a high risk of harm

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:01:03 PST

When: Tue Mar 6, 2012

Where: The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Event that will explore cutting-edge approaches to protecting children from violence and physical abuse in high-risk families. It will feature presentations on policy and theory from world leaders in the field of child protection, panel discussions with audience participation and a range of practice-focused workshops. For further information, please visit the NSPCC website

Evidence in child abuse cases conference 2012

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:55:27 PST

When: Wed Mar 21, 2012

Where: Lion Court Conference Centre, 25 Proctor Street WC1V 6NY
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Event that will provide best practice guidance from an expert multi-disciplinary team. The conference will feature a step by step guide on giving and eliciting critical oral evidence from expert medical witnesses, insight into how IT analysis can inform investigations and risk assessment in child sex abuse cases and how medical professionals investigate, interpret and diagnose non-accidental injury using the latest medical imaging technology. It will also provide guidance on the presentation of evidence in child sexual abuse cases and will close with a case study discussion led by an unrivalled panel of medical and legal experts debating evidential issues in non-accidental head injury cases. For further information, please visit the event website

Action for Prisoners' Families annual conference 2012

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:52:53 PST

When: Mon Feb 27, 2012

Where: School of Oriental & African Studies, London WC1
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This year the Action for Prisoners’ Families annual conference will focus on how practitioners, service providers and policy makers can meet the diverse needs of prisoners’ and offenders’ families. Speakers and workshops will look at government policy, current legislation, good practice, and the findings of the latest research. Sessions will consider how race, disability, sexuality, culture, religion and nature of sentence impact on families, as well as offer practical solutions. For further information, please visit the Action for Prisoners' Families website

How is it working for children? Developments in fostering

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:48:03 PST

When: Wed Mar 14, 2012

Where: CCT Venue - Barbican, Aldersgate House, 135 -137 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4JA
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: April 2011 saw the introduction of a raft of new legislation, statutory guidance and national minimum standards in England. A year on, this conference will explore some of the issues arising from this period and what this has meant for children in foster care, and what challenges this has brought for fostering service providers. This conference will consider a range of diverse topics within this, inviting speakers with expertise on policy making and practice, including children’s experiences on being in foster care and the perspectives foster carers. It will allow delegates an opportunity to network and share best practice with the objective of delivering a fostering service fit for purpose in meeting children’s needs. For further information, please visit the BAAF website

Spirit possession and mental health

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:13:36 PST

When: Mon Mar 19, 2012

Where: Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Spirit possession is recognised worldwide across many cultures and by several religions. Spirit possession is often seen as an idiom of distress causing a change in behaviour and mental well being. Spirit possession is also included in the ICD 10 and DSM IV classifications of mental disorders, yet the extent to which it is recognised and / or discussed in clinical practice is less than we would expect, even in UK cities where there resides a diverse population. This one day event will consider the critical themes and debates on spirit possession from an anthropological, social, psychological, medical and religious perspective using a range of illustrative case study, clinical practice, research and short film presentations. For further information, please visit the Ethnic Health Initiative website

Promoting equality during austerity

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:10:26 PST

When: Wed Apr 18, 2012

Where: The Point Hotel, 34 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AF
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Conference that will consider how public bodies, including governments and local authorities, can balance the need to reduce budgetary spend with their obligations under the Equality Act to promote and extend equality, diversity and fairness. For further information, please visit the event website

Learning disabilities websites: online training

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:38:12 PST

When: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7pm to 8pm GMT

Where: online
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: NHS Education for Scotland has developed two new websites for anyone supporting a person with a learning disability in Scotland. These include a website, designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ for finding and sharing knowledge, including evidence, learning resources, legislation, standards and guidelines, publications,and topics such as nutrition, profound and multiple learning disabilities and autism spectrum; and a website developed by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland, which contains accessible social care information for people with learning disabilities, their families and people who work with them. This online training session will help you to use the these websites. To book a place, please visit the booking page

Learning disabilities websites: online training

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:36:47 PST

When: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3pm to 4pm GMT

Where: online
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: NHS Education for Scotland has developed two new websites for anyone supporting a person with a learning disability in Scotland. These include a website, designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ for finding and sharing knowledge, including evidence, learning resources, legislation, standards and guidelines, publications,and topics such as nutrition, profound and multiple learning disabilities and autism spectrum; and a website developed by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland, which contains accessible social care information for people with learning disabilities, their families and people who work with them. This online training session will help you to use the these websites. To book a place, please visit the booking page

Life changes: supporting transitions

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:26:12 PST

When: Tue Mar 20, 2012

Where: North Ayrshire
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Conference that will provide an unparalleled opportunity to hear from policy makers and practitioners from around Europe on how to improve transitions across the following areas: challenges around leaving home into services; the role and relationship of parents and carers in successful transitions; school readiness and the transition from nursery to primary; workforce development; and transitions and the effect for multi-agency working. For further information, please visit the Children in Scotland website

Research networks: developing infrastructure to support science

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:19:45 PST

When: Thu Sep 27, 2012

Where: Barbican Conference Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: One-day conference that will explore how to foster pioneering research and innovation. The programme will showcase best practice of knowledge transfer, collaboration and excellence, highlighting the network infrastructures that can help to deliver results. For further information, please visit the event website

Enhancing clinical expertise in safeguarding

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:56:10 PST

When: Mon Feb 27, 2012

Where: RCPCH, London
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Effective named and designated doctors are vital to ensuring that safeguarding services are both high priority and high quality in the NHS. RCPCH is holding an event that will cover the following: - Health and Social Care Bill - The Munro Review of Child Protection - Working Together to Safeguard Children - revised statutory guidance - The Department of Health's Safeguarding Accountability Framework The event will give you the opportunity to: - Be briefed on current reforms - Inform College responses to the reform - Know how to drive the safeguarding agenda in your local area - Identify gaps and help design future college work For further information, please visit the RCPCH website

Self-directed support Scotland conference

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:18:06 PST

When: Thu Mar 29, 2012

Where: Edinburgh
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This conference is timed to address the key issues involved in the implementation of self-directed support including: effective working across partner agencies including integrating health, housing and social care provision; how to establish and embed an outcomes focused approach; and utilising the expertise of the third sector in the provision of social care. For further information, please visit the Capita Conferences website

Scotland’s single police and fire services: finding efficiency, delivering security

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:15:54 PST

When: Tue Mar 6, 2012

Where: COSLA Conference Centre, Verity House, Edinburgh
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Scottish Government has introduced legislation to reform Scotland's police and fire and rescue services with the stated aim of continuing to build a safer and stronger Scotland. This conference aims to look beyond the consultation at some of the fundamental issues that will need to be addressed to try and ensure both a smooth transition and efficient service delivery after re-organisation. For further information, please contact Gail Hannah on 0131 556 1500 or email gshannah@mackayhannah.com

All babies count: promoting the welfare of babies and keeping them safe from harm

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:22:44 PST

When: Wed Mar 7, 2012

Where: Coin Street Conference Centre, 108 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Event that will provide a forum for experts to share their knowledge of early intervention and best practice in preventing abuse and neglect of babies. For further information, please visit the NSPCC website

New horizons in safeguarding children

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:17:16 PST

When: Wed May 23, 2012 to Thu May 24, 2012

Where: Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Conference that will draw together both UK and international contexts to debate and gain knowledge that will inform organisational change to safeguard children more effectively. It will provide a vibrant space for innovative, future-orientated dialogue and reflection sparked by new and emerging research. For further information, please visit the NSPCC website

Public sector pensions: affordable, sustainable, fair

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:26:45 PST

When: Thu Apr 19, 2012

Where: The Barbican, London
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Conference that will look at the development of investment strategies and how public sector pension funds can get a better return and minimise risk. For further information, please visit the event website

Looked after children: improving the outcomes for young people in care

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:52:29 PST

When: Wed Mar 14, 2012

Who: Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS
Where: Central London
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This forum will provide delegates with a unique and detailed analysis from key decision makers on the latest policy and practice for supporting children in care. Special keynote sessions and best practice case studies will examine strategies to improve the outcome, aspirations and attainment of looked after children. For further information, please visit the Inside Government website

A new strategy for NHS procurement: maximising benefits and opportunities

Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:08:21 PST

When: Tue Apr 17, 2012

Who: Social Services Events, brought to you by IRISS
Where: Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Department of Health is working with the NHS to draw up a new strategy for NHS procurement and this will be published by 31st March 2012.This event will help launch this initiative and engage with all parts of the NHS, both to brief delegates and promote discussion about how it can be implemented, the implications and, in particular, how the savings can be achieved. For further information and booking, please visit the event website