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National Practitioners Conference
25 June 2008
National Practitioners Conference 2008
The 3rd National Practitioners Conference was held at the Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath, Dunfermline, on 25 June. Presenters included Nigel Henderson (Chief Executive, Penumbra), the User and Carer Forum, and Alan Baird (Director of Social Work, Dundee & President, ADSW). Minister Adam Ingram delivered the keynote speech. There were a variety of workshops and delegates contributed to the agenda in the ‘Talk to the Wall’ session.
The presentations from the conference that have been made available for release are below: (Please note – not all of the presentations have been made available, and we are currently in discussions regarding availability of the films shown)
Main Presentations
- Keynote Speech – Minister for Children & Early Years, Adam Ingram
- Changing Lives ‘The Next Steps’ – Ian Davidson, Workforce & Capacity Issues Division
- Making the Principles real – User & Carer Forum
- Closing Address – Alan Baird, President ADSW
Workshop Presentations
- Workshop 3 – Personalisation and involving service users in service design and delivery (2 presentations: Improving Outcomes, User Involvement)
- Workshop 4 – Social Services Knowledge Scotland portal
- Workshop 7 – Single Outcome Agreements in Practice
- Workshop 8 – Practice based on evidence
‘Talk to the Wall’ session – What does Changing Lives mean to you?
Delegates were asked on the day to discuss three questions relating to Changing Lives:
- How can you make the aspirations of Changing Lives a reality?
- What do you think are the key messages from Changing Lives?
- What do you think is the single most important thing for Changing Lives to achieve?
Feedback
Delegates were encouraged to give their feedback on the day via the evaluation forms. If you attended the event but did not give feedback and would still like to, please complete the evaluation form and email it to ben.coburn@scotland.gsi.gov.uk. Close date for responses is Friday 18th July.
DVD
The Conference was filmed and the DVD is currently being edited, to appear here in due course. A limited number of copies will also be made available on DVD. Please contact Ben Coburn to reserve a
copy.
email: ben.coburn@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
or tel: 0131 244 7683
Review
This paper provides a brief review of the 2008 National Practitioners Conference held in Dunfermline.
Changing Lives 2008
National Social Workers Conference
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National Practitioners' Conference 2008


Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children & Early Years

The Next Steps, Ian Davidson

What does Changing Lives mean to you? Talk to the wall session

Making the Principles real. User & Carer forum

Reflections on Changing Lives. Your Thoughts

Closing Address, Alan Baird, President ADSW

Workshops. Group sessions
These videos are also available as an RSS feed or an iTunes podcast.

National Practitioners' Conference 2007
Held in Dunfermline on 20 June
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National Practitioners' Conference 2007


Introductory Speech: Adam Ingram MSP

Overview of Changing Lives: Catherine Rainey

What success should look like: Jane Lindsay

Who wants to be a Citizen Leader?

Questions & Answers panel

Making your voice heard: Jane Leask

Workshops: Janet Birks, Mary Rasmussen, Mary MacLeod, Andrew Lowe

Feedback & Key Messages: Catherine Rainey
These videos are also available as an RSS feed or an iTunes podcast.
