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.