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?