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Over the Horizon Conference

Date Tuesday 23rd March 2010 Time 9:30am - 4:30pm
Place EMMTEC Building, University of Lincoln, Lincoln

“The Future of the Social Care Workforce in Integrated Mental Health Services”

2010 and the next decade represent a significant milestone in the journey of the development of approaches to mental health care and treatment in our society. The publication of New Horizons in December 2009 heralds a further step towards personal control over a person’s health, care and treatment and indicates the need for significant changes to both the nature of professional work in mental health, and their roles.

This conference aims to explore the key ingredients of best practice in social care delivery, the implications for the social care workforce, and support the development of a national template for best practice in mental health care provision, thus clarifying and redefining the future of social work within integrated mental health service provision.

Delegates will hear from key note speakers who are committed to taking this agenda forward in practical ways and exploring key opportunities for re stating the contribution of the social care workforce in this coming decade of mental health policy.

This Conference is essential for:

  • NHS and Social Service mental health senior management;
  • Commissioners;
  • Social work and social care staff;
  • Social work educators;
  • Partnership managers
  • Service users and carers

Chair and keynot speakers:

  • Jim Symington Deputy Director National Mental Health Development Unit
  • Dr. Julie Repper Reader and Associate Professor of Metal Health Nursing and Social Care, University of Nottingham
  • Ruth Allen Director of Social Work, South west London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
  • Jacqui Dillon Chair, Hearing Voices Network, UK
  • Chris Merchant Former National Lead CSIP, Mental Health Act Workforce; Project Lead Lincolnshire

Additional speakers and Workshop Leaders to be confirmed

Topics to be addressed:

  • Defining the future of social work and the social care workforce for the future
  • The skill mix within multi-disciplinary teams – where does social care fit?
  • The social care workforce in Recovery
  • Best practice models of social care in Partnership Trusts
  • Improving Local Authority Governance resulting from the demands of personalisation, safeguarding and emerging budget pressures
  • Developing Leaders and Leadership for social care within Partnership Trusts
  • The implications of the Task Force for mental health social workers

 

Please click here for the conference programme.

The cost of the conference is £60 and includes lunch. Visit the University of Lincoln website for a booking form.

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