Held on Thursday 24th June 2010 at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol
Titled ‘Balancing Care’ the day looked at the challenges affecting managers under the Putting People First agenda.
The day provided essential information on the issues, policies and learning required to ensure that you deliver a truly personalised service.
The conference was split into two parts. The morning concentrated on the changes affecting social care and what issues that you need to be thinking about in the future delivery of social care and how this will affect both your business and workforce planning, now and in the future. A workshop focused on some tools available to help you with planning.
The second part in the afternoon looked at the changes to qualifications. NVQs will end this year and the new QCF - Qualifications Credit Framework will be in place. What does this mean to you and your staff and what do you need to know to prepare for these important changes. We also looked at how new qualifications can affect recruitment and retention.
Keynote Speaker: Nadra Ahmed OBE.
Nadra has twenty eight years of social care experience, particularly in the private sector where she has developed, planned and opened care homes. She is well know throughout the social care sector for her passion and determination and is regarded as a key player in the Government’s modernisation movement having been instrumental in bringing about major changes that have improved the lives of thousands of people who use care services. Her endless commitment to improving care standards earned her the Care Personality of the Year Award in 2005, appointment to Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and an OBE in 2006. Nadra began her career as a teacher and lecturer, and is now the managing directors of her own business, Kent Care Training Associates, a not-forprofit organisation dedicated to training social care staff. Her interest in training has seen her develop a number of opportunities for the care sector over the years. She is the Chair of the National Care Association and Vice Chair of Skills for Care and has served on a number of government taskforces.
Held on Thursday 24th June 2010 at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol