Supporting Children in Care - Fostering and Adoption, Children's Homes and Successful Transitions to Adulthood
Tuesday 14th May 2013
Central London
Guests of Honour: Edward Timpson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families; John Goldup, Deputy Chief Inspector, Education, Children's Services and Skills, Ofsted and Craig Whittaker MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked-after Children and Care Leavers
This timely seminar will offer delegates an opportunity to discuss key issues in the support for children in the care system. Sessions will examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the foster care system, the quality and safety of children's homes and how to support children from care successfully into further education, employment and adulthood more broadly.
The seminar will bring together key stakeholders involved in this area of policy; including representatives of local authorities, children's charities, children's home providers, schools and college leaders, police, community groups and social work bodies, with policymakers in Government and Parliament, and others with an interest in these issues.
We are delighted that Edward Timpson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families;John Goldup, Deputy Chief Inspector, Education, Children's Services and Skills, Ofsted and Craig Whittaker MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked-after Children and Care Leavers have agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.
David Byrom, Regulation 33 Officer, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council; Alison Hartley, Team Manager, Leaving Care Team, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Chair, National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum Steering Group; Pippa John, Virtual School Headteacher, Children in Care, Bristol City Council; Louise Hocking, Director of Child Placement, British Association for Adoption and Fostering; Jeanne Kaniuk, Head of Adoption and Permanent Families Service, Coram; Dr Derek Kirton, Reader in Social Policy and Social Work, University of Kent; Susan Mueller, Quality Mark Manager, Buttle UK; Jonathan Stanley, Chief Executive, Independent Children's Homes Association and Carole Sykes, Operations Manager, Adoption and Permanence, East Sussex County Council have also agreed to speak.
Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Chairman, House of Lords Select Committee on Adoption Legislation and Meg Munn MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Child Protection have kindly agreed to chair this seminar.
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Costs
£190
Date : 14th May 2013
Time : 08.30 to 13.00
CPD : Up to 4.5 Hours
Email : delegate.relations@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk
Telephone : 01344 864 796
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