We have been blown away by the interest in our one day conference in May, Evolve: getting innovation into practice. Unfortunately we are now at full capacity so please let us know if you can no longer attend so we can open up your space to others.
For those of you who have snagged a ticket, have a look at the workshop topics and have a think on which you might be interested in. If you can’t make up your mind you will be glad to hear that we will run them twice!
See you soon!
Data and lived experience – making change happen in Adult Support and Protection
With Kerry and Jeanette
What is Adult Support and Protection and why does it matter? And how do we use different types of data to make a real difference to the lives of adults known or believed to be at risk of harm? What can big statistical data tell us about the people behind the figures, and how can it help workers and systems plan and improve at policy and practice level? And how do we work in more person-centred ways that values the lived experience of those that we support?
Come to this workshop to consider some of these questions with us.
Ethical commissioning – what is it and what difference could it make to social care and support?
With Louise
Join Louise to dive into the waters of commissioning and check in on what’s happening there. We can’t promise overspilling treasure chests but we’ll look out for messages in bottles that we can share with each other. Or to put it another way, this hour will be a space to think and talk about how social care and support is planned, purchased, created and provided; explore what ethical commissioning could be; and identify what can make support more sustainable and enabling for everyone involved. Come to this workshop if you are:
- Part of an HSCP commissioning and contracts/procurement team
- Someone being supported/ a carer
- A support provider organisation
- A social work/ social care practitioner
This workshop is for everyone to speak from their perspective and connect with others. It will also be a chance to check out tools from the Iriss ethical commissioning self-study course.
Day-to-day dignity in care and support
With Stuart
Stuart will lead a discussion on why Iriss has framed one of their priority areas this year as day-to-day dignity in social work and care. We hear how central dignity is in people's lives and how crucial it is to maintain dignity in the care and support that is given to people in Scotland. Dignity is one of the central human rights principles. However, it is a term that is hard to pin down. What does it mean to individuals? What does it mean to those working in the sector? And how does it look in practice? We will use this session to open up that discussion and get participants exploring what dignity means to them.
Shifting mental models – improving writing in social work and social care
With Josie and Ellen
Over the last few years we have been co-designing resources that support the transfer of analysis as a process (what social workers are thinking, the decisions they are making, their professional knowledge) to a product (written case notes and chronologies). These resources have been warmly received by social workers across a number of local authorities, and demonstrate a successful implementation of research into practice, developed for and by social workers. However, writing remains a sticking point in social work and social care, as is often a very stressful part of practitioner workload. Case notes and chronologies continue to be highlighted in review as needing improvement.
Join us to learn more about our work in this area and reflect on how you could apply some of our learning in your setting. This will be a relaxed but structured session with a good mix of thinking and doing time.
