International Conference hosted by Family Rights Group

Family-centred solutions - Changing child welfare policy and practice on the ground

17th and 18th September 2008.

"A fantastic conference"

"The best workshop I've ever attended"

Just a sample of the extremely positive feedback from participants at the conference.

To download the conference brochure click here 

To download presentations please click on their titles below.    More presentations, speeches and photos from the conference will be loaded on this webpage over the coming few weeks, as will action points and recommendations arising from the conference.

Day 1 - 17th September

   Kaz and Ryan from 'Streetz R watchin' opening the conference

• The context

                                          Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive, Family Rights Group

• The principles underlying family centred practice and whether it works

Professor Frank Fruchtel, Theory of Social Work, Potsdam, Germany

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• The whole family approach - improving outcomes for children at risk

      Naomi Eisenstadt, Director of the Social Exclusion Unit, Cabinet Office, UK

Day 2 - 18th September

• Family-centred approaches in developing the childcare workforce

• Changing organisations' policies, practices and cultures

Andy Couldrick, Mark Gurrey and Paul Nixon, Assistant Directors of Children's Services at Oxfordshire County Council, the London Borough of Barnet and North Yorkshire County Council

• The Canadian experience - what can others learn?

Mark Sieben - Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Children and Family Development, BC, Canada

Workshops and seminars:

• Using FGCs to improve children's outcomes? What's the evidence?

FGCs and child welfare - Sophika Houck and Andrew Papworth, LB Camden FGC Service

FGCs and education  - Dawn Walsh, Kent FGC service

FGCs and anti-social behaviour - Hilary Horan, Barnardo's South West England

• Universal services and families in need

Dorit Braun, Parentline Plus

• Working restoratively with families in a challenging school environment

Estelle Macdonald, Collingwood Primary School, Hull and Paul Carlisle, Hull Centre for Restorative Practice