Annual Conference 2011 - What is to be done?
The ADSW Conference 2011 included a programme of diverse and challenging speakers discussing issues pertaining to the massive challenges confronting social work services in Scotland. The strapline “What is to be done?” (a Lenin quote) was chosen to both emphasis the revolutionary nature of much of what lies ahead, but also to signal that local authority social work has the power to influence and shape the future. We are the people best placed to identify ways of protecting and enhancing the services on which our vulnerable people depend.
Below is a selection of speakers from the conference, click on the orange link to view an edited video of that speaker. Presentations from the conference can be viewed and downloaded below.
Presidents’ Speech, Andrew Lowe
Peter MacLeod, Vice President of ADSW took us through the implications of the ADSW manifesto with in the political landscape. He recognised that we need to modernise but not lose sight of principles. Organisational and structural change should be based on evidence and outcomes, ‘form should follow function”.
Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary for the Scottish Government looked at the key elements that would inform the Civil Service’s work in Scotland in leading the development of a renewed vision for the future. He stressed that change would not just be about money and cuts but about opportunities to improve performance that would emerge as a result of the financial pressures.
Alison Petch, Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) presented initial thinking from the research she is undertaking on behalf of ADSW - An evidence base for the delivery of Adult Services.
| Downloads |
| Date |
Title |
Summary |
| 20/05/2011 |
Conference Programme |
ADSW Annual Conference 2011 |
| 20/05/2011 |
Marriage, Divorce or Civil Partnership: The Evidence for Integration |
Alison Petch, Director, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) |
| 19/05/2011 |
ADSW Manifesto Challenging Systems, Challenging Lives |
Peter MacLeod, Vice President, ADSW |
| 19/05/2011 |
Radical Efficiency, Different, Better and Lower Cost Services? |
Sarah Gillinson, Partner and Head of Radical Efficiency, The Innovation Unit |
| 19/05/2011 |
Looked After Children - A Change of Pace |
Alistair Gaw, Head of Service, Children and Families and Criminal Justice, Fife Council |
| 19/05/2011 |
Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse, A Review of Evidence |
Professor Donald Forrester and Dr. Sarah Galvani from the University of Bedfordshire |
| 19/05/2011 |
In it together |
Pam Duncan, Policy Officer, Independent Living in Scotland Project |
| 19/05/2011 |
A Vision for the Futue: What can be done |
Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government |
| 18/05/2011 |
What is to be done? |
Andrew Lowe, President of ADSW, Presidents Speech |
| 18/05/2011 |
Improving Social Work in Scotland An Overview 2005 - 2011 |
Alexis Jay, Chief Social Work Adviser |
| 18/05/2011 |
The Challenge in Ireland |
Dr. Cate Hartigan, Assistant National Director Disabilities, Health Service Executive |
| 18/05/2011 |
Social Work & Social Care in England in 2011 - the challenges facing Adult and Children’s Services |
Peter Hay, President, ADASS & Marion Davis, Past President, ADCS |
| 18/05/2011 |
Time to care, time to play - wellbeing, social work & the shorter working week |
Pat Kane, www.theplayethic.com |
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