The Future Role of

Support Workers & Assistant Practitioners in Mental Health and Social Care

12 May 2011, London

Mental health and social care has utilised the support worker role considerably. These areas look set for ongoing innovation and change and developments, driven not only by a modernising workforce but also by professional and economic factors. This multi disciplinary one-day conference explores developments from around the UK and will appeal to nursing clinicians, educators and managers.

The conference is chaired by Prof. Colin Martin, Chair of Mental Health, University of West of Scotland and the programme includes:

• Increasing Capacity and Capability of Mental Health Services – Maximising Support Workers Roles - Christopher Malvern, Workforce Development Facilitator, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Laying the Foundations – An Innovative Programme for Support Staff Working with Vulnerable Adults in Forensic Learning Disability/Mental Health Settings - Ian Hall, Head of Learning and Development, Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

• Delivering an Effective and Efficient Dementia Workforce - Analisa Smythe, Dementia Project Lead, Research and Innovation Department, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. Catharine Jenkins, Senior Lecturer, Mental Health, Birmingham City University

• Ambition for Drug and Alcohol Users: Re-skilling a Workforce - Peter Burkinshaw, Skills and Development Manager, National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse

• The Progressive Role of APs within a Specialist Mental Health Team - Jue Sanders, Associate Practitioner/Liaison Case Worker, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

• An Accessible and Universal Conceptual Framework for HCSWs in Mental Health & Social Care - Peter Jones, Community Mental Health Nurse Older Adults – Nursing Home Liaison, Independent Scholar & Informatics Specialist, Chorley Hospital

• Role Perception: Evaluation in Mental Health & Learning Disability - Jane Buckle, Head of Professional Nursing and Education, and Judy Hurst, Head of Workforce. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

• The Role of the Support Worker in Ensuring Safeguarding is Core to the Provision of Health and Social Care - Pete Morgan, Independent Chair of the Worcestershire Safeguarding Adults
  Board and Chair of the Board of Trustees of PAVAUK

EXHIBITION & SPONSORSHIP

There opportunities for exhibitors and sponsors, for further details email:

mike.roberts@mkupdate.co.uk

How to book -

1. If your employer is paying, simply email your full contact details. We will also require a name and address for invoicing purposes - conference@mkupdate.co.uk
2. Individuals can book online using a debit or credit card using the following link -

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