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NOPT Conference 2011

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NOPT Conference 2011

Practice Education: The Foundation of Social Work

Monday 4th July

Keynote speakers include:

Hilary Tompsett (Chair, Education Working Group, SWRB) -Emerging themes and issues from the ongoing work of the Social Work Reform Board

Hugh Mc Laughlin (Professor of Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University)

Dr Neil Thompson (Independent trainer, consultant and author) – Workplace Well-being: From Surviving to Thriving

There will also be the opportunity to attend 2 workshops during the course of the day

Workshops include:

  • Professional Capabilities Framework – consultation/discussion with practice educators about the place of practice education/educators in the career level framework – feedback to be used to help develop the PCF on behalf of the Social Work Reform Board - Trish Kearney (SCIE)
  • Is social work education life changing? A workshop that explores the impact of social work education on the person themselves – Mel Hughes
  • Emotional impact of working with students with difficulties (Practice Educator perspective) - Gill Brown, Joanna Collis and Lindsey Shakoori No file provided
  • Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector Placements: Gold or Dross? – Jo Tulloch
  • Helping Students to Develop Critical Thinking Skills – Dr Neil Thompson File to attach here is power point viewer file titled Developing Critical Thinking.ppt
  • Protecting and Developing the Emotional Resilience of Trainee and Newly Qualified Social Workers

Venue:   Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB

Registration:  9.30 am to 10 am                   Start: 10 am     Finish: 5.00 pm

Stands (including books, leaflets and general information) will also be on display over the course of the Conference from Kirwin MacLean, Learning Matters, BASW and others.

Fees: NOPT members: £100 (to include 1 day delegate place plus lunch and refreshments)                                      

         Non - members: £150 (to include 1 day delegate place plus lunch and refreshments)            

If you wish to attend the 2011 NOPT Conference, please access further details and book your delegate place using the following link:

http://www.conferencesearch.co.uk/NOPT2011 

 

NOPT Conference 2010  
Shaping the Future: Opportunities for Change   
Took place on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd June
Several of the Keynote speaker and Workshop presenter 
Powerpoint Presentations can now be viewed by clicking on the relevant speaker or
workshop information below: 

Keynote Speakers:

Bridget Robb (BASW) - Implications of the SWTF Report and the Social Work Reform Board 

Cheryl Wall (Joint Social Work Unit/GSCC) - National Developments in Practice Education

Ravi Kohli (Professor of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire) – Links between refugee experiences and the student experience of placement 

Siobhan Maclean (Independent Practice Learning Consultant and Honorary Secretary of IFSW, Europe) – Social Work and Practice Education: What can we learn from the International context?

Workshops:

  •          John Wainwright - Black and minority ethnic students' practice learning    

             experiences:Twenty years on - What has changed?

 

  •              Ann Daniel and June Sadd - Service User involvement in assessment

 

 

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