The Supporting Care Leavers Conference 2024

• 09.00

  Online Registration 

• 09.50

  Chair’s Opening Remarks 

  Dr Jim Goddard, Chair, Board of Trustees, The Care Leavers Association (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 10.00

  Keynote: Defying Prejudice and Creating Routes for Success: Empowering Care Leavers

  Karen Sharp, Director, East Kent Health and Care Partnership (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 10.20

  Keynote: The Care Leaver Covenant: Supporting Young People from Care to Independence

  • Care Leaver Covenant: supporting young people from care to interdependence
  • Abstract: this session will look at the network of 500+ organisations that makes up the Covenant and has created a scaffolding of support, which supplements local authorities’ care leaver offers.It will cover resources and materials created to-date that help organisations and local networks go further in engaging care leavers and look at examples of best practice in care leaver support from across sectors.

  Gareth Evans, Director of Operations, Care Leaver Covenant (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 10:40

  Questions & Answers Session

• 11.00

  Comfort Break 

• 11.15

  Lived Experience: Engaging Individuals with Lived Experience to Deliver Co-Produced Services

  Abstract: This session will offer  practical tips for co-producing support with individuals with lived experience of the care system. It will emphasise how to facilitate conversations with those who have recently left the care, as well as offering advice on cultivating an environment which is open and transparent for care leavers to share their experiences.

  • Strategies for facilitating a variety of communication channels with those who have recently left the care system
  • Identifying and addressing barriers to accessing support services for care leavers
  • Practical tips on creating a safe environment where care leavers feel comfortable sharing their experience of the care system
  • Insights into the long-term struggles of transitioning out of care and common experiences of support systems
  • Cultivating experiences where sessions can be co-directed and informed by care leavers

  Mary-Anne Hodd, Trainee, Speaker and Consultant (CONFIRMED)

   

• 11:35

  Keynote:  Bridging Gaps in Provision: Meeting the Health Needs of Care Experienced Young People

  Cathy Jeremy, Designated Nurse for Care Leavers, NHS Devon (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 11:55

  Keynote: Raising The Bar: Removing the Barriers Care Leavers Face in Gaining Positive Opportunities

  Hannah Kirkbride, Founder and CEO, Career Matters (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 12.15

  Questions and Answers

• 12:35

  Lunch Break

• 13.10

  Keynote: Evidence from practice: Challenges Young People Face when Leaving Care and Opportunities to Support

  Chloe Grant, Director of Services, Become (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 13.30

  Case Study: Insight from the Grand mentors Scheme: Transforming the Lives of Care Leavers 

  Maria McEvoy, Grand mentors programme manager, Volunteering Matters (CONFIRMED)

  

• 13.50

  Case Study: Supporting care-leavers to university through the SpringForward mentoring programme

  • Building partnerships with independent schools to improve outcomes for care-experienced young people
  • The programme’s impact so far: case studies and statistics
  • Key learnings and the future: workforce development and developing a regional model

  Laura Slater, Head of SpringForward, Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation (RNCSF) (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 14.10

  Questions and Answers

• 14.30

  Breakout Networking: Working in Partnership to Improve Outcomes for Care Leavers

  This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face in partnership-working to create stronger outcomes for care leavers. We encourage you to share your experiences and solutions for fostering  cross-sector collaboration whilst networking with other senior colleagues.

   

• 15.00

  Comfort Break

• 15.15

  Case Study: Aspire2University (A2U – An innovative approach to supporting care experienced students into HE.

  Abstract: A2U is a progressive programme specifically targeting children in care to make informed choices about HE as their educational pathway. Working in partnership with 5 local authorities, it supports young people from KS3 to KS5 to view university as a viable route to achieve their potential and increase life chances.

  This presentation will explore:

  • Why effective partnership working is one of the key strengths of A2U.
  • The four strands of the A2U programme and how they support the young people holistically throughout the key stages.
  • How A2U is endeavouring to address removing potential barriers to learning and progression

  Melanie Harris, Aspire2 University Programme Lead,  (CONFIRMED)

  

   

   

• 15:35

  Case Study: Raising Ambitions and Driving Improvements in the University Experience of Care Leavers

  Abstract: This session provides insight into how care leavers can be supported into and in higher education, with topics including  signposting students to academic and mental health support and developing care experienced focus groups to connect students with lived experience of the care system.

  Alice Smyj, Senior Outreach Officer, University of Birmingham (CONFIRMED)

  

   

• 15:55

  Questions and Answers

• 16:10

  Chair’s Closing Remarks

  Dr Jim Goddard, Chair, Board of Trustees, The Care Leavers Association (CONFIRMED)

  

   

   

   

   

  *programme subject to change without notice

Who Should Attend?

Delegates who will have an interest in this event will be people who work with care leavers and social services.

*This Conference is open to Public, Private and Third Sectors

For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285

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