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The Care Council will be attending this event to discuss Work Experience Guidance and update you on accreditation of in-house training.
This conference will be of particular interest to Foster Carers, Adoptive Parents, Fostering and Adoption Teams, Child Care Teams, Leaving Care Teams and those working in Education, Health and Legal Professions. It will include key lectures by Professor Howe, one of the major influences in the UK on Attachment Theory and its impact on child development.
The Care Council will be available at the Torfaen Careers and Options Evening to give valuable advice on the varied and rewarding careers in Social Care. Come to our stand and discover how to gain quality work experience, learn about the different types of career options available within the social care field, and much more. Find out how you can become involved in a Career that really matters.
Please make a note of this date in your diary. Further information and booking details will be available in the near future.
This year’s WCVA Annual Conference is on the theme of how groups can deliver more for less, and place impact and influence at the heart of their work in doing so. It aims to enhance the ability of third sector groups to demonstrate their impact, and improve their ideas and practical skills. The AGM will follow the conference.
A range of advice and guidance about promoting well-being at work is now available to employers and many free to access resources are available. This course has been designed to meet the needs of people who manage, supervise or support staff and aims is to translate current advice and guidance about employee well-being into practical actions that managers and supervisors can take to improve the workplace and the support offered to staff.
The Qualification Framework for Social Care is being reviewed this financial year. The framework was initially developed in 2001 and its scope was to provide a document stating the qualifications that are required or recommended for the social care and social work workforces. This event has been organised as part of the consultation to review the framework.
Come along to hear local and national updates and the latest sector news and information from a range of expert speakers, including Jacky Drysdale, Further Education and Learning Supply Manager at the Care Council for Wales, who will be speaking about the Sector Learning and Qualification Strategy (SQLS), Further Education College and Learning Supply Strategy and Apprenticeships.
The conference will be aimed at professionals who work with parents with learning disabilities and parents themselves. The aim of the day is to highlight the issues parents face, and to disseminate methods of good practice on working with parents with learning disabilities and their children.
The second National Social Work Student Forum is a unique opportunity for social work students from right across Wales to meet with the Care Council and contribute to new developments.
