• Education Social Workers
• Education Welfare Officers
• YOT Staff
• School Improvement Partners
• Independent Consultants
• Attendance Officers
• Parent Support Advisors

• Personal Advisors
• Learning Mentors
• EBD staff
• CAMHS Staff
• Sure Start Staff
• Pastoral Staff

Time

Topic

10:00

Presidents opening remarks:
Andrew Winton NASWE President

10:05

Persistent Absence and vulnerable students - what does the data tell us?
Roger Thompson, National Strategies B&A Advisor

10:45

Graham Badman author of the Independent Report in to "Elective Home Education" - Why truancy can be a safeguarding issue. The EWS contribution to safeguarding.
This is your only chance to hear Graham speak in the North-West of England in 2010.

11:40

Coffee

12:00 - 1:15

Carousel - Topics - An opportunity to attend up to 4 informal presentations on a range of topics. Each presentation lasts about 25 minutes. Confirmed carousels include: -

1. Tracking Vulnerable Pupils
2. Using prosecution data to inform / support practice
3. The role of regional government post national strategies
4. Supporting Attendance through family intervention

1:15 - 2:00

Lunch

2:00 - 3:00

Carousel Repeats

3:05

The interface between the  Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and education assessments.
Dr Henri Giller

3:45 - 5:00

NASWE Annual General Meeting

7:00 for 7:30

Conference Dinner

Time

Topic

10:00

New Presidents opening remarks

10:05

Measuring Impact - There is very little evidence of the impact of the EWS on outcomes for children. This presentation will consider how meaningful measures could be developed at local and national level to support the work of EWS within children’s services.
Neil Wilson C4EO

10:40

The CAF and the EWS - working well together to support children and families
Trudy Roberts & Jenny Hill from Staffordshire County Council.

11:20

Coffee & networking

11:40 - 12.50

Workshops

1. The EWS working with Academies / Trust status schools - A new relationship.

2. Do Penalty Notices and other enforcement measures impact on absence? - What the evidence tells us?
Ming Zhang, researcher and PEWO, Kingston-upon-Thames.

3. The Duty of Care - Safeguarding EWOs, looking after and children and families.
Roger Kline - ASPECT

4. Protecting Young People On-line
Pauline Hyde from www.ceop.gov.uk/

12:50 - 1:45

Lunch

1:45 - 2.50

Workshops (2)

2:50 - 3:15

'John Chowcat peers into the crystal ball - the Aspect leader will be giving an informative talk on the future financing of public services, covering the impact of spending cuts and the likely implications for delivering any post-election government's new policies. There will be an opportunity for some discussion and maybe even a brief SWAT!' 
John Chowcat General Secretary ASPECT

3:15

Time for tea, a drink in the bar and some networking before you leave

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