The Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care will be holding its national conference at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow on June 8th and 9th. The theme of the conference is "Changing Cultures : embracing and influencing the residential child care experience." SIRCC's intention is that the conference will offer an opportunity to share good practice, to reflect on the joys and the challenges that face the sector and to hear the views of young people. The conference will challenge practice, motivate staff, help to break down barriers and encourage a culture based on fresh and innovative ideas.
It is a conference for everyone involved in residential child care, at any level and for those whose work impacts on the sector through associated professional interests.
The keynote speakers are Professor Jim Anglin University of Victoria, Canada, and Professor Lena Dominelli University of Durham, England.
Other invited speakers are, Stevie Brown, Sean Cameron,Tim Chapman,Hannah Dale,Lorraine Davidson,John Digney,Laila Dreyer,Jacqui Dunbar, Zachari Duncalf,Tine Egelund,Tony Ferrie, Julie Fisher,Elaine Georgeson,Noel Howard,Turf Jacobsen,Karen Japp,Jill Keegan,Professor Andrew Kendrick, Miriam Landor, Bill Lowell, Sheila MacDougall,Iain McLeod, Elena Masoero, Jacqui McAlpine, Nikki Milligan, Dev Muniah,Joe Nee, Kirsten Patience, Dora Pereria,Margaret Semple, Isabele Silva,Cheryl Smith,Laura Steckley,Mike Sutherland, Anne-Margaret Thompson, and Chris Walter.
More details about the conference can be found at :
http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/National%20Conference%202011%20Flier.pdf
This news item first appeared on the goodenoughcaring website home page on June 5th, 2011
at http://www.goodenoughcaring.com/Home.aspx?cpid=1
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