Workforce Development Conference

15 March 2011, Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow

Improving practice, improving lives: securing better outcomes for children, young people and families

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Key note speaker: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing

Ministerial Address: Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Young People

Hear from other speakers including:

• Maureen McKenna, Executive Director, Glasgow City Council
• Stig Lund, Special Advisor, BUPL - The Danish National Federation of Early Childhood teachers and Youth Educators
• Kenneth Greer, Executive Director of Education, Fife Council
• Linda McTavish, Principal of Anniesland College and Principal's Convener for Scotland's Colleges
• Michelle Miller, President, Association of Directors of Social Work
• Drew Walker, Director of Public Health, NHS Tayside

www.childreninscotland.org.uk/improve

Developing the children’s workforce is central to helping children and their families achieve their potential. Building on the findings from Working it Out and Working for Inclusion programmes, this major conference will consider the challenges involved in developing the children's workforce to build capacity within their families and communities to help tackle child poverty, promote social inclusion and improve outcomes for all.

Why attend?

• hear from Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, on the Scottish Government vision for tackling poverty and improving outcomes for children and young people
• launch of Workforce Development Consultation by Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Young People
• focused sessions on skill and practice issues such as: qualifications and professional development, how GIRFEC can improve outcomes in children, families and communities, workforce role in eradicating child poverty and creating change in services and communities
• debate issues around increased workforce capacity and skill development in the sector, wider, transferable skills and roles
• draw on experiences within Scotland and across Europe, including an international perspective on capacity building from Stig Lund, Special Advisor, BUPL, Denmark

For further information or to book your place, please visit us online or contact Hannah on 0131 222 2431 or by email.

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www.childreninscotland.org.uk/improve

Supported by the Scottish Government