How best can we most effectively deliver on both - supporting people and safeguarding adults?

Developing and delivering positive outcomes to both support people in communiites and safeguarding vulnerable adults:Protection, Justice and Empowerment.
 
Venue: Stormont Hotel, Belfast

Contributors include        

· Margaret Ritchie MLA,  Minister for Social Development NI   (or Senior Official)

· Anne Henderson,  Deputy Chair,  Northern Ireland Housing Executive

· Seamus McAleavey,  Chief Executive,  NICVA

· Mervyn Eastwood,  Co-Director,  Change AGEnts

· Mike Walsh,  Director,  Care and Health Solutions

· Wendy Osborne,  Director,  Volunteer Development Agency

· Cheryl Lamont,  Deputy Director of Probation,  PBNI

· Kevin Keenan,  Assistant Director of Social Care and Children,  HSCB

· Alister Wallace,  Superintendent,  PSNI

·Tara Swann,  Chief Inspector,  PSNI

· Stuart Cuddy,  Deputy Chief Executive,  Northern Ireland Housing Executive

· Daniel Blake,  Policy Development Manager,  Action on Elder Abuse

Issues covered

· Action not words : How do we ensure Supporting People has real impact on communities and individuals?

· What are Government’s agenda and expectations?

· How effective are Supporting People programmes?  What more needs to be done?

· How do we move forward from the 2007 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order?

· How well are we guiding, training and supporting third sector work and outcomes?

· How best can we help professionals effectively use the range of legal powers that can tackle harm?

· How best should we safeguard older people, personalise services and fully protect from abuse?

· How best should we safeguard all vulnerable adults from financial abuse?

· How best can we support adults with a disability, providing opportunities for education, training and work?

· How best can we personalise services for vulnerable adults by transforming in-house services?

· How better can needs be met by developing publicly owned trading companies?

· How best can we support third sector bodies and volunteers through training programmes?

· How best can the police service best help vulnerable adults as victims, witnesses and offenders?

· How best can the probation service be involved, helping vulnerable offenders and preventing reoffending?

· How best can we look to the future and ensure practitioners are fully equipped and partnerships really work?

· Where can we hope to be in 10 years time? 

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