Promoting the health and well-being of looked after children: implementing the guidance locally (NE)

Everyone working with looked after children has a role to play in promoting their health and well-being. In November 2009 DCSF and DH published Statutory guidance on promoting the health and well-being of Looked after Children to guide local authorities, PCTs and SHAs in meeting their duties.

NCB is organising a series of free regional conferences on behalf of DCSF and DH to support the implementation of the guidance. These events are essential for those with strategic, commissioning and operational responsibility for looked after children’s health and well-being, and will help delegates to understand the guidance and how they can implement it. Delegates will hear an overview of the guidance, learn about its implications for their work and think through their practical next steps for implementation.

Delegates will also learn from local and regional examples of good practice, hear the views of children and young people on how make their health assessments meaningful, hear about drivers to implement the guidance - including National Indicator 58 and regulatory activity - and find out more about the forthcoming NICE/SCIE guidance.

 Why attend?

• Hear an overview of the guidance
• Using the framework of the statutory guidance as a starting point, identify gaps between current local practice and what should be happening in order to deliver the best possible outcomes for looked after children and young people
• Share ideas with colleagues about practical actions to implement the guidance
• Hear how the guidance will be incorporated into existing and future regulatory activity
• Learn from effective practice in making systems, processes and practice work better for looked after children’s health and well-being

 Who should attend

• Directors and Assistant Directors of Children’s Services
• Chief Executives of PCTs
• PCT commissioners
• Local Authority/Children’s Trust Commissioners
• Public health leads
• Designated doctors and nurses
• Looked After Children’s Services Managers
• Lead health professionals
• CAMHS service managers
• Social workers
• Independent Reviewing Officers
• GPs
• Managers and health leads from fostering providers, residential special schools and children’s homes   
• Others with an interest in looked after children’s health and well-being.

 Draft programme

Please find attached further joining instructions and venue details:
map and directions to venue