Events in London
Employment law legal help eligibility
assessment drop in
Date:
Every Monday and Wednesday
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Location: Disability Law Service,
London E1 2BP
Advice for disabled people who are experiencing a problem at work
or with an employer. For more information about this service visit
the Disability Law Service
website.
Moving On Annual Information
Event
Inviting all parents and carers of disabled
young people
aged 14 and over.
Date: Tuesday 29 January 2013
Time: 11am to 2pm
Location: Dugdale Centre, Thomas Hardy House, 39
London Road, Enfield, EN2 6DS
Cost: Free
Summary:
This event is designed to engage
families of disabled young people and provide support and
information for their transition into adulthood.
Come along and learn about the range of services and
support
available for both disabled young people and their parents/carers
in Enfield at our transition market place with a wide range of
stalls about independent living options, post 16 education,
training and lifelong learning opportunities, employment, health
and wellbeing, leisure and day activities.
Participate in the personalisation and welfare benefit
advice workshops from 11am to 12 noon or 1pm to 2pm.
Enjoy the keynote speeches including parent/carers'
experiences from 12 noon.
Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Website: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/events/start/29-01-2013/end/29-01-2013
Key Working training by Early Support
programme - January to April 2013
The Key Working training supports participants to develop and build
upon their understanding of key working and the good practice that
underpins it. The training is subsidised by Government funding so
multiagency practitioners and parent carers can access the training
free of charge. The training is delivered over two days, including
interim distance learning. It embeds the Early Support principles
into the key working functions, supporting participants to put
these into practice. Underpinning this is an exploration of how
working in partnership could contribute to good practice in key
working. Accreditation is available and participants will be
given the opportunity to select an assessed route through the
course. Visit the Early Support website to find an event
in your local region: http://ncb.org.uk/early-support/training/key-working-training
Finished at School transition conference
Date: Tuesday 5 February 2013
Time: 9.00 am
Venue: University of London: Birkbeck College,
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX
Cost: £130 inclusive or £100 if booked before 31
December 2012.
Summary: Ambitious about Autism is holding a
conference for professionals who support the transition of young
disabled people into adulthood. The one day conference is aimed at
those working in schools, local authorities, further education
colleges and, more broadly, organisations that assist access to
employment and community living. It is being delivered in
partnership with the Association of Colleges, Natspec, Nasen,
Dimensions and the Centre for Research in Autism and Education. It
will focus on supporting practitioners to implement the forthcoming
SEN and disability reforms, and will include updates from
Government and the SEN pathfinders.
More information: http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/page/get_involved/finished_school/conference.cfm
Supported Employment: How to set up a Successful
Programme for People with Learning Disabilities – a 1 day
course
Date: Tuesday 5 February 2013
Location: London
Summary: There is strong evidence suggesting that
supported employment for people with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities can make a huge difference to an individual's social
inclusion, confidence and self-esteem and their chance of a more
independent life.
NIACE is pleased to continue its partnership with staff from The
Realistic Opportunities for Supported Employment (ROSE) Programme
to offer this one day training.
Designed for all managers, organisers, tutors, coaches and
carers interested in setting up, developing or improving Supported
Employment provision for people with learning disabilities
For more information and to book a place:
http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/supported-employment-how-to-set-up-a-successful-programme-for-people-with-le
Job Coaching in Practice : Supporting People with
Learning Disabilities into Sustainable Employment
Date: Wednesday 6 February 2013
Location: London
Summary: In response to demand for this popular course, NIACE
is working with staff from The ROSE Programme to offer a
further date for this one day training designed to provide the
essential skills needed for anyone becoming a Job Coach.
Relevant to Job Coaches, managers, organisers, tutors, coaches,
personal assistants, supported employment professionals, who are
interested in supported employment for people with learning
disabilities.
For more information and to apply:
http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/job-coaching-in-practice-supporting-people-with-learning-disabilities-into-s
Working Together under the UN Disability Convention:
What is the Convention and why is it important for disabled people
in Britain?
Date: Tuesday 26 February 2013
Location: Dexter House, No.2 Royal Mint Court,
Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4QN
Further information and booking: If you
would like to register an interest in attending the events or would
like further information please email: [email protected]. The
closing date for registering an interest is Monday 28th January
2013.
A new landscape for SEN and
disability
Date: Tuesday 5 March
2013
Time: 10am- 3.30pm
Where: National Children’s Bureau, 8 Wakley
Street, London EC1V 7QE.
Summary: The Council for Disabled Children and the
Special Educational Consortium are hosting a conference offering an
expert view on the SEN and disability reforms and their
implications.
Why attend: This conference will provide you with
everything you need to know about the rapid changes that are
already taking place in the SEN system and the implications of the
Children and Families Bill and a new SEN Code of Practice. There
will be speakers from the Department for Education, SEND
Pathfinders and experts from across the sector, a panel discussion
and interactive workshops in the afternoon. All of this will
only cost you £125 if you book before 1 February 2013.
Agenda and booking information:
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/what-we-do/special-educational-consortium/read-our-latest-news-stories/2012/a-new-landscape-cdc-and-sec-conference-offers-expert-view-on-the-sen-and-disability-reforms-and-their-implications
Improving Health and Lives - three years on
Day One: Confidential Inquiry 20th March 2013
Day Two: Learning Disabilities
Observatory 21st March 2013
Location: Holiday Innn London, Bloomsbury
Summary: What we know now about the health of
people with learning disabilities and what this means for
commissioners, providers and others who have an interest in better
health for people with learning disabilities
This conference will summarise the findings from two Department
of Health funded projects set up in response to recommendation 5 in
Healthcare for All, the report of the independent inquiry into
access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.
Further inforation and booking: http://www.centrevents.co.uk/cildo.html