Context
Building on the success of family intervention programmes, the government has made available £448 million to improve the lives of 120,000 families in England and reduce the cost of crime, anti-social behaviour, welfare and poor educational outcomes. Many of these families live in social housing and are already known to landlords.
- What is the role of social housing providers in delivering Troubled Families outcomes?
- How will new delivery models such as place-based commissioning and payment by results work in practice?
- How can housing providers demonstrate the value of their services within these models to secure new sources of funding?
- How can housing providers work more closely and strategically with local authorities, the police and other partners?
This timely conference will address these key questions by bringing together housing professionals, local authority commissioners, and family intervention practitioners.
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Contributors
POLICY AND CONTEXT
- Ian Brady, Deputy Director, Troubled Families Team, Communities and Local Government, on the role and remit of the Troubled Families programme and its delivery models including payment by results
- Honor Rhodes, Director of Strategic Development and Projects, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, on the changing policy landscape for working with socially-excluded families, the evidence-base for effective intervention, and the key role of social landlords
HOUSING PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES
- Andrea Baker, Director of Housing, Poplar Harca, on strategic working with local partners to provide family intervention services that tackle worklessness
- Dave Lockerman, Head of Housing Management, B3Living, on its pioneering work on family intervention and how it will fit into future funding streams
- Plus others to be confirmed
COMMISSIONING PERSPECTIVES
- Joy Kennard, Children and Families Commissioner, Swindon Borough Council, on the council’s ‘whole system’ approach to commissioning, its experience of piloting community-based budgets, and multi-agency working to support families including housing
- Panel discussion involving local authorities on progress to date and remaining challenges in implementing the Troubled Families Programme
BEST PRACTICE OUTCOME MODELS
- Helen Dent, Chief Executive Officer, Family Action, on addressing social problems at a local and national level, and using the Building Bridges and Family Star model to empower families
Who should attend?
Housing providers
- Directors and senior managers
- Heads of anti-social behaviour and community safety
- Heads of tenancy sustainment
- Heads of business development
Local authorities
- Commissioning teams
- Troubled Family co-ordinators and other family intervention practitioners
- Children and youth services
Other organisations providing parenting and family support in the community
What will you get from attending?
- Understanding of the role of social housing in delivering Troubled Families outcomes
- Knowledge of how new commissioning frameworks such as payment by results will work in practice
- Insight into the value that housing services bring to delivering Troubled Families outcomes
- Ideas and examples from housing providers of how they work most effectively with troubled families
- Networking opportunities with housing providers, local authorities and others with a key stake in working with families
Endorsements
Our conferences for senior housing professionals consistently get positive feedback. Here’s a taste of comments from delegates who attended Developing tenants’ life-skills, learning and capacity for work and financial well-being (5 May 2011):
- “Very good conference, well designed, structures and great guest speakers and case studies. Well worth attending” – Financial Inclusion & Worklessness Coordinator, Bernicia Group
- “Wonderful day, allowing focus to be maintained on the subjects - great for networking and sharing ideas” – Training and Support Coordinator, Havebury Housing Partnership
- “It's the first Lemos & Crane event I've been to, and have to say that it knocked spots off others. I particularly enjoyed the fact that it appeared informal, yet was run so very professionally, and so much more interactive than other seminars I've attended.” - Financial Inclusion Manager, The Wrekin Housing Trust
Programme
9.15 Registration
10.00 Session 1: POLICY AND CONTEXT
- Ian Brady, Deputy Director, Troubled Families Team, Communities and Local Government, on the role and remit of the Troubled Families programme and its delivery models including payment by results
- Honor Rhodes, Director of Strategic Development and Projects, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, on the changing policy landscape for working with socially-excluded families, the evidence-base for effective intervention, and the key role of social landlords
11.25 Refreshments
11.45 Session 2: COMMISSIONING PERSPECTIVES
- Joy Kennard, Children and Families Commissioner, Swindon Borough Council, on the council’s ‘whole system’ approach to commissioning, its experience of piloting community-based budgets, and multi-agency working to support families including housing
- Panel discussion involving local authorities on progress to date and remaining challenges in implementing the Troubled Families Programme
1.15 Lunch
2.00 Session 3: BEST PRACTICE OUTCOME MODELS
- Helen Dent, Chief Executive Officer, Family Action, on addressing social problems at a local and national level, and using the Building Bridges and Family Star model to empower families
2.40 Session 4: HOUSING PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES
- Andrea Baker, Director of Housing, Poplar Harca, on strategic working with local partners to provide family intervention services that tackle worklessness
- Dave Lockerman, Head of Housing Management, B3Living, on its pioneering work on family intervention and how it will fit into future funding streams
4.00 Close
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