SHOOTING THE DICE: Supporting People In Uncertain Times

Workshop Options:
Day Two – 20th October
“ If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow,
and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow.
A sure thing is no fun.” Chico Marx
Vela Microboards: Person
Centred Support Networks
Susan Taylor, Vela Microboards
The concept of Vela Microboards
will be presented at the
workshop via a short power point
presentation and DVD. A member
of an existing Vela Microboard will
present the personal experiences
of establishing a Vela Microboard,
together with the opportunities in
terms of support and innovation, to
ensure an enhanced quality of life
for an individual.
Get Connected With ICT
Tracy Mimna, Live Net, Mencap
See Day 1.
Northern Ireland Social Care
Council
Gerardine Cunningham, NISCC
This workshop will explore new
ways of working in social care and
look at some of the ideas under
development.
carers and consider the balancing
act between safeguarding and
positive risk taking.
Be Safe Stay Safe
Eilis Mulholland, Leonard Cheshire
See Day 1.
From Stress To Ease
Siobhan Bogues, ARC NI
Too often we gamble with our
own well being while taking care
of other people. Come along and
take time out to look after yourself
with some gentle breathing and
stretching exercises, combined
with a few laughs along the way!
‘We Are Still Rolling the Dice’ –
Achieving Outcomes Through
Active Support
Nicola McCann, Positive Futures
See Day 1.
Sensible Solutions for Absence
Management
Anne Sheridan, Health Matters (NI)
See Day 1.
Serious Case Reviews in Adult
Safeguarding – Tools for Change
or a Stick to Beat Me
Joyce McKee, Health & Social Care
Board
This workshop will explore the
implications for people with
learning disabilities, families and
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause
and effect.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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ARC (NI) Conference 2011
The Learning Disability Conference of the YEAR!
The ARC (NI) Annual Conference provides one of the few
opportunities in Northern Ireland for people from all sectors and
settings to come together to explore and address issues of concern
in supporting people with a learning disability and their families. This
year’s conference will be held on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th
October 2011 and we will seek to support staff in coping with the
uncertainty, which is the context for much of our day-to-day work.
The conference aims are:
1. To celebrate the ingredients for ensuring that people live better
lives in their communities.
2. To learn about effective and creative approaches to developing
the workforce of the future.
3. To explore how we deal with real risks in a way that enables
people to have real lives.
4. To showcase innovative solutions from the creative use of
technology.
Be sure of your place by returning the enclosed booking
form ASAP.
“Guessing has never been
widely acclaimed as a
good gambling
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Enquiries to: Liz White – Conference Administrator
ARC NI Office,
43 Marsden Gardens,
Belfast BT15 5AL
Tel: 028 9022 9020
Fax: 028 9020 9300
Email: liz.white@arcuk.org.uk
ARC (NI) Conference 2011
“Dice control is a controversial theory where proponents
claim that individuals can learn to carefully toss the dice
so as to influence the outcome.”
Sponsored by:
Derrynoid Centre,
Draperstown
19th – 20th October 2011
Thursday 20th October
Tuesday 18th October
10.45am: Refreshments
8.00pm: Pre-conference Dinner
11.15am: Workshops (3)
12.30pm: Lunch
Wednesday 19th October
9.00am: Registration and tea/
coffee
9.30am: Let’s Roll the Dice!
Chairs: Siobhan Bogues, ARC
NI Director, Alex Parkinson and
Kathleen McVicar, TILII Belfast
Conference welcome.
9.40am: Doing Just What It Says
On The Tin!
“Jedi” Jim Eastwood
Jim Eastwood from The Apprentice
gets us off to a flying start with
words of wisdom on keeping your
head whilst all around you are
losing theirs.
10.10am: TILII Tales
Members of the Belfast and
Muckamore Hospital Telling It Like
It Is Groups
How to load the dice in favour of
the people you support.
10.30am: We ARE The
Champions!
Stephen Yetman, Special Olympian
Gold Medallist ; Danny Quinn,
Finalist in UK Campaigner of the Year
Awards
Celebrating people with a learning
disability who have shot the dice
and come up winners.
10.50am: Off the Starting Line:
Breaking News on the Learning
Disability Service Framework
Siobhan Bogues, ARC NI Director
Siobhan will share the latest news
on work she has been chairing
with colleagues from around NI on
developing the first ever health and
social care Service Framework for
people with a learning disability in
the UK.
11.00am: Refreshments
11.30am: Workshops (1)
12.45pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Something Special:
Finding Your Voice
Something Special Music Group
Be uplifted and exercise your lungs
with the fantastic Something
Special Music Group from Eglinton.
2.15pm: Workshops (2)
3.30pm: Refreshments
3.45pm: Lessons From
Winterbourne: Balancing Risks
with Getting a Good Life
Andy McDonnell, Clinical
Psychologist and Director, Studio 3
4.15pm: The Final Dice
Agnes Lunny, Chair ARC NI
7.30pm: ARC Reception
1.40pm: Staying Safe; Keeping it
Real
9.00am: Registration
9.30am: Take a Chance on Me!!
Chairs: Siobhan Bogues, ARC NI
Director, Robert Watson , TILII
Lisburn and John Mullen, TILII
Bangor
Welcome to Conference Day 2.
9.45am: Social Media – Friend or
Foe?
Jim Gamble , Former CEO of Ceop
(Child Exploitation and Online
Protection Centre); Robert Watson,
TILII Lisburn
Hear what we need to know about
protecting people from the many
risks on the internet while also
making sure that we don’t fall into
the traps of shutting the doors on
an invaluable social outlet for many
people with a learning disability.
10.15am: Bird’s Eye View
Christine Jenjoubi, Director of
Mental Health and Learning
Disability, DHSSPS
Christine will give us a whistle-stop
tour of the current developments
within the Department that will
affect people with a learning
disability and their families over the
coming year.
10.30am: Home is Where The
Heart Is
Brian O’Kane, NIHE
All the latest from Supporting
People, including hot off the press
news on a new strategy being
developed.
Kevin Keenan, HSCB
Sharing key thoughts on
developing a Safeguarding
Framework in Northern Ireland.
2.00pm: Workshops (4)
3.15pm: Refreshments
3.40pm: Taking a Fresh Look at
Supporting Older People
Professor Roy McConkey, University
of Ulster
Definitely the most popular speaker
at our conferences, Roy never fails
to deliver an entertaining and
thought provoking look at key
issues facing support providers.
4.10pm: Folding The Deck
Tina Fahm, Chair ARC UK
Tina will reflect on the conference
highlights and where she sees
ARC’s contribution in Northern
Ireland from her cockpit seat in
ARC UK.
4.20pm: So Long, Farewell...
A final word from the conference
chairs.
4.30pm: CLOSE
Workshop Options:
Day One – 19th October
Risk – What Are We Afraid Of?
Dora O’Loan, PROMOTE, Belfast HSC
Trust
An interactive workshop exploring
how we can work with the ‘fear
of’ something going wrong. What
would happen if we never took any
risks and what happens when we
take too many?
‘We Are Still Rolling The Dice’ –
Achieving Outcomes Through
Active Support
Nicola McCann, Positive Futures
Nicola will report on the journey
so far from two of Positive Futures’
Supported Living Services where
people with more complex and
behavioural support needs are
experiencing real opportunities to
be fully involved in their lives.
Be Safe Stay Safe
Eilis Mulholland, Leonard Cheshire
This workshop will develop
awareness of staying safe at
home and out and about in the
community. This workshop will be
delivered by the Be Safe Stay Safe
project, which aims to help people
with disabilities to feel safer in their
communities.
Web Support to Enhance
Safeguarding Practice
Bernie Gibbins, Triangle Housing
Association
This workshop will outline the
development of the new website
that is aimed at supporting and
enhancing safeguarding practice. It
will explain how this links with the
aims of safeguarding identified by
the Regional Policy, the Voluntary
Sector safeguarding drive, and
the new Local Area Safeguarding
Partnership, and the requirements
of RQIA and Supporting People in
relation to safeguarding.
Sensible Solutions for Absence
Management
Anne Sheridan, Health Matters (NI)
Mental health problems represent
the most common cause of
extended sickness absence for
people of working age in the UK.
The workplace, work colleagues
and work itself can all be important
factors in either facilitating or
impeding recovery. If you are
unsure as to the best approach
then you will benefit and obtain
practical advice and tips from
attending this workshop.
Get Connected With ICT
Tracy Mimna, Live Net, Mencap
A workshop for staff supporting
people with a learning disability
with the aim of helping them
develop the skills and knowledge
to support people with a learning
disability use ICT in everyday life.
Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Tina Fahm, Chair, ARC UK
How do high performing
organisations ensure that their
teams consistently produce the
most innovative products under
intense deadline and budget
pressures? By focusing on its teams’
emotional intelligence – that
powerful combination of selfmanagement skills and ability to
relate to others. This workshop will
illustrate how group EI techniques
can build the foundation for true
collaboration and cooperation,
helping otherwise skilled teams
fulfil their highest potential.