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Quality and Performance in
social services in Europe
- better outcomes for people

Plenary Programme - presentations available for download

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14.00 Monday 22 June: Session 1: Quality and Performance in Social Services


Welcome ESN

Lars-Göran JANSSON, Chair, European Social Network

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Quality and performance: progress on social services in the Czech Republic

Petr ŠIMERKA, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Republic

Mr Šimerka discusses the Czech government’s programme for reform in a difficult economic and social environment and reviews the Czech EU Presidency’s contribution to EU social policy development.

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Social priorities for the Swedish EU presidency

Maria LARSSON, Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health, Sweden

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The importance of local authorities in the development of local quality services

Oldřich VLASÁK, President, Union of Towns and Municipalities (SMO CR), Czech Republic and Executive President, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

Mr Vlasak discusses the importance of local authorities in the development of local quality services.

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Making public services accountable to citizens

Michael O’HIGGINS, Chair, Audit Commission, United Kingdom

Mr O’Higgins offers a 25 year review of the experience of audit and inspection in the United Kingdom, probably the first country to develop this level of public service inspection. He discusses, amongst other things, how public services can be made both more efficient and quality driven and the balance between local political autonomy and central audit.

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Commissioning for Quality – findings of ESN working group on contracting, quality and performance in social services in Europe

Kai LEICHSENRING, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna

Mr Leichsenring discusses how quality assurance mechanisms can be built into contracts and agreements established by local authorities with independent care providers. He presents interim results of a project looking at the management of contractual relationships in different European countries, comparing the legislative context for these with particular reference to the delivery of older people’s services.

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09.00 Tuesday 23 June: Session 2: Developing quality and performance in the delivery of Social Services – the state of play

Can we afford a social Europe? Assuring quality in a demanding economic environment

Vladimír ŠPIDLA, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities

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The challenge of promoting quality in active social and employment integration

Ágnes SIMONYI, Director General, Institute of Social Policy and Labour, Budapest, Hungary

Dr Simonyi reflects on the particular challenges for quality services of active social integration and the organisational challenges of integrating the different approaches of employment and social services with their very different cultural, historical and financial backgrounds. The system of local administration is a challenge to both choice and quality and their role is therefore central to the successful outcome of new forms of local integrated service.

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A step-by-step approach to building a quality framework in services for families and children
Miriam CIPRIANI, Director of Health and Social Services, Region of Lazio, Italy

Dr Cipriani reflects on how the Region of Lazio is building a quality approach with its many layers of government and varied stakeholders. She describes the achievements of this vision-driven, step-by-step programme discussing also the challenges inherent in bringing about such change. Examples are related in particular to the Region’s services for families and children.

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Contracting for quality in services for older people

Ana BUÑUEL HERAS, Deputy Director of Older People’s Services, City of Madrid, Spain

Promoting choice, quality and equity in social care through the use of contracting is a challenge for public authorities. This presentation highlights a systematic approach which separates service management responsibility from asset ownership to ensure that public authorities have choice of service provider and thereby promote quality whilst retaining sustainability of provision.

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Using performance indicators and evaluation studies to deliver better social care

Erik KAASTRUP-HANSEN, Director of Social Services, Århus, Denmark

The raison d’être of a public organisation is to deliver services that entail the best possible out-comes for citizens but public sector management has tended to focus more on economic input than output and outcomes. With reference to practices developed by Århus’s Center for Social Innovation, Mr Kaastrup-Hansen discusses the development of an effective
performance management system which combines data from performance indicators with
in-depth evaluation studies to support both management decision-making and quality
improvements at the service provider level.

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14.00 Tuesday 23 June: Session 3

 

Developing quality objectives for third-sector service providers to promote quality for the service user

Michael LÖHER, Director, Association of Public and Private Welfare Providers (Deutscher Verein), Germany

The Deutscher Verein, which brings together the six major non-government service provider associations and the public authorities in Germany, has a working group on quality of social services providers in both sectors. Mr Löher describes this development, making particular reference to the care services provided by non government associations.

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From protection to participation - supporting service users in taking responsibility for their own outcomes

Tof THISSEN, Director, DIVOSA, Netherlands

Mr Thissen considers the active role for service users that is promoted by current social policy direction in the Netherlands. Discussing how people’s potential can be more effectively realised through increased responsibility and supported involvement in their own future, he addresses how quality measures must be put in place to ensure that support is sufficient, that no one falls through the net, that choice is offered and services are delivered on the basis of people’s needs.

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Measuring outcomes for users and citizens – a national approach to public services

Alexis JAY, Chief Inspector of Social Work, Social Work Inspection Agency, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ms Jay discusses the opening up of social care markets and choice and the quality assurance questions that these developments raise for users and contracting authorities. She emphasises the strategic importance of user consultation and the role of commissioning in the development of inspection work to ensure quality outcomes.

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Film commissioned by ESN: "LISTENING TO USERS AND THEIR CARERS"

 

You can watch the ESN film at http://vimeo.com/5405981

(approx 15 minutes - English subtitles)


Transcript of film (English)

 

Workshop Programme - presentations available for download

First Session : Monday 22 June, 16.30-18.00

Second Session : Tuesday 23 June, 11.30-13.00

Third Session : Tuesday 23 June, 16.30-18.00

Fourth Session : Wednesday 24 June, 09.30-11.00

First Session : Monday 22 June, 16.30-18.00

 

(1) TACKLING THE INCREASED TAKE-UP OF INCAPACITY BENEFIT BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) and Ministry of Social Affairs and Work Opportunities, Netherlands

According to the latest OECD figures, EU governments are spending twice as much on illness and disability benefits as on unemployment benefits. In many countries, including the Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Finland and Poland young people are among the fastest growing age group of incapacity benefit recipients. The workshop forms part of an ongoing Eurofound project to investigate the reasons for this increase and to identify the most effective measures for activation to employment, including the role of social, health and employment services, educational systems and employers.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, DEUTSCH, ESPAÑOL, FRANCAIS, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - Ludwinek - English

PowerPoint - Blomsma - English

Report on the workshop - English



(2) THE USE OF ICT TO PROMOTE CHOICE AND QUALITY FOR CONTRACTORS OF OLDER PEOPLE'S SERVICES (Sweden and Norway)

Tieto Corporation; City of Västerås, Sweden; and Arendal Municipality, Norway

The role of the local authority has changed from monolithic provider of tax-financed elderly care to that of decision maker and purchaser of services, posing new challenges for quality and control. The city of Västerås in Sweden presents its experience of the split into purchaser-provider organization and of using IT solutions to run its services 24/7. The Municipality of Arendal in Norway presents results from a 4 year project involving extended use of ICT in its purchaser/provider model, resource planning and mobile solutions for elderly and homecare services.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, DEUTSCH, FRANCAIS

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint Part 1- English

PowerPoint Part 2 - English

PowerPoint - Deutsch

PowerPoint - Français

Report on the workshop outcomes - English



(3) DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO QUALITY STANDARDS AT A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL (Czech Republic)

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs; Regional authority of Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

In recent years, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic has unrolled a comprehensive programme to implement quality standards across social care in the Czech Republic. The workshop reviews lessons learned from this process, from its starting point in human rights law to its concrete outcomes in effecting dramatic change in the lives of individual service users.

LANGUAGES: ČEŠTINA, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

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Download presentation 3 - English

Joseph's story - transcript - English

Joseph's story - transcript - Cestina

A film was shown in the workshop.



(4) INTEGRATED SOCIAL CARE AND HEALTH INSPECTION FOR OLDER PEOPLE (United Kingdom - Scotland)

Social Work Inspection Agency, Scotland

The workshop focuses on the integrated working of social work and health services for older people at a local level in Scotland, where a pioneering joint approach to inspection has been adopted. Positive results of the new approach already include increased funding for services, better joint planning and improved service outcomes.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ČEŠTINA, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

Agenda of workshop - Cestina

Agenda of workshop - Italiano

Glossary of terms - English

Glossary of terms - Cestina

Glossary of terms - Italiano

PowerPoint slides

Transcript of first film - English

Transcript of second film - English

Two films were shown in the workshop.

 


(5) BENCHMARKING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN THE QUALITY OF LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES (Spain)

Social Welfare Department, Diputación de Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona Province has developed a system of benchmarking between major municipalities to promote a regional focus on quality and a framework for the evaluation of local social services. The active participation of 50 councils through a local network has been key to developing the project, including the establishment of common key indicators.

LANGUAGES: ESPAÑOL, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - español

PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint - español

Transcript of film subtitles - English

A film was shown in the workshop.

 

 

(6) A MULTI-AGENCY, USER-FOCUSED APPROACH TO BECOMING A 'FAMILY FRIENDLY' REGION (Italy)

Provincia di Trento, Italy

The falling birthrate in Italy and other EU countries has significant cultural and economic implications, but can this problem be addressed effectively at the local level? Trentino's multifaceted project ‘Family District’ confronts the issue, connecting social policy for family support with policy aimed at wider economic and cultural development. The early performance indicators relative to both customer satisfaction and the regional birthrate are very positive.

LANGUAGES: ITALIANO, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - Italiano

PowerPoint - English

A film was shown in the workshop.

 

 

(7) COMMISSIONING FOR QUALITY AND COST REDUCTION IN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS (United Kingdom – Wales)

Association of Directors of Social Services, Cymru (Wales) and Torfaen County Borough Council, Wales

Local authorities must increasingly contract out the care services for which they are responsible. The South West Wales region shares the positive results of a project designed to standardise its procurement and commissioning processes, in order to achieve the more efficient, effective and sustainable provision of care to particular groups of service users.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Roleplay script - English

Roleplay script - Spanish

Second Session : Tuesday 23 June, 11.30-13.00

 

(8) IMPROVING QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH A TARGETED VOUCHERS POLICY (France)

Accor Services; Orseu, France

The workshop reviews local initiatives from three European countries which have used a voucher system to improve performance and quality of social services and policy in the areas of elderly care (France), schools (Italy) and low income populations (Czech Republic). Key questions raised are: is the provision of social services at a local level made more efficient through the use of a voucher system?; can the quality of social services be improved through the use of a voucher system?; and what lessons can be learned from these three very different projects?

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRANCAIS, ČEŠTINA, DEUTSCH, ESPAÑOL, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - Pasquini - English

Summary of presentation - Pasquini - English (pdf)

PowerPoint - Pasquini -1 - Italiano

PowerPoint - Pasquini - 2 - Italiano

PowerPoint - Kladno - English (pdf)

PowerPoint - Dillon - English

 


(9) "SEE ME, NOT THE DEMENTIA!" : INVOLVING USERS AND CARERS IN EARLY INTERVENTION (United Kingdom – England)

Staffordshire County Council, England, United Kingdom

Dementia-related illnesses are a growing worldwide problem, but often go unrecognised. Staffordshire County Council shares its innovative approach to early intervention and prevention for dementia sufferers, showcasing a variety of initiatives that actively involve users and carers in shaping the delivery and outcomes of services. The workshop hears directly from a family carer and debates the importance of working more closely with volunteer/family carers as skilled experts.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL, FRANCAIS

Agenda of workshop - English

Text of presentation - English

Text of presentation - Español

Text of presentation - Français

Minimap graphic - Staffordshire solutions - English

Factsheet - English

Factsheet - Español

Factsheet - Français

Film transcript - English

A film was shown in the workshop.



(10) APPLYING QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FOR THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (Germany)

Evangelischer Fachverband Arbeit und Soziale Integration e. V. (EFAS), Stuttgart, Deutschland; Evangelischer Fachverband für Arbeit, berufliche und soziale Integration im DW der Ev. Kirche im Rheinland, Dusseldorf, Deutschland

The workshop examines the transferability of internationally standardised quality management systems and standards within active inclusion services. The Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe Diacony shares its own participatory implementation strategy, captured in a step-by-step handbook that offers a comprehensive template for building a QMS, integrating the special needs and conditions of a social enterprise.

LANGUAGES: DEUTSCH, ČEŠTINA, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

Agenda of workshop - Deutsch

PowerPoint - Deutsch

PowerPoint - English

 

(11) DEVELOPING STREAMLINED AND PERSONALISED SERVICES FOR ADULTS, WITH SINGLE POINT ACCESS (United Kingdom - England)

Adult Services, Brighton and Hove City Council, England, United Kingdom

As the starting point for a wider debate on how adult social care services can be improved through increased customer focus and a more individualized approach, Brighton and Hove recounts its recent experience in developing, planning and introducing the ‘personalisation’ of social care for adults. What are the bureaucratic and process obstacles to improving performance, quality and customer satisfaction and how these might be overcome?

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRANCAIS

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

 

(12) IMPLEMENTING A USER-FOCUSED APPROACH TO QUALITY IN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Czech Republic)

Silesian Diacony, Czech Republic and 'Klíč' Centre of Social Services, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Since 2000, the Silesian Diacony has introduced a range of quality initiatives focused on service users, who contribute actively to both the implementation and the verification – by inspection - of quality standards. The presentations focus on improvements in services for disabled people, juxtaposing the perspectives of a service provider, a service user and a service inspector.

LANGUAGES: ČEŠTINA, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint 1 - Cestina

PowerPoint 1 - English

PowerPoint 2 - English

Notes from the presentation of the service user - Cestina

 

(13) IMPROVING PERFORMANCE THROUGH EFFICIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR USERS AND PROFESSIONALS (Italy)

Department for Social Services and Health, Veneto Region, Italy

The Veneto Region discusses how a modern, integrated information system can effectively support the planning and delivery of complex services that respond efficiently to user needs. Features of the Veneto's 'social information system' include shared tools, standardised language, flexible data-sharing and structured dialogue between the integrated services.

LANGUAGES: ITALIANO, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint - Italiano

 

(14) PREVENTING CHILD DEATHS - LESSONS FROM HIGH-RISK INDUSTRY (United Kingdom - England)

Social Care Institute For Excellence (SCIE), United Kingdom

The death of a child from abuse or neglect causes universal outcry – but are the right lessons being learned? SCIE examines exemplary safety records from industry and asks what child welfare can borrow from their systems approach. This novel approach analyses many factors that interact to inform a social worker’s actions (and inactions), resulting in a “learning together” model for the identification of more effective solutions.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, DEUTSCH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Report on the workshop putcomes - English

Third Session : Tuesday 23 June, 16.30-18.00


(15) MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING CHANGE AND DEVELOPING QUALITY (Finland)

Cities of Helsinki and Seinäjoki; University of Kuopio; Centre of Expertise on Social Welfare in Western and Central Uusimaa, Finland

An increasingly fragmented society with changing values produces new challenges for the skills and organisational structure of social services. In this context, the workshop focuses on management skills and development activities, exploring the need to build stronger relationships between practice, teaching and research in the social services.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ČEŠTINA, DEUTSCH, ESPAÑOL, FRANCAIS, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - Jokiranta - English

Presentation - Jokiranta - English

PowerPoint - Heikkilä - English

Presentation - Heikkilä - English

PowerPoint - Bergman - English

Presentation - Bergman - English

PowerPoint - Niiranen - English or pdf version

Presentation - Niiranen - English

 

(16) CREATING INTEGRATED SOCIAL, HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN:
A 5-YEAR OUTCOME REVIEW (United Kingdom – England)

Redbridge Children’s Trust, London Borough of Redbridge, England

Redbridge reports back on the successes and lessons learned from its comprehensive 5 year project, which has merged traditional services of health, education and social care into a holistic and integrated ‘one stop shop’ focused on the individual needs of children and families. The workshop goes on to examine the transferability of best-practice models across national boundaries.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ČEŠTINA, ESPAÑOL

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint - español

PowerPoint - Cestina

Film transcript - English

A film was shown in this workshop.

 

(17) REALISING THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF AUTISM: SUPPORTING THE ACTIVE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM IN THE FIRST LABOUR MARKET (Denmark)

Specialisterne and the FSD (Social Directors' Association), Denmark

The exclusion of the majority of autism sufferers from the labour market results commonly in secondary problems such as loneliness, depression, and drug abuse. Realising the special skills of many people with autism, social firm Specialisterne in 2004 inaugurated a unique, award-winning scheme of assessment, support and labour integration for autism sufferers. It now employs around 40 persons with autism as IT consultants to large Danish and International companies at market terms. The workshop debates the issues raised by this, exploring the potential for innovative solutions to support people with invisible disabilities in life and in work.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Film transcript - English

Report on the outcomes of the workshop - English

A film was shown in this workshop.

 

 

(18) MONITORING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ISOLATED ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A LARGE CITY (France)

Centre Communal d’Action Sociale (CCAS), City of Marseille, France

In response to the tragic events of the 2003 heatwave, which sharply highlighted the isolation of many elderly people in the city, Marseille has created new information systems to secure the better social inclusion of its over-60s, and the more effective identification of and response to their social or medical needs. The workshop discusses the use of such systems, which can help city administrations to provide more effective networks of support to vulnerable citizens.

LANGUAGES: FRANCAIS, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - français

PowerPoint - English / français

Report on the outcomes of the workshop - français

A film was shown in this workshop.

 

 

(19) IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE: DEFINING QUALITY, EVALUATING INTERVENTION AND INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE ACTIVE INCLUSION (Italy)

ULSS Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy; Mental Health Office, Department of Social Services and Health, Veneto Region, Italy

A leader in mental health care policy in Italy since the 1970s, the Veneto Region presents here the results of a recent, major review and consolidation of its mental health care planning and delivery. The presentation launches an interactive debate on themes including service user participation in defining quality; the reconciliation of public, private and informal care resources; the role of institutional care; and the evaluation of services.

LANGUAGES: ITALIANO, DEUTSCH, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint - Italiano

Questions for discussion - English/ Italiano / Deutsch



(20) TACKLING CHILD EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING WITH SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT (Albania)

Municipality of Korca, Albania; Terre des Hommes (NGO), Albania

The workshop presents an initiative for the protection and empowerment of disadvantaged and vulnerable families in Korca, south east Albania. Activities include direct assistance and income generating schemes for the long term unemployed plus a local child protection safety-net to prevent school drop out and exploitation.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint 1 - English

PowerPoint 2 - English

PowerPoint 3 - English

Summary - English

 

(21) EVALUATING QUALITY STANDARDS IN DRUG SERVICES - AND HOW TO INVOLVE SERVICE USERS IN THIS PROCESS (Czech Republic)

Centre for Quality and Standards in Social Services, National Training Fund; Addiction Centre, Charles University, Prague; Laxus, o.s., Hradec Králové (Czech civic association); Magdalena, Mníšek pod Brdy (Czech civic association)

Quality evaluation of services for drug users has been implemented in the Czech Republic since 2005, using a certification system that is subject to 'peer evaluation' by drug workers and addiction experts. Focusing on the results of a wide-ranging evaluation of the services carried out in 2007-8, the workshop aims to stimulate an exchange of good practice on quality assessment methods, raising workers' competencies and how best to involve drug service users in raising standards.

LANGUAGES: ČEŠTINA, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English


Fourth Session : Wednesday 24 June, 09.30-11.00

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(22) MEASURING PERFORMANCE IN ACTIVE INCLUSION SERVICES (France)

Conseil Général de la Gironde, France

The requirement to measure 'active inclusion' policy performance raises new challenges for local authority social services. How to determine the pertinent indicators of success? How to encourage employees to adopt a results-oriented ethos and use the tools provided? How to assess the validity of investment in new initiatives? Conseil de la Gironde has recently faced these challenges and leads the discussion.

LANGUAGES: FRANCAIS, ENGLISH, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - français

PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint - français

 

(23) DEVELOPING COMPARATIVE DATA ON SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE, TO IMPROVE SERVICE QUALITY, EFFICIENCY AND CITIZEN CHOICE (Sweden)

National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

The National Board of Health and Welfare present its blueprint for a public-access, service-comparison system and 'elderly guide' currently being developed in Sweden, and leads a discussion on how such national data systems can support increases in choice, quality and efficiency in elderly care, for both service users and professionals.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ČEŠTINA, DEUTSCH, ESPAÑOL, ITALIANO

Agenda of workshop - English

Background paper - English

National Board Survey - English

PowerPoint 1 - English

PowerPoint 2 - English

Presentation text for second PowerPoint - English

PowerPoint 2 - Cestina (pdf)

PowerPoint 2 - Deutsch

PowerPoint 2 - Español

PowerPoint 2 - Italiano

 

 

(24) REVIEWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR YOUTH AT RISK (Germany)
German Association for Public and Private Welfare; Institute for Quality Development in Social Services, Germany

How can authorities effectively analyse and evaluate the outcome of social services on users, to enhance the quality of professional social work? Using data collected from over 200 welfare services and 25,000 cases, a joint project called WIMES is providing empirically sound indicators on the effects and efficacy of educational support, supporting the development of more effective methods and management systems.

LANGUAGES: DEUTSCH, ENGLISH

Agenda of workshop - English / Deutsch

PowerPoint 1 - English

PowerPoint 1 - Deutsch

PowerPoint 2 - English

PowerPoint 2 - Deutsch

PowerPoint 3 - English

PowerPoint 3 - Deutsch

 

(25) APPLYING QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS (Spain)

Grupo 5 Acción y Gestión Social S.L., City of Madrid, Spain

Madrid’s ‘Puerta Abierta’ residential care centre for the homeless shares its experiences of implementing an internationally recognised quality system which, in addition to enhancing professional standards, actively involves users in its continuous development, thus assisting their resocialisation and integration.

LANGUAGES: ESPAÑOL, ENGLISH, FRANCAIS

Agenda of workshop - español

PowerPoint with notes - English

Presentation text - español

 

(26) A HOLISTIC FAMILY APPROACH TO TACKLING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Sweden)

Department of Social Services, Municipality of Halmstad, Sweden

The Municipality of Halmstad's new crisis centre offers the entire family help when violence occurs in relationships: children who suffer or witness violence and adults who suffer or who inflict violence. The workshop discusses the wide-ranging organisational principles and leadership responsibilities involved in setting up and running such a unit, which deals with issues of violence and receives all family members.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, DEUTSCH

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Report on the workshop outcomes - English

 

(27) HUMAN TECHNOLOGY – A NEW WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES IN SUPPORTING A NORMAL LIFESTYLE FOR PEOPLE WITH ‘INVISIBLE DISABILITIES’ (Sweden)

Municipality of Karlstad, Sweden

'Invisible disabilities' include a wide range of psychiatric conditions that can threaten a person's chance to lead a 'normal' life, when everyday tasks present inhibiting challenges. Can new technologies help to change this? Karlstad's department of social psychiatry present pioneering methods, demonstrating a range of simple practical devices that help their service users to overcome daily challenges and lead an independent life.

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ČEŠTINA

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Transcript of film - English

A film was shown in this workshop.

Report on the workshop outcomes - English

 

 

(28) INVOLVING YOUTH TO PROMOTE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP (Denmark)

Social Center West, City of Aarhus, Denmark

Denmark’s second largest city presents a prizewinning project that tackles the issue of how to promote social responsibility and active citizenship among young people by engaging them as voluntary role models in a local ‘club’. Key successes include a marked decline in youth crime and vandalism among ethnic minority youth (Somalis) and a marked progress in their employment and educational achievement. Can the model be copied in other cities and countries?

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRANCAIS

Agenda of workshop - English

PowerPoint - English

Presentation text - English

Transcript of film - English

A film was shown in this workshop.

 


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