South West RI Network
Next RI Network Meeting Dates are:
25th June 2024 10am-4pm at Kenn Centre, 3 Exeter Rd, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7UE
24th September 2024 10am-4pm at Kenn Centre, 3 Exeter Rd, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7UE
10th December 2024 10am-4pm at Kenn Centre, 3 Exeter Rd, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7UE
Our quarterly face-to-face network meetings have resumed and we are also continuing to run weekly support meetings every Wednesday morning at 10am for responsible individuals, with commissioners joining on a bi-weekly basis. If you would like to join these, please email your request to admin@dialogueltd.co.uk
The SW RI Network events are open to responsible individuals across the South West and is a great opportunity to share ideas, seek support and improve practice. We develop the agenda with members and share ahead of each event. Typically there is a strategic focus, with reflection on the role of the Responsible Individual and the joys of managing Registered Managers.
Through the pandemic we moved to an online RI Network and members have asked that we keep this going. We have moved the online element of RI Network to a new membership from January 2022 ‘Residential Leadership Group’ – with the pandemic price rises your membership fee doesn’t quite cover the weekly online meetings and the face-to-face events! RI Network members will have a 25% discount to attend these online monthly sessions throughout the year. The sessions all include an update on what is happening in the residential world, impact of the pandemic, peer group support sessions and a CPD focus area.
You can register by visiting the page for our Residential Leadership Group.
Welcome to the SW RI Network.
You will find all the resources you need on the day and those from previous events.
We hope you find it useful.
10:00 – Introductions – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone
10:10 – Sector Update – Chris Freestone
10:30 – RM vacancies – John Woodhouse
John will pilot a session contributing to the work on creating an understanding of the factors around recruitment and retention
11:30 – Coffee Break
11:45 – Partnership working – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone with Commissioners
All South West Commissioners are invited to join us from 11.30am-4pm
We will explore shared areas of practice, our ambitions for the group and the format going forward. We will also provide updates on the projects underway and develop the ideas of the work done last time to take this forward.
13:00 – Lunch break
13:45 – Partnership working (continued)– John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone with South West Commissioners
Continuing our discussions from the morning session, we will be reviewing plans from our last meeting in regards to fulfilling family relationships, emergency placements and contingency planning, placement plans for 16-17 year olds and funding plans/structures with local authorities, setting targets for the coming year.
15:45 – Plenary
16:00 – Close
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Archive
AGENDA 25th June 2024:
10:00 – Introductions – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone
10:15 – Sector Update – Chris Freestone
11:15 – Coffee Break
11:30 – ‘Creative ways of working…..’ – Gail Collins and Andy Simms
Following on from our weekly meetings this is the opportunity to review models , practice and ideas/ thoughts which can then contribute to the discussions around SW sufficiency after lunch with commissioners.
13:00 – Lunch break (with Commissioners joining)
13:45 – South West Sufficiency – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone with South West Commissioners
We’re aiming to do some work to bring together RIs from local providers and South West Commissioners to create a stronger and open understanding of the issues surrounding sufficiency in the South West and plan a way forward together. The aim is for us to see provision of effective and affordable residential care of young people as a joint endeavour.
15:45 – Plenary
16:00 – Close
Agenda:
10:00 – Introductions – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone
10:15 – Sector Update – Chris Freestone
10:45 – ‘Outstanding leaders / Outstanding homes’ – Chris Freestone
Challenges from an RI perspective, with peer reflection and discussion
12:15 – Reviewing the RI Standards – Chris Freestone
Please download a copy of the current RI standards using the button below, so we can review and discuss for 2023 revisions.
13:00 – Lunch break
14:00 – Recruiting Residential Staff – Andy Simms, Nick Scribbins and John Woodhouse
Recruiting staff in residential care is high cost, high risk activity with limited success for many. We’ll explore successful strategies together and consider how we might work regionally to bring more staff into the sector in a more cost and time effective way, building on the discussion in the RI coordination meeting on 25th October 2023.
15:45 – Plenary
16:00 – Close
South West RI Standards final v6 – 4th December 2023
Outstanding leader equals outstanding home or does it 4.12.23
From Christine’s presentations
From John’s presentation
From Maryann’s presentation
Presentation
From Independence to Interdependence – article
If you’d like to book Maryann to come and speak to your team or organisation, please contact us.
Click below for PDF download of presentation for talking with trauma-experienced young people, by Rachel Shepperd
Talking with trauma experienced young people
Click below for PDF download of presentation for the three Vital Questions, by Ruby Parry
COVID-19 contain framework: a guide for local decision-makers