South West RI Network
Next RI Network Meeting Dates are:
20th March 2025, 10am-4pm
19th June 2025, 10am-4pm
18th September 2025, 10am-4pm
11th December 2025, 10am-4pm
New venue for 2025 to be announced shortly….
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.
Welcome to the SW RI Network.
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Archive
Resources to be uploaded soon.
Agenda for 10th December 2024:
10:00 – Introductions – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone
10:15 – Sector Update – Chris Freestone
11:15 – Coffee Break
11:30 – Partnership working – Chris Freestone
How is your organisation set to manage the demands of children’s residential care, inspection and safeguarding. Chris Freestone takes us through some elements of challenge and stress organisations have faced to keep young people’s progress at the core of what we do.
13:00 – Lunch break
All South West Commissioners are invited to join us from 1pm
13:45 – Commissioner/RI Joint Work – John Woodhouse and Chris Freestone with South West Commissioners
15:45 – Plenary
16:00 – Close
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