Exchange Wales Summer Conference Series

In the context of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, everybody is talking about well-being, particularly in light of the impact of the pandemic. This overarching theme for Exchange Wales' next conference series will address both children’s and adult social care issues.

The summer programme includes:

23 June 2021, 11:00 - British Association of Social Workers Cymru (BASW) Wellbeing workshop – Implementing the BASW Social Worker Wellbeing and Working Conditions Good Practice Toolkit

Alison Hulmes and Pippa Anderson, BASW Cymru

This workshop will explore what wellbeing means to social workers, looking at the differences between hedonistic and eudaimonic wellbeing and what that means in practice.

To register visit the Zoom meeting website.

29 June - Pre-recorded webinar on the Well-being of unpaid carers

Dan Burrows and Jen Lyttleton-Smith, Cardiff University

1 July, 11:00 – Well-being outcomes - from metrics to meaning

Nick Andrews, Swansea University

An outcomes approach to practice has been promoted for many years, as have attempts to meaningfully record them. A strong emphasis on rehabilitation focused change outcomes has sometimes resulted in practitioner led outcomes rather than personal outcomes. It has also led to the neglect of other important well-being outcomes, particularly amongst older people with high support needs, who cannot always be rehabilitated.

To register visit the Zoom meeting website

5 July, 11:00 – Bright Spots programme -  10, 000 Voices: Looked after children and young people's views on their well-being

Julie Selwyn, Professor of Education and Adoption, CBE, Rees Centre, Oxford University

The Bright Spots Programme began in 2013 with the aim of understanding children and young people’s experience of care. The Programme uses four online surveys of well-being to capture the views of looked after children (age 4-7 years and 8-10 years), young people (11-18 years), and care leavers (18-25 years). In this presentation survey data from 10,000 children and young people (age 4-18yrs) will be used to consider the indicators associated with low and very high well-being with a particular focus on two indicators: having a trusted adult to rely on and feelings about appearance.

To register visit the Zoom meeting website.

6 July, 11:00 –  Here2there.me – a person centred planning and outcomes recording App

Roger Rowett, Director of Here2there.me Ltd.

H2t.me is in its final phase of development involving pilots across a range of services in Wales and has won a National Welsh Government SBRI challenge called Better Lives Closer to Home. It has been piloted in learning disability, children’s services and work support.

To register visit the Zoom meeting website.

13 July, 11:00 –  Health inequalities and dementia care: what matters to people living with dementia and their families? 

Sofia Vougioukalou, Cardiff University, Suzanne Duval from Diverse Cymru and Anne Mears-Rees from Promo Cymru

Little is known about the dementia experiences and additional challenges faced by communities with multiple identities linked to ethnic background, sexuality and disability. In this session you will be hearing about a project that aimed to address this significant gap in engaging and understanding the needs of diverse communities (Bengali, Greek, Somali, Welsh speaking, LGBT, Culturally Deaf, deaf, visually impaired and with Down Syndrome) of people affected by dementia and their carers in Wales. 

To register visit the Zoom meeting website.