Children's Services conference, 14th October, Birmingham

The National Service Framework (NSF) for Children’s Services sets standards for Children’s Health and Social Services, and the interface of those services with education. Joint Area Reviews (JAR) and the integrated inspection framework have put a duty on local authorities to implement measures including: appoint a director of Children Services by 2008, establish Children’s Trust arrangements and promote educational achievement for looked after children.

The event is being run by Tribal Group plc, one of the fastest growing companies supporting the public sector today. The Group's activities cover the full spectrum of strategic and operational support services including consulting, property, technology, resourcing, education, communications and delivery. Children’s Services offers opportunities and challenges for local authorities when planning for the NSF in terms of inspection and managing performance. The conference will help social services and education staff to plan for Joint Area Reviews for Children’s Services and will cover aspects such as inspection, the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) and managing performance.

Speakers include:
• Stuart Twiss, senior inspector and Joint Area Review (JAR) co-ordinator, Bournemouth
• Kay White Bell, regional change adviser for the Government Office for the West Midlands
Plus a director of Social Services, and senior consultants from Tribal Education and Tribal Technology

The event will:
• explore issues and provide guidance and advice on preparing for Joint Area Review
• explore issues and offer strategies for post-inspection planning
• provide guidance and advice on preparing the Children & Young People’s Plan
• provide a model to performance manage Children’s Services at authority level and link this with planning and resource management

Visit http://www.sfe.co.uk/products/course-details.cfm?id=1016 for more information and to register for the conference.

Additional contact details:-

The Events Team, Tribal Education Training Solutions, Mitre House, Tower Street, Taunton, TA1 4BH 01823 353354

or visit www.tribaltechnology.co.uk www.sfe.co.uk www.network-training.co.uk
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Notes to editors:
Training Solutions is the training division of Tribal Education operating under the brands of SfE and Network Training. The company has a national reputation for delivering high quality, professional development training for schools, colleges and work based learning (WBL). It organises and delivers quality, focused, practical and stimulating courses and conferences with an emphasis on providing realistic and relevant strategies to improve student learning and departmental, school, college and WBL effectiveness to enhance performance and improve results.

The range of courses and conferences provided covers all curriculum areas as well as key issues for senior leadership teams and support staff. They are designed and led by leading practitioners in their specialised fields. Training Solutions also offers training and consultancy to schools, colleges and LEAs that can be delivered in-house.

The Managers into Leaders programme is aimed at professionals who are heading up teams and can lead to certification accredited by the University of Wolverhampton.

Tribal Group plc is one of the fastest growing companies supporting the public sector today. The Group's activities cover the full spectrum of strategic and operational support services including consulting, property, technology, resourcing, education and communications.



For further information, please contact:
Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd Tel: 0208 655 0953 or 0794 166 9925
Email: catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com

Date: 27 September 2005 Ref: TA-273