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Out of Home Care Adoption Masterclass with international guest speaker Sir Martin Narey REDISCOVERING ADOPTION: THE EXPERIENCE OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORM IN ENGLAND About Sir Martin Narey In his role as Ministerial Advisor on Adoption, Sir Martin advises the UK government about adoption and other children’s issues, including the reform of social work education. He also chairs the National Adoption Leadership Board. In 2005, Sir Martin Narey became Chief Executive of Barnardo’s UK, during which time he chaired The Campaign To End Child Poverty, and saw Barnardo’s grow by 40% to become, once again, the UK’s biggest children’s charity. Since leaving Barnardo’s, he was then commissioned by The Times to write a major report on adoption. Prior to this, Sir Martin Narey began his career as a prison governor working at a number of prisons becoming Director General of The Prison Service of England and Wales and Home Office Permanent Secretary. Masterclass Overview This event is aimed at FACS senior staff and NGO managers who want to engage at both the system level and in practice implications of adoption reform. The content of the Masterclass is also highly relevant for policy makers who want to learn more about advocating for change at multiple levels and implementing reform in the social work sector. 8:45am Registration 9:00am Challenges faced in adoption reform and small group discussion 10:10am Morning Tea 10:30am Affecting systemic level adoption reform and Q&A 11:40am Break 11:50am Key elements of reform in adoption practice and Q&A 1:00pm Close DATE AND TIME RSVP Friday 6 th November 2015 Sydney [email protected] This event is part of National Adoption Awareness Week (8 th -14 th November 2015). More information can be found on the Adopt Change website.
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Out of Home Care Adoption Masterclass
with international guest speaker Sir Martin Narey
REDISCOVERING ADOPTION: THE EXPERIENCE OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORM IN ENGLAND
About Sir Martin Narey In his role as Ministerial Advisor on Adoption, Sir Martin advises the UK government about adoption and other children’s issues, including the reform of social work education. He also chairs the National Adoption Leadership Board. In 2005, Sir Martin Narey became Chief Executive of Barnardo’s UK, during which time he chaired The Campaign To End Child Poverty, and saw Barnardo’s grow by 40% to become, once again, the UK’s biggest children’s charity. Since leaving Barnardo’s, he was then commissioned by The Times to write a major report on adoption. Prior to this, Sir Martin Narey began his career as a prison governor working at a number of prisons becoming Director General of The Prison Service of England and Wales and Home Office Permanent Secretary. Masterclass Overview This event is aimed at FACS senior staff and NGO managers who want to engage at both the system level and in practice implications of adoption reform. The content of the Masterclass is also highly relevant for policy makers who want to learn more about advocating for change at multiple levels and implementing reform in the social work sector. 8:45am Registration 9:00am Challenges faced in adoption reform and small group discussion 10:10am Morning Tea 10:30am Affecting systemic level adoption reform and Q&A 11:40am Break 11:50am Key elements of reform in adoption practice and Q&A 1:00pm Close
DATE AND TIME RSVP
Friday 6th November 2015 Sydney
This event is part of National Adoption Awareness Week (8th-14th November 2015). More information can be found
on the Adopt Change website.
