Leaders’ Forum: Building and sustaining a resilient system

This event takes place over two half days. Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

• Designed for
• Overview
• Speakers
• Aims
• Booking

Designed for 

Leaders’ Forum is an online event in order to maximise accessibility and inclusion. It is aimed at Directors, Assistant Directors and strategic managers from Partner organisations across the Research in Practice networks for children and families and for adults.

Overview 

Resilience is sometimes misinterpreted as meaning an individual’s ability to cope, instead of looking at the features and conditions of the system in which people can thrive. The challenging landscape currently facing children’s and adults’ services requires a wider perspective in order to consider what it means to build a resilient system. 

At this year’s Research in Practice Leaders’ Forum we will be exploring the idea of system resilience. To maximise accessibility and inclusion, Leaders’ Forum is delivered as a joint online event across children’s and adults’ services that provides a unique opportunity for strategic leaders to come together. We will examine what a resilient system looks and feels like for the workforce and for people needing support and will explore the role of inspection and regulation and marketisation on system resilience.  

Colleagues from statutory and voluntary sector organisations, policy and academia will come together to interrogate the evidence base and share experiences – and discuss how a resilient system can enable us to deliver better support and services.  

Speakers 

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Dr. Liz Ackerley, University of Manchester  
• Stephanie Collins, Monash University  
• Luara Ferracioli, University of Sydney  
• Teresa Hills, London Borough of Merton  
• Susan McCaughan, University of Salford  
• Prof. Hugh McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan University  
• Dr. Sarah Pollock, Manchester Metropolitan University  
• Dr. Helen Scholar, University of Salford
• Yvette Stanley, Ofsted 
• Nigel Thompson, Care Quality Commission  

Further speakers will be confirmed shortly. 

Aims 

Our Leaders’ Forum brings together senior leaders to debate key challenges and share ideas and solutions. The event will include joint sessions for leaders across the adults’ and children’s sectors.  

Booking

As a Research in Practice Partner your attendance is included in your organisational membership. Leaders’ Forum is a popular event and we strongly encourage you to book your place early, request a place by selecting the button above.

Each children & families Partner can book up to four places online. Each adults Partner can book up to four places online. Places are limited and subject to availability.