Fw: Forensic Services and Secure Units
Shirley Wardle
Forensic Services and Secure Units
Friday 8 December 2006
The Resource Centre
365 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA
Adult Learning & Skills in Forensic Services and Secure Units - Challenges facing learners, tutors and providers:
· Not since the 'Review of Health and Social Services for Mentally Disordered Offenders and others Requiring Similar Services' in 1992 under the chairmanship of Dr John Reed has any policy consideration been given to the learning and skills needs of people under the care and supervision of Forensic Services.
· More recently the Learning and Skills Council has highlighted offender learning and skills as a priority area. The recently published report 'Through Inclusion to Excellence' (LSC 2005) represents the Learning and Skills Council's commitment to learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
· The LSC noted the need to ensure quality of provision for learners within Forensic Services in the published proposals 'Improving services to people with mental health difficulties' (LSC 2006).
Given these significant policy initiatives it is now time to focus on the challenges facing learners, tutors and providers of adult learning and skills provision within Forensic Services and Secure Units. Using examples of existing practice delegates will be able to:
- Reflect on their own practice and consider how they might develop it
- Consider ways in which the sector may support learners and tutors more effectively and thereby improve the quality of provision nationally; and
- Provide feedback to policy makers on the issues and concerns that need addressing.
The conference will be of interest to:
· Teachers and tutors working in Forensic Services and Secure Units;
· Staff in Forensic Services and Secure Units with a remit to promote access to learning and skills to service users
· Teachers, tutors and staff in adult learning provision who support learners from Forensic Services
· Managers of adult learning provision with responsibility for compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act including passing on information, confidentiality and risk assessment.
Arrival and Registration is at 9.45am. The conference ends with Tea at 3.30pm.
To reserve a place On-line for conference Ref C14-04/12/06 and to view the programme for the day, visit the NIACE website:
http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/Conferences.htm
Enquiries to: Gurjit Kaur on Tel: 0116 2042833
E-mail: gurji...@niace.org.uk