The theme is Recruitment and we are delighted to welcome, as our keynote speaker Neil Eastwood from Sticky People, who has an international profile and a best selling book. He will be speaking on Recruitment and Retention: Best Practice, Trends and Innovation – join him to discover the latest research on which methods work best to recruit high performing care staff, the big trends affecting the social care recruitment market and the latest innovations to help you source more quality applicants. He will also share the retention secrets from the top-performing employers around the world. Come along to transform the way you find and keep care staff! Also speaking is Lloyd Clarke from Attwells who will speak on best practice on safe recruitment from a legal perspective, Fiona Davis from ECC will speak on Safeguarding and the Directors from Essex County Council will as usual be sharing all the latest news and developments.

Don’t miss this opportunity to benefit from updating your knowledge on recruitment trends and issues as well as the chance to network with colleagues across the Health and Social Care sector.

09:00 Networking Breakfast / chance to visit the exhibition stands

09:30 Welcome from Clive Weir, ECA Chair / ECA AGM

09:40 Fiona Davies, ECC - Safeguarding - TBC

10:00 Lloyd Clarke - Legal aspects of recruitment

10:20 Skills for Care - Values-Based Recruitment - TBC

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10 ECC - Update and Question & Answer Session

12:00 Neil Eastwood - Recruitment and Retention: Best Practice, Trends and Innovation

12:55 Closing Remarks

13:00 Close