The NIHR School for Social Care Research's Annual Conference will bring together researchers, policy-makers, managers, commissioners, providers, people who use services, carers and practitioners, among others and provide an opportunity to hear about emerging evidence from across SSCR’s commissioned studies and implications for adult social care practice. The Conference will feature contributions from experts and practice colleagues in the adult social care field.

Outline programme:

09.30: Registration and refreshments

09.50: Welcome Professor Martin Knapp, Director, NIHR School for Social Care Research

10.00: Opening Plenary - Building the research evidence base for social care practice: looking to the future Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health

10.30: Plenary - Does social work work ? (delete repeated word) Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker, Department of Health

11.00: Refreshment break

11.15: Morning parallel sessions - 3 sessions focusing on research evidence

12.30: Lunch

13.30: Afternoon parallel sessions - 3 sessions focusing on achievements and learning from 7 years of SSCR on: research methods, impact and involvement

14.30: Refreshment break

14.55: Plenary - Recent developments in social care in the US: implications for the UK Joshua Wiener, Distinguished Fellow, RTI International

15.25: Plenary - RCTs and social care Professor Geraldine McDonald, Professor of Social Work, University of Bristol

15.55: Closing plenary - Where next for adult social care? Professor Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham

16.25: Close

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This event is free to attend. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Any cancellations should be received by 9 March 2016 by email to sscr@lse.ac.uk. Cancellations received after this date - and no-shows - will be subject to a £25 charge.