Supporting homeless people into work - programme

Increasing employability outcomes for homeless people.

One-day conference | 28 March 2012 | London

Working is one of the primary routes out of poverty and out of homelessness.
 

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Conference programme

09.30                  Registration and coffee

10.00                  Opening keynote session
Tony Wilson, Director of Policy, Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion
Department for Work and Pensions (Read his blog from the day here)
Martin Hill, Head of Disadvantaged Groups Policy and Analysis, Department for Work and Pensions
Kirsty McHugh, Chief Executive, Employment Related Services Association
Matt James Ready for Work client Business in the Community

11.15                  COFFEE BREAK

11.35                  Seminar session I
A: How to build lasting,  successful relationships with employers. 
(Download additional notes from the session)
Carmen Llorente, Cricklewood Homeless Concern
B: How to work with ex-offenders to find paid employment.
Dennis Phillips, Timpsons
C: How to offer training that is focused on developing employability skills to enable  homeless people to gain employment.
Linda McGowan, CREATE
D: Volunteering: how volunteering can lead to paid employment
Iain Mcdiarmid, St Mungo's
Andy Williams, St Mungo's
E: How to implement an effective and sustainable service user employment model within your organisation.
Monica Geraghty, Thames Reach
Rebecca Ezekiel, Trinity Homeless Projects
Paul Mitchell, Trinity Homeless Projects

12.50                  LUNCH

13.45                  Seminar session II
A: Is someone better off working? Supporting staff to work with all clients to help find them paid employment.
Rod Cullen, St Mungo's
Graham Burton, St Mungo's
B: Pre employment pathways: how to offer relevant, structured support to assist the journey from homelessness to paid employment.
Jennifer Hogan, Business Action on Homelessness
Andrew Jarvis, Barclays
Susan Biss, JobCentrePlus
C: Welfare reform: understanding the impact of these changes on homelessness services and clients.
Michael Fothergill, Crisis
D: Research and practice: what helps homeless people sustain employment.
Alison Luker, Broadway
Juliette Hough, Broadway
E: Work Programme: how to pitch effectively to access the opportunities this programme offers to homelessness services.
David Murphy, Reed in Partnership
Imran Alvi, Vital Regeneration

15.00                  COFFEE BREAK

15.20                  Panel debate: how can we continue to ensure homeless people have access to employment opportunities despite the economic climate and rising unemployment?
Suzanen Kochanski, Head of the Homelessness Policy, Strategy & Legislation Team, DCLG
Duncan Shrubsole, Director of Policy & External Affairs, Crisis
John Hamblin, Chief Executive, Shekinah
Cheryl O'Sullivan, Community Services Manager, St Martin's Housing Trust
Stephen Dunn, Head of New Business, Remploy

16.20                  Conference close