Lunch and refreshments provided.

Confirmed speakers include Gillian Ruch, Siobhan McClean, Erna O'Connor and Alan Maddock.

Details for this full day event to follow.

Speaker Biographies

Gillian Ruch

Gillian Ruch is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Sussex. She teaches and researches in the areas of child care social work and relationship-based and reflective practice and is committed to enhancing the wellbeing of children, families and practitioners. Her particular interests are in promoting psycho-social research methods and reflective discussion and supervision forums that facilitate relationship-based practice and promote practitioner wellbeing. Gillian has co-edited, with Danielle Turney and Adrian Ward, Relationship-based Social Work: Getting to the Heart of Practice and publishes widely on relationship-based and reflective practice.