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Tuesday 23 September 2014 | Teacher Building, Glasgow

Direct Payments & Preferential Partnerships

ABOUT THE EVENT

Direct Payments & Preferential Partnerships

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Whether a milestone in the transition to Universal Credit, or a salvage operation for welfare reform, direct payments are on the agenda; come and judge whether they are a pitfall, or an opportunity.

Direct payment is seen by the DWP as an essential building block to confidence, self-reliance and work readiness for a benefit claimant.

The DWP wants to encourage a move to direct payments for a number of reasons:

• To help ease the transition to Universal Credit for both landlord and tenant.

• To help identify and iron out best practice in collaborative working between the DWP, Local Authorities and housing Associations.

• To provide further opportunities to trial ways of delivering Local Support Services which may involve a variety of partners form the statutory and third sectors.

This event will be an ideal opportunity to discover and discuss the potential this transition offers, to consider the risks that might come with the change, and the cooperation necessary between organisations and claimants to circumvent the pitfalls.

This conference will help get you ready and address the implications of a move to direct payments and by attending delegates will:

• Gain an insight to DWP thinking

• Discover the potential as well as the challenge of direct payments

• Discover your potential to help shape the support for tenants and the scope for cooperation with other agencies.

Who should attend?

This event is a must for anyone working in Housing management, housing policy, senior housing staff, housing professionals from the private sector and local authority housing staff.

Costs and How to Book

This important conference will be held on Tuesday 23rd September at Teacher Building, Glasgow and delegate places start at £199 for SFHA members which includes attendance, lunch and all refreshments.

To book your place, complete the attached booking form and return to the address shown.

Money Advice Service

The Money Advice Service plays a major part in supporting people to manage their money and is one of the funders of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s Making Advice Work Programme. The Money Advice Service produces a range of information and online tools around welfare reform which can be embedded in housing associations’ own web pages to help get the message across. There will be a MAS stand at the conference where delegates can see how these tools work and how they can be used to enhance associations’ own websites.

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 23 September 2014 | Teacher Building, Glasgow

9.15 Registration

10.00 Welcome

Plenary: Introduction Direct Payment - A challenge and an opportunity for Housing Associations Jeremy Hewer, SFHA

10.15 Plenary: Why move to direct payments? Graham Mowat, DWP

10.45 Plenary: Claimant support, information sharing and a position of trust – how Direct Payments work for you? Sandra Robinson, DWP

11.30 Tea and Coffee Break

1150 Workshops – Block A

A1 Building the RelationshipGraham Russell, Dunedin Canmore and City of Edinburgh CouncilThe success of direct payments depends on a close working relationship between an association and the local authority’s revenue and benefits team. Find out how Dunedin Canmore and the City of Edinburgh forged just such a relationship for the Direct Payment Demonstration project.

A2 Building Confidence to Work Lynn Cunningham, Craigowl and Nicola McKenzie Highland CouncilOne of the key aims of welfare reform is to support claimants to get to a position of work readiness. Find out about the challenges of providing employability services to a diverse range of clients over a wide area, and how housing associations can play a major role.

12.25 Workshops Block A Repeat

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Workshops – Block B

B1 Helping tenants switch on to Digital Inclusion Queens Cross Housing Association and Kathy Valdes, Digital Unite A cornerstone of welfare reform proposals is to move claimants to making and maintaining claims online: but digital inclusion is so much more, opening as it does a gateway to employment, learning, communication and entertainment. Find out about initiatives to reach out to the digitally excluded and how you could get involved.

B2 Providing supportLynn Williams SCVO and Kate Burton, NHS LothianAt the centre of welfare reform is the concept of a single claimant journey, where all services will work together to support the claimant to work readiness via a process of triage and there will be a spectrum of intervention requirements, from a minimum of sign posting to intensive support and intervention. How can a range of agencies work effectively together to help a claimant make the journey?

2.35 Workshops Block B Repeat

3.20 Plenary: Joining The Dots

The success of direct payments will stand or fall on the quality of working relationships between the statutory and third sectors. This final session consider how effective relationships can be forged, based on Community Planning Partnerships.

4.00 Close

Event Code: P453

BOOKING FORM

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Direct Payments & Preferential Partnerships – A one day Conference

Confirmation of your booking will be sent by e-mail.

Method of Payment - please tick the relevant box:

Cheque: I enclose a cheque for £ _________ made payable to: Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Ltd

BACS: Bank: The Royal Bank of ScotlandSort Code: 83-06-08 Account: 21692096Name: Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)

Please return the booking form, including payment, to:

Finance Department, SFHASutherland House, 149 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NW

Important NoticeThis programme is correct at the time of going to press. We reserve the right to make alterations or substitutions if necessary. All timings may be subject to change. Views expressed by speakers at the event or in documents or notes provided are their own and may not necessarily by the views of the SFHA.

Cancellations and substitutionsAll cancellations must be made in writing. Please note that if cancellation occurs prior to the closing date SFHA will charge an administration fee of £30. If cancellation occurs after the closing date the full fee is payable. A substitute delegate can be named at any time free of charge. SFHA’s terms and conditions of booking are available on our website at www.sfha.co.uk

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Tuesday 23 September | Glasgow