Homing In Conference 2006

Friday 12 May 2006
The Homing In Conference 2006 had a mix of topical issues for everyone concerned with young people’s housing and the prevention of homelessness. In addition, invited young people had the chance to work creatively with Impact Arts to produce something of value for themselves.

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Programme
09.15 Arrive, coffee, registration
10.00 Issues for homeless young asylum seekers and refugees
Pat Elsmie, Manager, Saheliya, and Chris Perkins, Manager, Homeless Young Persons’ Team, Glasgow City Council
10.40 Fab Pad design (View Presentation)
Service users and staff from Impact Arts on how they work with young people
11.00 Coffee break
11.20 Sessions: Pick one session to attend
12.30 Lunch
13.45 Sessions: Pick one session to attend
15.00 Coffee break
15.20 Heads Up: children and young people’s mental health
Anne Clarke, Director, HeadsUpScotland (View Presentation)
15.45 Demonstration by young people of their completed design work (View young person's activities)
16.00 Close

Sessions
1 Hoodies – responding to young people’s behaviour (YASBOs). Fiona Reekie, Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator, Dundee City Council
2 Confidentiality and sharing information – or the lack of it. Speaker to be confirmed
3 Look who’s talking – mediation services for young people. Christine Schoeck, Team Leader, Edinburgh Community Mediation Service
4 Flatmate schemes – pros and cons of facilitating shared living arrangements for young people. Pam Orchard, Deputy Director, and Diane Welsh, Private Rented Sector Services Manager, Edinburgh Cyrenians
5 Befriending. Brian Houston, Service Manager, Quarriers
6 Are you ready to let go? – Disengaging from young people. Carole Simpson, Operations Manager, Open Door Fife and Colin Paton, Training and Development Co-ordinator, Dundee Cyrenians
7 Working with young gay or lesbian people. Suzanne Motherwell, Training Officer, LGBT Youth Scotland
8 Working with young people with mild learning disabilities. Key Housing Association (invited)
9 My Place, My Space tenancy sustainment activities. Sharon Dickens and Ingrid Fitzsimons, Housing Education Project Workers, SCSH
10 Section 7 accommodation update. Alice Ann Jackson, Housing Trainer (This extra session will be run if there is any news to report by May.) Anyone from national and local voluntary organisations; from services such as housing, social work, employment, education, aftercare, addictions, health services; training agencies, housing associations and interested individuals.