About the workshop: This one-day participatory training workshop is designed for managers with transitioning from care and/or out-of-home care responsibilities. Spanning transition preparation, extended care, relationship-based support, and accommodation, the latest international evidence is distilled down to a selection of the most relevant and actionable management strategies, frameworks and tools available. Engaging in assessing, selecting, and planning their use, participants will also discuss the evidence base, challenge ideas, and reflect upon how these strategies, frameworks and tools can be applied to their own organisations, structures and approaches, allowing participants to confidently plan, implement and manage positive changes, and achieve better outcomes.

Who is this workshop for? This workshop is specifically designed for strategic, program and operational managers with transitioning from care and/or out-of-home care responsibilities, as well as those in related functions such as policy, service development, quality assurance, contracting, training and research.

Context: Internationally and across Australia and New Zealand the transitioning from care landscape is changing fast. In Australia, August’s high-profile Homestretch Symposium in Sydney was the latest in a number of recent national and state initiatives on transitioning from care, while in New Zealand a comprehensive range of transitioning from care statutory provision has just come into effect. Internationally, there has been significant growth in transitioning from care research and other evidence.

Workshop outcomes: By the end of the training workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify and locate key international transitioning from care evidence sources and programs, along with specific strategies, frameworks and tools.

2. Understand the importance, as well as the limitations, of this evidence base and its applicability to their own context.

3. Selectively apply management strategies, frameworks and tools in an informed manner.

4. Have the ability to confidently share their learning with their teams and colleagues.

Workshop follow-up: Workshop participants are offered a free follow-up implementation coaching call with Iain Matheson within 3 months of the workshop date.

Any questions? Feel free to contact Iain direct at iain@betteroutcomes.org.nz

NB: Please note that while this training workshop is also offered to individual organisations on an in-house basis for up to 20 participants, as a ‘public’ event it is initially only going to be available in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and is strictly limited to a maximum of 10 participants at each.