A HUGE thank you to everyone who joined us for the conference this year, we are busy working on getting the recordings ready, they will shortly be available below.
08:00 – 08:30
Breakfast & Relaxation with Kiki Kirby
09:15 – 10:00
Welcome & Introductions
Keynote Speaker: John Yarham, Deputy CEO, Careers & Enterprise Company
10:00 – 10:45
Making Work Experience Work
Vicky O’Connor Careers Leader Westminster School
Enterprise for all – The Rolling Scones
Lucy Roche Deputy Head Fairfield School
How to manage Transition effectively
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager
11:00 – 11:45
Increasing Employer Engagement
Julie Grant Careers Leader Brookfields School
Creating inclusive high quality careers resources and delivering Careers Advice to SEND students
John Paley RCDP Careers Adviser (Resourceful Careers / Careers Wave)
SEND pupils in mainstream – an introduction to the MORE programme and curriculum and Q and A
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager Talentino
12:00 – 12:45
The Gatsby 10 year Review report is out – highlights and developments around Inclusion
Jenny Connick Founder Talentino
Improving Parent and Family engagement
Brandon Mills Retired Head Teacher Brookfields School
Enteprise and SEND – Peter Jones Tycoon Enterprise Competition SEND
Bill Muirhead CEO Peter Jones Foundation
12:45 – 13:45
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:45 – 14:30
Find out about Supported Entrepreneurships
Jethro Picton – SEND Strategy and Innovation Targeted Employment, Children and Young People with Disabilities Services Essex County Council
An Interview with Jenny Connick and Alexandra Price Senior Commissioning Editor, Trotman Publishing – Introduction to The Big Inclusive SEND Careers Handbook
Fingers crossed for the new PSE Qualification for Career SEND Group One
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager
14:45 – 15:25
Changing Lives, one job at a time
Maurice George CEO Ways into Work
National Grid’s Employability and Supported Internship Programme
Louise Saunders Group Safety & Health Project Manager & EmployAbility Programme Lead National Grid
A family perspective
Ruth Pearse CEO Parenting Special Children
15:25 – 15:30
Closing Comments
Happy to share my e-mail address: louise.saunders@nationalgrid.com for any further enquiries about our supported internship programme or the National SEND Employment Forum.