11.30am – 1.00pm Workshop 1 - Diane Levy

Workshop 2 Nicola Atwool
Building Attachment & Resiliance

Workshop 3 Jill Worrall (45 min)
Kin Care
And Mereana Pitman - DOVE HB (45 min)
Importance of Whakapapa

1.00pm – 2.00pm LUNCH

2.00pm – 3.00pm Workshop Jane Brook - Skylight Organisation
Running On Empty

Workshop 2 Lynda Angus & Gaylene Lawrence –
National Care Strategy

Workshop 3 Dr Sue Hanna
Literacy for Success

3.00pm – 3.20pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.20pm – 5.00pm Workshop Mary Kippenberger – storyteller / author
Having fun … and living to tell the tale!

Workshop 2 Bronwyn Van Hooijdonk - Brainwave Trust

Workshop 3 Footsteps Education

I Think Your Ears are Painted On (45min)

and Lifebooks - Creating a Meaningful History (45min)

6.30pm Cocktails – Photo Opportunity vintage cars

7.00pm DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT- Prizes for best art deco costumes
Bertie and Partner to greet guests.
Welcome to HB: Napier Mayor: Barbara Arnott
Dinner speaker: Mary Kippenberger
Men IN Black

Saturday 27th June 2009

8.45am – 9.00am Housekeeping

9.00am – 10.00am Panel: Supporting Teens in Turbulent Times - 4 Representatives
(who will deliver workshops later in day)
, Author & Psychologist , Youth Service Agency Provider,
Youth Worker

10.00am – 10.30am Morning Tea

10.30 -12.00noon Workshop 1 -Dingwall Trust
Transition to Independence
Workshop 2 -Laughton King– Children - Our language/Their Behaviour

Workshop 3 Celeste Littek Autism Spectrum - An Introduction (45min)

12.00 – 12.30pm Interest Groups Informal
CYF Family Homes / Allegation support workers / Managers & SW
Any others?

12.30pm – 1.20pm LUNCH

1.30pm- 2.45pm Workshop 1 NZ Police Youth Services - Constable Warren Sloss

Drugs

Workshop 2 Celeste Littek
                     Aspergers – How to …from a foster carers perspective

Workshop 3 Debbie Sturmfels Child Youth & Family (40min)
                    Creating Permanency
And              Gail Haakma - Foster Carer (30min)
                    Permanency from a Foster Carers Perspective

2.45pm - 3.30 Guest Speaker: Grant Sharman

3.30pm Closure & Farewell–

Membership

New CYF Caregivers get their first two years Association fees paid, Barnardos is offering to pay membership costs also for their foster carers

New Child, Youth and Family caregivers who wish to join the New Zealand Family & Foster Care Federation, will benefit through the service line paying their fees for the first two years under a new agreement. Previously caregivers had to cover the costs themselves. Organisations that are recognised include local Associations of the New Zealand Family and Foster Care Federation.

Child, Youth and Family’s caregiver liaison social workers will advise new caregivers of this entitlement as part of the assessment process. Information will also be placed on Child, Youth and Family’s website and given as part of caregivers’ preparation training.
"Our being able to fund association fees for our new caregivers means an enhancement
in the level of support they will receive from their peers, especially in that critical first year of caregiving. We highly value our caregivers and want to ensure they feel safe and have a positive experience of caregiving for us. It’s an exciting new development,” said Mike Munnelly, Child, Youth and Family’s Manager Care and Protection, Service Development.

New Caregivers wishing to register and become a member of their local Foster Care Association should telephone Toll Free 0800 69 33 23.

Membership Application Form

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PO Box 30 188, Lower Hutt, 5040. Tel: 04 566 0294 free 0800 69 33 23 Email: nzffcf.eo@xtra.co.nz