Breakout sessions
- 23/06/2025 14:15 - 15:15
Session Types:
Case Study Session: During this session, participants will learn about a practice, service model, project, new idea (already implemented with some form of evaluation) and stimulate discussion. The session will include Q&As and interactive discussion.
Workshop Session: This will take the form of an interactive meeting or educational session designed to create a specialised result, for example a guidance or learning that participants can use afterwards. It will include some form of training and/or group work.
Thematic Panel Discussion: During these sessions, 3-4 organisations present a project on a similar topic related to the conference theme during a moderated panel discussion. Delegates are invited to ask questions at the end of the session.
Breakout sessions
Social services play a crucial role in supporting people with intellectual disabilities or autism by providing essential resources, advocacy, and support to enhance their quality of life. At this session, participants will learn about three different approaches to the provision of support for persons with disabilities across Europe.
As one of the fastest-growing sectors, the care economy is crucial for a well-functioning society, a thriving economy, and a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is also essential to the wellbeing of some of our most vulnerable groups, including older people and people with disabilities. At present, though, the care economy is unprepared to meet future needs and deliver the best possible outcomes for citizens. A new sustainable care model is needed — enabled by technology — that delivers social value.
The Learning and Innovation Network (LINK) aims to deliver integrated and person-centred health and social care services to different populations, including older people, families with young children facing multiple challenges, and young people with mental health conditions.
Reflective Practice involves critically assessing one’s own actions, performance, experiences and decisions. This training session aims to modernise reflective practice in social care through empowering practitioners to develop models based on practice wisdom.
Vincles and Auzosare are programmes that aim to address loneliness among older people by combining technological innovation with community care plans. By using data science, information from various dispersed and unconnected sources is automatically processed to detect and classify older people at risk of unwanted loneliness.
The Caseload Converter is a user-friendly Excel-based tool that addresses the challenge of determining staffing needs in social welfare services across Switzerland. The tool supports social service directors in justifying staff requirements to political authorities, ensuring adequate resources for effective service delivery.