Day One - Towards Social Inclusion
Tuesday 20th April, 2010

8.30
REGISTRATION, COFFEE & NETWORKING
9.00
WELCOME REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
9.15
How DEEWR is making social inclusion a reality

  • The development of socially inclusive policies, programs and services in DEEWR
  • New ways of working
  • The importance of effective partnerships
Stephanie Bennet,
Branch Manager ,Social Inclusion Branch Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations
10.00
Social inclusion & the third sector

  • What is social inclusion?
  • The St Vincent de Paul Society´s work to build a socially inclusive Australia
  • The third sector and social inclusion - recommendations from the Productivity Commission´s report on the contributions of the third sector
Dr John Falzon,
Chief Executive Officer
St Vincent de Paul Society
National Council of Australia
10.45
MORNING TEA & COFFEE
11.15
What will a socially inclusive Australia look like?

  • Facilitated discussion on the characteristics of a socially inclusive Australia
Professor Daniela Stehlik,
Chair, Stronger Communities,
Curtin University
12.00
Social inclusion & service delivery

  • Centrelink´s response to the government´s calls for a greater focus on social inclusion
  • Tailoring services to meet the needs of priority groups
  • Lessons for other agencies/departments
Desley Hargreaves,
National Manager, Social Work Services,
Centrelink
12.45
LUNCH
SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESSFUL INITATIVES
1.45
Forging brighter futures - SA´s Innovative Community Action Networks (ICANs)

  • ICANS Р an overview of a successful model of socially inclusive practice
  • Community led practice informing policy development- Flexible Learning Options(FLO)
  • Introducing Rebecca Alessi - the ICAN journey Р aroad well travelled
Phillipa Duigan,
Director ,ICANs and Mentoring,
Department of Education and Children´s Services, SA with Rebecca Alessi
2.30
Utilising evidence in the development 
of socially inclusive policy and programs

  • The importance of building a solid evidence base
  • Applying research findings to policy development
  • Policies and programs developed out of research into the nature and cause of homelessness
Kate Gumley,
Branch Manager ,Homelessness Branch,
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
3.15
AFTERNOON TEA & COFFEE
3.45
Social inclusion in the justice sphere

  • About the Special Circumstances Court Diversion Program
  • Providing bail and sentencing options that link defendants to support services that will assist them to deal with the causes of offending behaviour
Peter Kent,
Director, Courts Innovation Programs ,Magistrates Courts Branch,
Department of Justice and Attorney-General, QLD
4.30
What is social inclusion?

  • Conceptual problems associated with the term social inclusion
  • Overcoming some of the normative conceptions of the inclusion-exclusion dynamic
  • Alternative conceptions of social inclusion that can decisively impact on the policy agenda for Australia
Professor Stephen Webb,
Professor of Human Sciences ,Director of The Australian Institute for Social Inclusion and Wellbeing
,
University of Newcastle
5.15
CHAIR´S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF DAY ONE