RCOT Specialist Section - Housing
This year is we are delighted to invite you to join us for our first in person conference since the 2019, now that all covid restrictions have been lifted we are very much looking forward to seeing you in person. This year we are joined by RCOT’s CEO Steve Ford who will address delegates and answer questions from members.
This year’s conference has a focus on the lived experience and how we use our homes, workplaces, and communities, we also have updates on research that has been happening over the past year or so. We are also hosting workshops on the second day that focus on using technology and managing risks when prescribing equipment and adaptations, adaptations in rented accommodation outside the social sector and the work the section has been doing in collaboration with Foundations.
Conference Aims and Objectives
- You will demonstrate a commitment to professional and personal development in the specialist and varied field of housing-related work.
- Develop your professional network and share innovations in practice with colleagues from a variety of work environments.
- Get involved in the housing debate, promote the need for greater awareness of inclusive, accessible, and affordable housing.
- Identify the practice issues in significant emerging areas of housing need.
Who should attend?
- Managers, policy makers and strategists from housing health and social care, and the independent sector.
- Occupational therapists, support staff and students.
- Researchers and educator.
- People working in the housing sector.
Conference programme
Day 1
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 9.00-9.30am | Registration | |
| 9.30- 9.45am | Introduction | |
| 9.45-10.30am | Keynote address | Steve Ford, CEO, RCOT |
| 10.30-11.15am | Adapting the Adaptations Process: Evidence, Policy and Practice | Vikki McCall |
| BREAK | ||
| 11.45am-12.30pm | Older Women’s Co Housing –(OWCH) Barnet | Anna Watkins |
| 12.30-1.15pm | Ludicrous Loos and Ridiculous Ramps | Fiona Jarvis – Bluebadge Style |
| LUNCH/ NETWORKING | ||
| 2.00-3.00pm | Lived experience of meeting housing needs as an OT with CP | Georgia Vine, Not So Terrible Palsy |
| BREAK | ||
| 3.30-4.30pm | DFG Research Update | Ruth Parker, Lincolnshire Council |
| 4.30-5.00pm | Plenary and close | |
| 5.00-6.30pm | Drinks reception | |
Day 2
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 9.15-9.45am | Registration | |
| 9.45- 10.00am | Introduction | |
| 10.00-10.30am |
At Home with Children: Learning from Lockdown
Making our homes work harder... to support social and mental wellbeing |
Husam Kanon & Rosie Parnell |
| 10.30-11.15am | Intergenerational Housing | |
| BREAK | ||
| 11.30am-12.15pm |
Neurodiversity and the Built Environment – an insight into the development of PAS6463 and key design and management considerations. (25 mins) Disability and Access Ambassadors in the UK – an insight into these voluntary roles (10 mins) Q&A (10 mins) |
Jean Hewitt |
| LUNCH | ||
| 1.15-1.45pm | Annual Review Meeting (RCOT members only) | |
| 1.30-1.45pm | Networking | |
| 1.45-2.30pm | Workshop 1A- Evaluation of risk and restriction | Ruth Parker |
| 1.45-2.30pm | Workshop 1B - Individual wheelchair turning spaces on the plan – there’s an App for that: background, development and request features |
Brian Abraham |
| BREAK | ||
| 2.45-3.30pm | Workshop 2A: Design and cognitive impairments | Marney Walker |
| 2.45-3.30pm | Workshop 2B: Using the new DFG assessment framework – is it necessary and appropriate? | Rachel Russell |
| 3.30-4.00pm | Plenary and close | |
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For other questions about our Conference, contact: Housing.chair@rcotbranches.co.uk