We are delighted to virtually welcome Professor Jerry Tew and Dr. Philip Kinghorn from the University of Birmingham, to present ‘Family and Group Conferencing for Adults – what it can offer for informal carers’ as part of our Seminar Series.
Date: 27th January 2026
Time: 12:30-13:30 UK time
Online event, please click here to register using a Google form.
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About the seminar
Family and Group Conferencing (FGC) is growing as an approach in adult social care and mental health services. It offers an inclusive approach in which people can plan for their support and/or recovery on their terms – alongside the family, friends and other people that matter to them or/and care for them. Prof. Jerry Tew and the team carried out a 3-year study of FGCs (Home | Family and Group Conferencing) and will present their findings with a particular focus on the experience of informal carers.
About the presenter
Jerry Tew is Professor of Mental Health and Social Work at the University of Birmingham. Following a career as a social work practitioner and manager, Jerry has researched and written in the fields of mental health and adult social care, with a particular focus on prevention, recovery, strengths-based practice and inclusive family / network approaches to support and care. For the last 3 years, he has been Principal Investigator for an NIHR funded research study on Family and Group Conferencing for Adults.
Dr Philip Kinghorn is a senior lecturer in Health Economics at the University of Birmingham. His primary research interest is the assessment and valuation of outcomes for inclusion in economic evaluation. Specifically, Phil is interested in operationalising the Capability Approach to assess well-being in the contexts of health, end of life care and social care. His research is increasingly focused on adult social care, including the evaluation of strengths based approaches, funding for residential care, and the impact on social care of discharge from hospital.
Please click here to register using a Google form.
Having trouble accessing this form? Please contact us via our website, or email centreforcare@sheffield.ac.uk.
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