by Alex Fox | Jul 24, 2024 | Adult social care
Even for a sector used to depressing news, the ADASS Spring Survey of adult social care directors is a difficult read. Only 10% of directors are fully confident they can meet statutory duties to provide social care: this is the stuff that keeps people alive, let alone...
by Alex Fox | Apr 2, 2024 | Adult social care
We recently convened a number of leaders and contributors across adult social care to discuss our new approach – Valuing Good Lives. In a recent online roundtable, colleagues that work within and lead adult social care emphasised the need to treat each person as...
by Alex Fox | Mar 7, 2024 | Adult social care, Children's social care, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
We often create services intended for everyone, but then find that they don’t work for everyone. They may exclude or poorly serve those with specific needs or barriers to accessing them. So we develop specialist services, for example, to support people with learning...
by Jeremy Cooper | Nov 27, 2023 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Health and NHS improvements, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
As lead sponsor for the event, find out what we are doing at this year’s National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC). It’s that time of the year again; time for the largest gathering of social care leaders at the National Children and Adult Services...
by Pooven Maduramuthu | May 11, 2023 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Health and NHS improvements, Local government transformation
The consensus from our workshop about the ingredients required to deliver on ambition for social care was clear. It was great to connect with colleagues old and new at the Association of Directors Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar at the end of April, and...
