To date councils have mainly focused on managing demand at the front door through strengths-based conversations with clients. While this has an impact, the extent of it may be limited unless it is accompanied by a focus on commissioning the local market in a way which promotes independence.
Kim Carey, Interim Director of Adult Services at Ealing Borough Council until recently, reflects on working with IMPOWER.
There will undoubtedly be plenty of distractions during the coming year: local elections and Brexit; crunches in public services…
I have spent a significant part of my year implementing a large adult social care transformation programme in partnership with…
Image credit: @aboutwithneilmp It was standing room only at a packed Localis fringe event to debate whether the UK needs…
September: Back to school, back from holidays and ready to take on the second half of the financial year. Reflecting…
Last week ADASS published their annual adult social care budget survey. As usual it is a fantastic resource for those working to…
Given the current and – following George Osbourne’s budget tomorrow – future financial challenge facing the public sector, Nesta’s seminar on…
Thinking back to my time as a Special Advisor, first for Tony Blair then later for the Secretary of State…
