Welcome

Welcome to the ADASS Website - the home of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and the voice of adult social care.  The site contains the whole range of policy initiatives, press releases and consultation responses that constitute so much of the daily activity of the Association's members, and is regularly updated.

The main contact details of the Association can be found at the foot of every page.  Please use this address to post comments about this site - we value your views.  For other contact details see Contacts.

President's Blog


Sandie Keene

Sandie Keene became President of ADASS on April 17 this year, taking over the role from Sarah Pickup who becomes the Association’s Immediate Past President. In her presidential speech, Sandie called on social care departments to embrace the future, despite the 'ever-present, national fiscal challenge’. She warned recently that “without additional investment from that already planned, an already bleak outlook becomes even bleaker.”

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Useful Links

ADASS Partner Organisations 
ADASS Sponsors 
Adults independent sector bodies with whom ADASS regularly work 
Government Departments / initiatives 
National workforce organisations 
Public Bodies/Independent Organisations 
Regulation and Inspection in Social Care, Health and Education 
Research organisations/think tanks
ADASS Efficiency Framework online

What's New on Site
News Adults
Useful Links

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ADASS Partner Organisations
ADASS Sponsors
Adults independent sector bodies with whom ADASS regularly work
Government Departments / initiatives
National workforce organisations
Public Bodies/Independent Organisations
Regulation and Inspection in Social Care, Health and Education
Research organisations/think tanks

ADASS Partner Organisations

ADSS Cymru
Association of Chief Police Officers 
Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS)  
Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) 
Citizens Advice Bureau  
College of Occupational Therapists 
European Social Network 
Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) 
Local Government Association (LGA) 
NHS Confederation 
POPPs
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) 
Solace

 No Recourse to Public Funds Network 

ADASS Sponsors

Northgate 
BUPA Care Homes 
Community Care 
OLM Group
Tunstall 

Adults independent sector bodies with whom ADASS regularly work

Action on Elder Abuse 
Age Concern 
Anchor Housing 
Better Government for Older People 
Carers UK 
Counsel and Care 
Community Service Volunteers (CSV) 
English Community Care Association 
Help the Aged 
Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance 
Mencap 
Mind 
National Care Forum 
National Centre for Independent Living 
Rethink
RNIB
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 
Scope 
Turning Point 
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)

Government Departments/initiatives

Cabinet Office 
Care Services Efficiency Delivery (CSED) 
Department for Communities and Local Government 
Department for Constitutional Affairs 
Department for Culture Media and Sport 
Department for Children, Schools & Families 
Department of Health 
Department for Work and Pensions 
Every Child Matters Change for Children 
HM Treasury 
Home Office 
House of Commons Select Committees 
Integrated Care Network 
National Assembly for Wales 
Northern Ireland Assembly 
Scottish Parliament 
Social Exclusion Unit 
10 Downing Street 
United Kingdom Parliament 
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales 

National workforce organisations

Children’s Workforce Development Council 
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Learning and Skills Council 
Local Government Employers 
Skills for Care 
Social Work Recruitment Campaign
National Skills Academy

 

Public Bodies/Independent Organisations

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) 
Child Support Agency 
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) 
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) 
Information Commissioner’s Office 
Legal Services Commission 
Local Government Ombudsman 
Office of Fair Trading 
Office of the Children’s Commissioner 
Refugee Council

Regulation and Inspection in Social Care, Health and Education

Audit Commission 
Charity Commission 
Care Quality Commission (CQC) 
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Ofsted 
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) 

Research organisations/think tanks

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 
Centre for Policy on Ageing 
Centre for Policy Studies 
Demos 
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) 
Ipsos Mori 
Joseph Rowntree Foundation 
Kings Fund 
Knowledge Exchange 
New Local Government Network 
Policy Studies Institute 
Research in Practice 
Research in Practice for Adults

Social Research Association

Social Services Research Group

 
 

Paying for Care

 
The newly launched
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Dementia Challenge

For all the latest updates on the Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge, and especially for the health and care Challenge Group, go to www.dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk