Other Publications

ADASS Futures Newsletters
April 2008
September 2007
March 2007

ADSS Inform - The Journal of the Association of Directors of Social Services (pdf)

Volume 16 Issue 3 October 2006 
Special Celebratory Edition - July 2006 - Time Past, Time Future - Seebohm, social services, and beyond 
Volume 15 Issue 1 April 2006 
Volume 14 Issue 2 October 2005  
Volume 14 Issue 1 April 2005 
Volume 13 Issue 2 October 2004 
Volume 13 Issue 1 April 2004 
Volume 12 Issue 2 October 2003  
Volume 12 Issue 1 April 2003  
Volume 11 Issue 2 October 2002  
Volume 11 Issue 1 April 2002

ADSS/ADASS Annual Reports

2007 (pdf)
2006 (pdf)
2005 (pdf 845kb)
2004 (pdf 347kb)

Business Plans

ADASS Business Plan 2008
ADSS Business Plan 2006
ADSS Business Plan 2005
ADSS Business Plan 2004
ADSS Business Plan 2003

Policy Committee Work Plans can be found in the Committee section under the appropriate committee page.

Miscellaneous

The Best of Times: The Worst of Times - Embedding Race Equality in Social Services (15.11.06)

UK Returners from Lebanon - 20 July 2006 - ADSS/LGA (Word document)

The Hinckley Accord - ADSS and ConfEd (15.6.06)

Social Services Finance 2005/06 joint publication

The future of health and adult social care: a partnership approach for well-being - joint publication (8.3.06)

ADSS survey of local authority responses to the 2004/05 children in need survey (17.10.05)

Keeping Directors of Children’s Services in touch with social care (6.7.05)

Public Services for Tomorrows Older Citizens: Changing Attitudes to Ageing (13.5.04)

Members Survey March 2004

From Vision to Reality: Transforming Outcomes for Children and Families pdf file 140 kb (8.3.04)

Women's Career Choices: Onwards and Upwards or Over and Out Executive Summary of a Report by Joy Foster, University of Central Lancashire (29.1.04)

Round Pegs - Round Holes? Recognising the future of human resources management pdf file 133 kb (29.1.04)

Implementing Building Capacity and Partnership in Care pdf file 166 kb (13.1.04)

All Our Tomorrows: Inverting the Triangle of Care a joint discussion document by the ADSS and the LGA on the future of services for older people
full version pdf file 764 kb (15.10.03)
text only pdf file 196kb (17.11.03)

Joint SOLACE and ADSS Statement on the Accountabilities of Chief Executives and Directors of Social Services in England pdf file 385 kb (15.5.03)

Progress in sight - National standards of social care for visually impaired adults published by the Disabilities Committee (October 2002)

International Development - Kirklees/Arad (Romania) Mutual Development Programme pdf file 1012 kb (13.1.02)
Beware!  This is a very large file and will take considerable time to download due to the number of photographs contained within.  To download a text-only version of the document in Word format, click here.

Tomorrow's Children - ADSS publication on the future direction of children's services pdf file 585 kb (29.11.02)

Serving Children Well - Joint ADSS, LGA, NHS Confederation publication available on the LGA website (29.11.02)

'So What Do Social Services Do?' Leaflet pdf file 165kb (25.11.02)

IPPR Research Executive Summary (28.10.02)

Manifesto Analysis 15.6.01

Contract Agreement for Local Authority and Practice Placements - Portsmouth City Council/Southampton City Council/Hampshire County Council

Overcoming the Obstacles.  'Looking after Children: Quality services for Black and Minority Ethnic Children and their Families'. A Report by Alison Richards and Lynda Ince. A summary of their findings.