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ADASS’s new President, Beverley Tarka’s keynote speech
It is a privilege to be speaking with you today on this platform. I am honoured and humbled to be taking on the Presidency of ADASS. “Made in Haringey” was the title of a career talk I did some years ago, reflecting the fact that my career in social care started and developed over a […]
30 June 2024
Blog
Day two from ADASS Spring Seminar 2023: New President’s speech
New ADASS President, Beverley Tarka, opened the second day of Spring Seminar with a powerful speech about her experience as a carer and the work she’s been doing in Haringey for more than thirty years to improve care and support for people in her community. She outlined her priorities as President in 2023/24 including a […]
30 June 2024
Blog
Day one from ADASS Spring Seminar 2023: Roadmap for reform
The ADASS Spring Seminar 2023 started with the Association’s Annual General Meeting a policy discussion for social care leaders attending the event. ADASS members policy discussion In a private policy discussion ADASS members heard from Sally Warren (Director of Policy, The King’s Fund) and Andrew Harrop (General Secretary, The Fabian Society) about the impact the […]
30 June 2024
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ADASS Responds to Social Care White Paper
Publication of the social care white paper has been welcomed by care leaders as a “foundation stone” upon which to build modern care and support choices for older and disabled people and all those at risk of social exclusion. The white paper, People at the Heart of Care, should be seen as a first but […]
30 June 2024
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Additional Funding for Workforce Recruitment
In response to the announcement of additional funding for the workforce recruitment and retention fund, Stephen Chandler, ADASS President said: “The announcement of additional emergency workforce funding at the end of last week is welcome as short-term relief. However, it is a small proportion of what was identified as needed to prevent the collapse of […]
30 June 2024
Press Releases
A national emergency for social care
Care, support and safeguards ensure that all of us can live the lives we want to live. Adult social care is all about people – the millions of people who are unpaid carers, the 1.5 million people who are paid to deliver vital care and support, and most importantly the older and disabled people and […]
30 June 2024
Winter Contingency Survey 2022
As we made clear before Christmas, we are now in the midst of a national crisis for adult social care and every local authority is having to take extraordinary steps to try and ensure people continue to get the care and support they need. Social care already faced a dire situation before the pandemic with […]
30 June 2024
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There is neither ‘the funding nor the workforce’ needed to meet the needs of older and disabled people this winter
More than 9 in 10 (94%) adult social services directors in England do not believe there is the ‘funding’ or ‘workforce’ to meet care costs of older and disabled people in their area, according to new data from ADASS. Almost all directors of adult social services across England say there is neither enough funding nor […]
30 June 2024
Blog
Diary of a CQC assessment: Stage one – volunteering
I wanted to write about the experience of CQC assessment in Lincolnshire before the CQC reported their findings, which will not be for at least several more weeks. I’ve found writing has helped me reflect on the experience and understand rather better – hoovering the house or mowing the lawn has the same effect! I […]
30 June 2024
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Joint vision for a high quality and sustainable health and care system
Joint vision from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), NHS Confederation and the LGA on the long-term solutions required to make our health and care system resilient, preventative and promoting independence. High quality, responsive, preventative and personalised health and care services contribute so much to our lives and society by: However, all […]
30 June 2024
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The Cost of Care is far above the funding available
The government has required councils to undertake a ‘Cost of Care’ exercise with their local care providers and to publish the results on the 1st February 2023. Sarah McClinton, ADASS President said: “The Cost of Care exercises have been challenging and time consuming for councils and for those providers that responded. However, they have been […]
30 June 2024
Blog
Transforming Adult Social Care: The Role of Technology in Budget Planning
ADASS Sponsored Content November 2023 Content written by The Access Group As we are less than half a year away from the new financial year, updating budget plans to commission care and support to meet the needs of local people is crucial to improving quality of life, and delaying or preventing future care needs. Budget […]
30 June 2024
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ADASS statement on MPs’ report on making joined-up health and care services work
In response to a new report today into new partnerships aimed at delivering joined-up health and care services, ADASS President Helen McClinton highlights the great potential of Integrated Care Systems, but warns the Government must invest in the social care system to allow them to function effectively. The House of Commons Health and Social Care […]
30 June 2024
Blog
Springing into the Spring Seminar 2023: An Access Review
ADASS Sponsored Content June 2023 At the Access Group we were thrilled to be in attendance at the Spring Seminar again this year. It was great to be a part of so many discussions about the value data can have to increase visibility across the care market. Through sharing our experiences with other like-minded professionals, […]
30 June 2024
Statements / Blog
ADASS joins the Community Rehabilitation Alliance
ADASS is proud to announce that is has become a member of the Community Rehabilitation Alliance (CRA) as it looks to continue to deliver on its key priorities for improving outcomes for people needing care and support in England. The aims of the CRA align closely to those of ADASS, particularly when it comes to the investment […]
30 June 2024
Statements
ADASS responds to the Public Account Committee report on adult social care
Responding to the report Cathie Williams, joint CEO of ADASS said: “The current drip feed funding approach is seriously undermining wellbeing, stability, progress and innovation in social care, with budgets only stretching to provide immediate crisis care instead of investment in long term support to enable us to be well and connected, not needing hospital or residential […]
30 June 2024
Press Releases / Statements
ADASS calls for emergency measures to ensure care staff can provide vital care and support
Emergency measures must be put in place to ensure that social care staff get fuel for their cars so that they can continue to provide vital support to disabled and older people, care leaders say. ADASS, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, is hearing reports from around England of care staff struggling to […]
30 June 2024
The Government’s Winter Plan and Adult Social Care
Following the latest Government announcements, Stephen Chandler, ADASS President, said: “As the Government prepares to publish its winter plan, adult social care must be central to it and not an afterthought. We hope that the plan incorporates the recommendations of the excellent work led by David Pearson and involving colleagues across the sector which reviewed […]
30 June 2024
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Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection
#RememberSocialCare: social care bodies join forces to launch Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection Social care bodies across England have joined together to launch Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection, to honour the work of the adult social care workforce during the pandemic, and those we sadly lost. A total of 21 organisations supported […]
30 June 2024
Letter to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Secretary of State on Urgent Social Care Reform
Today, leaders of organisations that represent adult social care nationally have written to the Prime minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to urge the Government to act now on reform of England’s social care system and publish its proposals before the Summer Recess. In common with all […]
30 June 2024
Stephen Chandler makes first speech as the new ADASS President
In his first speech as the new President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Stephen Chandler reflected on the lessons of the last year, called on the Government to urgently set out its plans for the future of care and support, and asked for everyone to come together to speak up […]
30 June 2024
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Stephen Chandler’s Inaugural Presidential Speech 2021
ADASS presidential speech – Stephen Chandler Good morning everyone. Thank you James for those kind words and thank you for all the hard work you have done as President in a year that none of us could ever have anticipated. Being president of ADASS is a major responsibility and role in what were ‘normal times’, […]
30 June 2024
Social Care leaders calling on the Government to end 25 years of inaction & fix the social care system
ADASS, together with organisations speaking for more than 10 million people who have care and support needs, or are family carers or professionals who seek to meet those needs, are uniting in a joint call on ministers to break their silence on the future of social care. The unprecedented alliance says that the coronavirus crisis […]
30 June 2024
Economic recovery MUST meet the needs of people needing care and support
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘must put meeting the needs of older and disabled people, carers and families at the heart of his plans for economic recovery’ – social services directors say. Social care workers have played a vital and heroic role in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. They can now be central to the recovery. Meeting […]
30 June 2024