Policy session: Market shaping – best practice and new ideas Wednesday 2 November, 12.30 – 1.15 Charter 2 ADASS National Policy Lead for Market Development and Commissioning, Bev Maybury joins our panel to remind us that the Care Act places …
Policy session: Improving the mental health and wellbeing of looked after and adopted children, young people and care leavers Wednesday 2 November, 3.45 – 4.45pm, Charter 2 Former Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) President Alison O’Sullivan joins psychiatric …
Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults and Carers UK Meet and greet: Thursday 3 November, 12.15 – 1.15pm, DH Lounge (E30) Carers UK is delighted to team up with Lyn Romeo to explore our shared goal with you of …
Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults and Carers UK Meet and greet: Thursday 3 November, 12.15 – 1.15pm, DH Lounge (E30) 'Carers UK is delighted to team up with Lyn Romeo to explore our shared goal with delegates of …
"Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are becoming a type of ‘planning catch-all’ for the NHS," says Ewan King in his latest blog for Social Care News. The Director of Business Development and Delivery at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) explains how STPs …
‘We need to radically rethink how we offer housing and support to people with learning disabilities’ says Alicia Wood, Chief Executive of Learning Disability England, as the Department of Health opens bidding for £25 million of funding to create properly adapted …
Sean McLaughlin is one of two ADASS leads on Autism and Learning Disability. The fourth autism self-assessment questionnaire, currently with local authorities for completion by 17 October 2016, provides Sean with an opportunity to reflect on progress. ADASS (the Association …
“We are at the tipping point of a cultural change towards self-care as a way of life and work”, says Dr Pete Smith of the Self Care Forum, “but for change to happen we must work collaboratively with each other …
Carers UK has just launched the Digital Resource for Carers, a solution that combines their own digital products and online resources with links to local information and support, providing a comprehensive online tool for carers which can reach them – …
Market shaping is not an activity undertaken just by local authority commissioners, says the Institute of Public Care’s Nic Rattle, and we need to recognise that. Who shapes our care and support market? For many, market shaping is seen as a new …