Looking for some inspiration to develop your approach to co-production? Have a look at West Midlands ADASS and ADASS Eastern Region's #CoProduction journeys, with real-life experiences, and practical recommendations for co-production bit.ly/3PNMvUD #CoProWeek Curators of Change

You can catch our webinar 'Coproduction in action: putting people at the heart of care & support.' It was chaired by Jez Harris & Isaac Samuels & delivered with ADASS Eastern Region, West Midlands ADASS, Southend-on-Sea City Council Curators of Change & others. Watch it here: ow.ly/WObq50Su31W #CoProWeek

Just spent some time in beautiful mihail garbis. Luke O'Byrne Gareth Hillier 🦅⚽️🐕🐈‍⬛💻🍷🥘 Back to improvement work today. Hoping coproduction week went well Curators of Change - sorry to have missed it this year but left in capable hands!

We’re really looking forward to getting involved and using this to transform how we support people in the community NDTi. It’ll be a great fit with #CommunityLedSupport and we’re ready to get creative!

Working Together for Change and anti-poverty strategy adasseast.org.uk/videos/2294-wo…

Aiming to get another report complete by early next year covering 2024/25 and will be running a series of spotlight videos! Watch out for this.

Join our webinar next week, where we'll ➡️ share learning from the second national safeguarding adults review analysis ➡️ provide updates on positive initiatives ➡️ share insights from research and work with people who use these services; Book here: orlo.uk/KTipt

Our response to reviews by Dr Penny Dash and Professor Sir Mike Richards orlo.uk/qwhh3

Working with the ADASS mental health network, we’ve developed practical guidance for council social care teams to help achieve excellence in person-centred discharge from mental health settings. Read it here: orlo.uk/FY70K #MentalHealth #AdultSocialCare

A new community of practice for Principal Social Workers is launching next week, focused on supporting with the CQC assessment. You'll hear from chair fran leddra and CQCProf at its first session at 1pm on 24 Oct. To register your interest contact [email protected]

It's #AAW24 #AdvocacyAwarenessWeek where we're celebrating the impact of advocacy. Did you know we have an outcomes framework and toolkit to help measure impact and outcomes? It's free on our website. #AdvocacyWorks ow.ly/4Hnb50TLwy6

We've developing guidance for commissioners and practitioners to grow Shared Lives. As part of this, Shared Lives Plus is holding an event chaired by Ewan King to explore the purpose & content of this guidance. Register your expression of interest: orlo.uk/HoFM1

If you haven't already, please take 3 mins to complete our survey & help us improve the way we provide information about our support. We just want to know: ➡️ what you think us ➡️how you find out about what we do ➡️what we could do better Complete it: research.local.gov.uk/jfe/form/SV_1T…

Check out our latest blog post on the challenges and rewards of social care in rural areas, from a carer's perspective. Read about the unique struggles faced and the importance of support in remote communities. You can find out more here! buff.ly/3CphLoz Carers NI

We piloted our new communications training programme for ADASS members last Friday. It's designed to share the framing on ASC & deliver public speaking skills. Thanks to Neil Crowther from #socialcarefuture, North West ADASS, Manchester City Council & the The Rayne Foundation for its support.

We publish information using our data from ASC-WDS showing workforce characteristics relating to a worker’s propensity to leave their role based on four variables💡 Recruitment & retention 💡Demographics 💡Pay 💡Qualifications & training 🔗 bit.ly/4fDQOfn

Still time to book on our Privacy Skills for Care workshop. Offering Direct Payment employers a safe place to hear from others, know that they are not on their own, look in depth at issues that aren't usually spoken about and to try and find strategies and solutions.

Our updated sector support offer reflects the current challenges and opportunities brought about by local government reorganisation. Discover how we're supporting local and combined authorities to navigate next steps and priorities. orlo.uk/VsK6m

If we truly want to build a future that leads to better outcomes, we need to embed co-production in everything that we do. Proud to launch our ADASS co-production vision with Think Local Act Personal - it will be a living, breathing part of our work.

We commissioned National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) to develop a practical guide for meaningful measurement in whole system transformation programmes. local.gov.uk/publications/d…