Enter THE NATIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES CONFERENCE 2016 2 - 4 November 2016 Who will care for us? Dr Chai Patel, Chairman, HC-One Sub Plenary Session: Wednesday 2nd November, Auditorium, 11:20-12:20 Social care is a people HC-One – Proud Sponsors of National Children centred business. and Adult Services Conference 2016 Dr Chai Patel, Chairman HC-One has a clear vision; to deliver the kindest of HC-One, will be care and best possible care and experience to discussing the crucial Residents. matter of workforce, skills and retention. Success This vision is achieved through HC-One’s national depends on a continuous network of 230 award winning care homes and supply of kind, motivated, specialist care centres that provide support to well trained and both older people and younger adults. supportive staff to improve peoples’ quality of life. Time for New Thinking – Time for New Partnerships HC-One hopes that as many of you as possible As one of the largest provider of services will join the discussions as we seek to set out the for older people, HC-One is investing and fundamental actions needed to ensure we are developing new service offers and wants to encouraging the next generation to enter and engage in new partnerships that move beyond to stay in the care industry. the current commissioner-provider models. For more information, please contact our Central Support Office: HC-One, Southgate House, Archer Street, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL3 6AH T: 01325 351100 E: [email protected] 1 CONTENTS ADASS Welcome 2 Acknowledgements ADCS Welcome 3 The Association of Directors of Adult services, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and the Local LGA Welcome 4 Government Association would like to thank a number of organisations associated with this event. Particular thanks Welcome from HC-One our Main Sponsors 5 are due to our main sponsor HC One and to the Lord Mayor Welcome from Newton Europe – sponsors of Speakers Corner 6 of Manchester, Cllr Austin-Behan for hosting the Civic Reception on Wednesday evening. We are also grateful to Welcome from Manchester City Council 7 Newton Europe who have assisted with sponsorship for Information for Delegates 8 the Speakers Corner. Finally our thanks to all the Exhibitors and presenters involved in contributing to this event. Venue Map 10 Manchester Map 11 Meetings and Fringes Events during Conference 12 Speakers Corner 13 If you have a spare moment Harold Bodmer – Obituary 16 we’d like your feedback on Keynote Speakers – Biographies 18 the overall conference Conference at a Glance 21 Feedback link: http://bit.ly/ncas_conference Wednesday 2 November – Daily Programme 22 Wednesday - 11.20 - Sub-Plenary Sessions 23 Wednesday -12.30 - Policy Sessions 24 Wednesday - 14.15 - Sub-Plenary Sessions 26 Wednesday – 15.45 – Policy Sessions 27 Wednesday – 17.45 – Evening Fringe meetings 30 Thursday 3 November – Daily Programme 31 Thursday – 08.00 – Breakfast meetings 32 Thursday – 09.00 - Policy Sessions 33 Thursday – 13.15 – Policy Sessions 36 Thursday – 17.15 – Sub-Plenary Sessions 39 Thursday – 16.30 – Meetings and Social Movement Event 40 Thursday – 17.15 – Evening Fringe meetings 41 Friday 4 November – Daily Programme 43 Friday – 09.00 – Policy Sessions 44 Friday – 11.30 – Sub-Plenary Sessions 46 Friday – 12.35 – Sub-Plenary Sessions 47 Exhibition Plan 49 Exhibitor Listing 50 Exhibitor Profiles 50 2 - 4 November 2016 2 WELCOME FROM THE ADASS PRESIDENTIAL TEAM Welcome to Manchester, once described by DJ Mark We are very fortunate to have a strong programme with a Radcliffe as ‘a city that thinks a table is for dancing on’. And variety of expertise and perspectives to contribute to the way what better platform for this year’s annual conference than we do things at a local level. This would not be possible without the place which is at the heart of devolution in England the contribution of our sponsors and exhibitors whom we and which is looking radically at how it can use new-won would like to thank for their support. Equal thanks to all the powers to improve outcomes for its population and to speakers, Ministers, civil servants, citizen and sector leaders drive innovation in education, health and social care? who contribute so much to making the conference what it is. We hope that you enjoy the Conference: from the Likewise, events on this scale do not happen by chance: set-piece speeches in the main auditorium to the many thanks to our conference organiser Amanda Fry and conversations over coffee (or something stronger). Louise Heaps in North Yorkshire, and to colleagues in ADASS and our partners at the ADCS and LGA for the hard work, One of the unique aspects of this event is that it brings dedication and sheer know-how that they have put in to together political leaders, people with lived experience, making sure we all have as stimulating a time as possible. senior colleagues in local adults and children’s services, the wider care and voluntary sectors, the media and others We hope that you have a very enjoyable and stimulating few days interested in what we do and how we can do it better. in Manchester and we look forward to meeting with many of you. We live in unprecedented times. The Brexit vote, the long- Margaret Willcox, President-elect; Ray James, Immediate term requirement for the country to live within its means, Past President; David Pearson, Honorary Treasurer; Richard changing customer expectations – all of these phenomena, Webb, Honorary Secretary; Cathy Kerr, Regional Lead; and more, lead us to new challenges and the search for Grainne Siggins, Policy Lead; Cathie Williams, Chief Officer new solutions. Just maybe, this week in Manchester will give us all a chance to re-group, to celebrate what we have achieved and to spark new ways in which to move forward. For those of us in the ADASS President’s Team, this should have been Harold Bodmer’s conference, the hallmark of his Presidential Year. A year which was cut tragically short when Harold died in July. An obituary for Harold is included in this handbook and this reflects the widespread view that anyone who knew Harold felt the humanity, integrity, inclusivity and intellect which he radiated. In April, Harold had set out his priorities as ADASS President: calling for a big focus on home care (the issue which kept him, and keeps many of us, awake at night); taking a supportive but challenging approach on integration; promoting the cause of carers; making a call for a social movement to take forward social care in the same way that the Dementia Friends movement is already changing attitudes. Many of these issues are central to our discussions this week, including in a session entitled ‘Who will care for us?’ The National Children and Adult Services Conference 2016 3 WELCOME FROM DAVE HILL, ADCS PRESIDENT Welcome to the National Children and Adult Services Whether you’re looking for updates on the latest policy conference 2016. Conference is a great opportunity for developments, or the chance to get involved in discussion and lead members, directors of adults and children’s services, debate, there’s plenty of interest on the conference programme. and voluntary sector colleagues from across the country, to Over the next few days you will have the opportunity to hear come together to discuss the pressing issues of the day. from others about how we work together to provide a package of support for children, young people and families in our local Many of the challenges we face are the same although our communities. We know that good social work with adults approach in tackling them might be different which means helps children too and the conference programme includes that there’s a lot we can learn from each other. In every local a number of joint sessions between adults and children’s authority there is great work taking place to ensure services services that focus on our shared agendas looking at the meet the needs of local residents even in such challenging transition from childhood to adulthood, deprivation of liberty times. Let’s use this valuable forum to share expertise, and the mental capacity act and social work regulation. experiences and good practice to take back to our local areas. Whatever challenges we face as a sector we must remember that Anyone who works in the public sector will understand change ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ and we can achieve and we’ve seen many changes this year – in central government, much more for our communities together than in isolation. So social work, education and inspection – to name but a few. I urge you to take this opportunity to start conversations, share However, some things remain the same; rising demand across ideas and get involved in lively debate so that as a sector we both strands of local government, coupled with shrinking are in a stronger position to influence policy, effect positive council budgets continues to be our biggest challenge as we change and improve the lives of children and families across the look for ways to meet the needs of, and improve outcomes country. Everyone has a really important contribution to make. for children and families with fewer resources. With the Autumn Spending Review imminent it’s vital that we innovate I hope your conference experience is thoroughly enjoyable. and work together, across portfolios locally, regionally and nationally to find new ways of sustaining the vital services Dave Hill that make a huge difference to children and families. President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and the Director for People Local government is an expert in taking and shaping central Commissioning in Essex County Council.