The first event took place on Monday 22 November 2021. Over 100 commissioners joined to get an insight from a council who re-configured their approach to home care, academic research into market shaping and relationships, a provider perspective on joint working and an independent consultant’s review into relationships across adult social care.
You can download a copy of the Developing Effective Relationships Presentation Slides and video recordings of the four presentations will be uploaded to this page shortly.
The speakers at the event were as follows:
- Melanie Weatherly MBE – Chief Executive Walnut Care at Home Ltd. Chair Lincolnshire Care Association, Care Association Alliance, Fellow Skills for Care and NICE.
- Meilys Heulfryn Smith – Programme Lead for Community Transformation (Gwynedd Council and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board).
- Professor Catherine Needham – Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, University of Birmingham.
- Stephen Knight – Partner in Newton’s Public Cluster and Local Government team lead.
The next session took place on Tuesday 14 December 2021 and focused on the legal and regulatory framework and requirements for the current challenges around sufficiency of provision, service disruption and market shaping. The purpose of the session is to inform commissioners of their specific legal duties and requirements and about the type of actions, behaviours and decisions that should be taken to ensure compliance and help face and overcome the current challenges being faced. This session is aimed at commissioners but is open to all council colleagues and is expected to be of particular use to social work practitioners.
You can download a copy of the Legal and Regulatory Requirements Presentation Slides and video recordings of the two presentations will be uploaded to this page shortly. In the meantime. A recording of another webinar lead by 39 Essex Chambers on this topic can be accessed here: 39 Essex: Shortages in Social Care.
The speakers at the event were as follows:
- Fenella Morris QC and Arianna Kelly, 39 Essex Chambers
- Alison Murray, Head of Inspection, CQC
