WM-ADASS will be sponsoring The Social Worker of the Year Awards again in 2025, this time for the Technology Enabled Lives and Innovation in Practice Award Established in 2006, the aim of Awards is to recognise and celebrate the challenging work that qualified social workers do day in, day out, and highlight their achievements. Last year we had the
Read more about WM-ADASS to sponsor Social Worker of the Year Awards once more
This directory provides information about a range of services – from preventing ill health, abuse, and crime to organisations that help people whose behaviour may be causing harm to others. Free to download from the resources section of this website, the guide will help anyone who needs to find support for others (or themselves) particularly if
Read more about West Midlands directory for safeguarding and wellbeing services published
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This webinar will run 10.30am to 12.30pm and will showcase our regional progress on co-production. Use this link to access the event details. During this event, you’ll hear from leaders and experts in the field and see presentations of successful and ongoing co-production projects. You need to register for this event. Once your registration request
Read more about WM-ADASS co-production show and tell webinar 10 March 2025
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Read more about AI is knocking at the front door webinar 27 January 2025 full recording and slides
Update 5 March 2025: slides and full recordings of both events are now available - see news & events for links. We’re excited to announce two upcoming webinars for adult social care professionals, delving into the potentially transformative impact on our sector. Deployment of artificial Intelligence (AI) could deliver huge gains for Adult Social…
Read more about AI in Adult Social Care webinars: January 27 & February 26
Blamed instead of Helped finds that 86% of parents of children with autism face blame when asking for support for their child. Parents seeking support from health, education, and social care services for their autistic children are frequently blamed instead of helped and are at risk of being subject to child protection proceedings, new research has
Read more about WM ADASS launches new report on Autism and parental blame
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Read more about Legal literacy webinar 7 November 2024 full recording and slides
Use the links to access the full webinar recording, slides and a short video about the experience of using DPs that was presented at the event. This webinar was hosted by the Direct Payments Network.
Read more about Direct Payments webinar 4 November 2024 full recording and slides
Use the links to access the full webinar recording and slides presented at the event. This webinar was hosted by the Principal Social Worker Network.
Read more about Movement In Practice webinar 19 June 2024 - recording and slides
Use the links to access the full webinar recording and slides presented at the event. This webinar was presented as part of the WM ADASS programme ‘Developing a sustainable research culture and infrastructure for Adult Social Care in across the West Midlands’.
Read more about Research-mindedness in ASC webinar 16 October - recording and slides