The ADASS Membership Pack describes the benefits of belonging to ADASS and how it works in practice.
Partners in Care and Health, (a joint LGA/ADASS/SCIE programme) offers a range of support and improvement resources across all the areas covered by this guide.
Department of Health (2006) Best Practice Guidance on the role of the Director of Adult Social Services http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2008-2585/DEP2008-2585.pdf
Department of Health and Social Care (2025) – Care and Support statutory guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance
Humphries R & Timmins N (2021) Stories from social care leadership, Progress amid pestilence and penury, King’s Fund, https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/reports/social-care-leadership
LGA (2017) Managing risk in adult social care – risk awareness tool & other resources https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/our-improvement-offer/care-and-health-improvement/financial-and-sustainability-risks