Melanie Williams

Jacqui and Joshua showing us why choice and control is central to adult social care and how we build lives, not services.

Care can’t wait is our campaign which tells stories about people to show why adult social care should be prioritized, have reform, and see overall investment increase.

New #CareCantWait story!

Jacqui cares for her son Joshua, who has Down syndrome & autism, and now also needs support herself.

Getting the right support hasn't been easy, but having choice & control over their care has made all the difference.

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Melanie Williams reflects on her year as President of ADASS  - ADASS From leading debates on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and building a relationship with a new government to developing a toolkit on tech-enabled care and shining a light on young people preparing for adul...

My pleasure to open @adass.bsky.social #springseminar25 today. What a year I have had and so many of you were there beside me. Here are my reflections.

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We launched Care Can’t wait at #SpringSeminar25 today. Play your part - help tell the amazing story of social care.

So pleased to support this event as @adass.bsky.social president. We all agree there is more we can do to support our young people to grow up and think about how policy and practice wraps around this, rather than seeing transitions as a passing on event. Excited to see the change we build today!

Equipment matters because people matter. Thanks to Medequip I'm part of what will hopefully be a great @local.gov.uk Partners in Care & Health event today. 🧵1/

Council finances are becoming unsustainable and whole system overhaul is required, watchdog warns Increasing numbers of local authorities require emergency funds or have declared themselves effectively bankrupt. The National Audit Office says increasing costs of social care, special educational ne...

"When we're just focusing on getting people home from hospital, we're not doing that piece of work to enable them not to go there in the first place," @mel-williams.bsky.social told @skynewss.bsky.social.

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ADASS president @mel-williams.bsky.social reflects on the support available for children & young people when transitioning to adult #socialcare, as covered in our co-produced 'Preparing for Adulthood' report launched at #NCASC2024 ⬇

Download the report here: bit.ly/3EpVQOI

Improving support for young people transitioning into adult social care  - ADASS ADASS President, Melanie Williams, discusses improving young people’s transition into adult social care.

How can we improve support for young people transitioning to adult social care? ADASS President, @mel-williams.bsky.social discusses the challenges & practical solutions in her latest blog @impower.bsky.social.
www.adass.org.uk/improving-support-for-young-people-transitioning-into-adult-social-care/

First, the delayed reform is not about building capacity.
Second, were the data to show (which it doesn’t) that 1/7 people were waiting for social care, it is unlikely to simply be a wait for capacity.
We do need to work better together to support people to recover based on partnership.

Hospital to home: can other countries show us the way? Attempts to shift care "from hospital to home" have repeatedly faltered. This event explored what we can learn from the experience of other countries and what it will really take for this government t...

Our #hospitaltohome policy event took place in Westminster yesterday - we heard how other countries provide health and social care differently, and debated what needs to happen now to improve care in England.

Catch up on all the sessions 👇
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/event/hospit...

Carers quitting and homes to go bust: The real cost of social care reform delays Delays to social care reforms risk providers going bust and councils rationing support for the elderly and vulnerable, the Government warns

Jess McGregor, ADASS Vice President and director of adults and health at Camden council, told The i Paper the care workers she has spoken to are proud of their work and find it very rewarding.
inews.co.uk/news/politics/carers-quitting-and-homes-to-go-bust-the-real-cost-of-social-care-reform-delays