ADASS/LGA Digital Strategic Network updates
PCH events:
Operating model toolkit communities of practice
Four new digitising and streamlining assessment groups supporting improved demand management, enhance workforce morale and delivery of more personalised care. Open to all, each community of practice focuses on a toolkit theme and associated tool cards:
- 13 January 2025 1-3pm Practitioners, workforce, providers and partners – creating an optimal workforce that can conduct efficient adult social care assessments. Tools explored will support you to manage the workforce, enabling joined up working and exploring areas of strength-based practice and resources to support this.
- 15 January 2025 10-12pm Technology, data, information and tools – embed digitisation and data into the way you undertake your adult social care assessments. This will include tools to support the automation of processes, data gathering and analysing and digitisation of assessment processes.
- 10 February 2025 2-4pm People who draw on care and support, and carers – explore the perspective of people and carers who interact with adult social care assessment process and how they find this process. We will explore tools and resources to support people accessing adult social care assessments and those who seek information on the assessment process.
- 13 February 2025 10-12pm Functional processes (including assessment pathways) – explore elements of the adult social care assessment pathway and the associated processes. We will explore tools and resources to support day-to-day tasks completed by your workforce to support people and carers through the assessment journey.
Hear from councils introducing AI to support people accessing adult social care information online.
Digital skills community of practice
We are delivering a series of community of practice sessions throughout this quarter that will increase digital confidence and technology skills for occupational therapists, social workers, principal occupational therapists, and principal social workers.
Further online events will focus on navigating the requirements of consent with technology (18 February 2-3pm), and embracing technology and AI (6 March 1-2pm and 27 March 11-12pm).
ADASS events:
AI in adult social care webinars (27 January and 26 February)
Hosted by WM ADASS but open to all, these two online events will explore use of AI at the front door and for improving adult social care. Email info@wm-adass.org.uk to register.
PCH publication:
Implementing digital social care records
Our new briefing brings together learning from councils and integrated care systems across the country following this year’s rollout of digital social care records into adult social care registered provision. It spells out the benefits and challenges and provides practical guidance on how to overcome barriers, and support and incentivise good practice.
DHSC publication:
New reforms and independent commission to transform social care - GOV.UK announced last week included new high-level commitments to digital.
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