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Why aren’t strengths-based approaches working?

Why aren’t strengths-based approaches working?

by Alex Fox | Oct 2, 2025 | Adult social care

I ask that as someone who has spent quite a lot of the last twenty years advocating for them. At their heart, public services are relationships between people who seek support and people offering support. These relationships are only useful when they are relational...
Bigger isn’t always better for adult social care

Bigger isn’t always better for adult social care

by Alex Fox | Jun 4, 2025 | Adult social care

The reorganisation of local government in 21 areas across England presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset how adult social care (ASC) is delivered. How the next generation of adult social care services is set up will profoundly affect the quality of...
Strengths-based approaches: bridging the gap in adult social care

Strengths-based approaches: bridging the gap in adult social care

by Alex Fox | Apr 22, 2025 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER

At a recent event hosted by the IMPACT centre for implementing evidence in adult social care at Birmingham University, a group including the outgoing and incoming Chief Social Workers and some of the leading proponents of strengths-based approaches explored how far...
Local government reorganisation – the impact on adult social care

Local government reorganisation – the impact on adult social care

by Alex Fox | Mar 11, 2025 | Adult social care, Local government transformation

The government’s proposed Local Government Reforms for England will redraw the map of councils, replacing the remaining ‘two tier’ councils (which have a large county council and a set of smaller borough councils sharing responsibility for the county’s public...
Fixing Adult Social Care’s Plumbing and Wiring

Fixing Adult Social Care’s Plumbing and Wiring

by Alex Fox | Nov 10, 2024 | Adult social care

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