Casey Commission October Newsletter
Welcome to our September newsletter.
This month, the first phase of the Big Conversation on Care’s online platform came to a close, and invitations to join the Public Panel on Care began arriving in households across England. Baroness Casey also heard directly from people with learning disabilities and their families, spoke at the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference and took part in media interviews across the country. Read on for more about this month’s work below.
Baroness Casey shadows a care worker
Earlier this month, Baroness Casey visited Liverpool to see the realities of adult social care first-hand.
She joined home care workers on their evening visits and visited Millvina House in Anfield, hearing directly from people who draw on care and support, as well as the staff who provide it.
The visit provided an opportunity to hear about the challenges facing people who need care and support, alongside the dedication and commitment of those working in the sector. It also highlighted the importance of supporting people to remain independent and live well at home for as long as possible.
The visit was covered in The Guardian. You can read the article here: In Liverpool I saw the tough choices Louise Casey faces on social care – starting with who will pay?
Baroness Casey attends Autism Alliance event
On 14 October, Baroness Casey joined a meeting of chief executives from more than 20 specialist autism charities at Friends House in London.
The discussion provided an opportunity to hear directly from organisations delivering social care and community support for autistic people, including their experiences of the current system and the challenges facing the people they support.
Engagement with organisations representing and supporting autistic people, and with autistic people themselves, is an important part of the Commission’s work to understand the different experiences and needs of people who draw on adult social care.
Baroness Casey's Instagram takeover for World Alzheimer's Day
To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, Baroness Casey took part in an Instagram takeover, sharing her thoughts on adult social care and the work of the Commission. The full video is now available to watch on YouTube.
You can watch it here: Baroness Louise Casey answers your questions on the future of dementia care – YouTube
Update on the Big Conversation on Care
Hearing from the adult social care workforce
As part of the Big Conversation on Care, Ipsos is leading a programme of engagement with the adult social care workforce. They are delivering this with Skills for Care and other organisations.
In November, Ipsos will begin sharing communications with people working across adult social care to invite them to take part and share their experiences and views. They will reach out to the sector through their channels and networks and ask other organisations to help share the messages as well.
Hearing from the workforce is an important part of the Big Conversation. People working in adult social care have first-hand experience of how the system works, the challenges it faces and what could be improved.
We want to hear from as many people working in adult social care as possible, across different roles and settings, to help shape the future of care.
Our Public Panel on Care prepares to meet
In November, we will hold the first in-person sessions of our Public Panel on Care.
The Panel will bring together around 125 people from different backgrounds across England, broadly representative of the population, to learn about adult social care, hear different perspectives and discuss some of the big questions about its future.
Over a series of sessions, Panel members will consider evidence, share their views and explore where there may be common ground on how adult social care should work in the future. What we hear from the Panel will help inform the next stages of the Big Conversation.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to register their interest in taking part and for their willingness to contribute to the Big Conversation.