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Appreciative Inquiry Training

In Mid-March this year we gathered in Wilmslow where @Liz Jayne and @Joy van Helvert, hosted a group of 9 other Alders in two days of immersive face to face Appreciative Inquiry training. This was a refresher for existing Alders and an introduction for those who have recently joined us. It was a very enjoyable experience for all involved and help us refine our training and support offer for organisations looking to develop appreciative inquiry approaches within their workplaces.  

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Portsmouth - Developing strengths based practice in Adult Social Care

In the Summer of 2023 we enabled a co-productive appreciative inquiry process at Portsmouth to explore the scope to implement strengths based practice across adult social care. We are currently supporting design and delivery work to implement the recommendations of the appreciative inquiry work. 

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EMADASS - Improving Support for 18-25 year olds with learning disabilities or autism

Alder Advice has just started (October 2024) to support local authorities in the East Midlands ADASS Region to understanding how to best support young adults before and after they have entered adult services and to gain a better insight into the individuals experience, support requirements and the regional support offer.  

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NWADASS - Optimising Support for Work Age Adults

NWADASS – Optimising How Working Age Adults Are Supported

Alder Advice has just started (September 2024) to support local authorities in the North West Region to:

  • Understand why care and support costs, in the region, for working age adults are relatively high compared to the rest of England and why there is a wide variation in costs across the region.
  • Support it to plan how to optimise support costs.
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NWADASS - Optimising Support for Work Age Adults

In september 2024 Alder Advice started to work with the North West ADASS Region to help it explore the reasons for the apparent high level of costs and to plan how to optimise costs by analysing data and engaging with Local Authorities.

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