West Midlands ADASS has partnered with West Midlands Employers to develop a programme of initiatives around recruitment, retention and resilience, to support councils with their adult social care workforce priorities and programmes.

West Midlands ADASS has partnered with West Midlands Employers to develop a programme of initiatives around recruitment, retention and resilience, to support councils with their adult social care workforce priorities and programmes.

Drawing on our experience in successfully managing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Children’s Social Care, we are working with local authorities to implement an Adults Social Care MoC. It is important as a sector that we proactively work together across all service areas to monitor and manage pay rate pressures, ensuring a fair, transparent, and regionally aligned approach to workforce planning.

Through a shared commitment across the West Midlands, Directors of Adult Social Services, Assistant Directors, and Principal Social Workers are dedicated to embedding the MoU within their services. We are currently working towards an MoU being in effect [subject to approval] from April 2025.

"We're delighted to have a three-year strategic partnership arrangement in place between West Midlands Employers and West Midlands ADASS. WME is working with us to deliver practical adult social care workforce initiatives and improvements across the sector in the region."

Abby Vella-Folliss Assistant Director – Improvement