Becoming a Director of Adult Social Services (DASS)

In today’s complex and ever-changing social care landscape, the DASS role demands resilience, innovation, and unwavering confidence. This programme is your tailored solution to navigate these challenges successfully whilst making a meaningful impact in your community and organisation.

It’s delivered by industry leaders with evidence-based leadership development expertise.

The content is contemporary, relevant and personalised to the unique needs of aspiring DASSs.

Read on if you are:

• An aspiring DASS
• A current DASS who is thinking about success planning
• Thinking about how to provide a leadership pathway to the DASS role

Register for: Becoming a Director of Adult Social Services.

Why choose this programme?

Transform your leadership: Gain access to proven strategies, tools, and insights from accomplished directors of social care and nationally respected leaders. From system leadership to personal resilience, every module is crafted to help you thrive.

Grow your confidence and competence: Build the expertise you need to inspire teams, drive organisational change, and tackle real-world challenges with clarity and precision.

Develop essential networks: Collaborate with a small, dedicated cohort of like-minded leaders. Exchange ideas, ask questions, and form connections within a safe and supportive environment.

The programme

There are three immersive face to face residentials, combined with seven dynamic online workshops, all delivered by experts in their field.

Face to face workshops

• Personal leadership journey
• Leading collaborative, strengths based change
• Working with elected members and politicians
• Brave and authentic leadership
• Working with the media
• Presentation of self
• Evidencing and understanding impact to support change

Live online workshops

• Managing the narrative and media communications
• Human rights based leadership
• Coproduction and working with people with lived experience
• Innovative provider models and commissioning needs
• Developing the workforce of the future
• Health and social care integration

A more detailed description of each workshop, the presenters and what you’ll get out of each one will be available soon.

What you will achieve

• Leading with confidence, resilience, and ambition.
• Inspiring high-performing teams and fostering inclusive, dynamic work environments.
• Developing advanced decision making skills to address complex issues.
• Build a strong foundation of political intelligence and strategic thinking.
• Driving meaningful organisational change and improving outcomes for the communities you serve.