The Government has launched a public consultation on the Fair Pay Agreement for Adult Social Care. A landmark reform that could reshape pay, terms, and conditions for careworkers.
So, what does this mean for your organisation and what happens next?
- The timescales for change
- Highlight the key consultation questions
- Offer practical tips to help you prepare and respond
Speakers
Daisy Cooney - Head of Policy, Practice & Innovation - Homecare Association
Daisy Cooney is Head of Policy, Practice, and Innovation at the Homecare Association, where she leads work on regulation, financial sustainability, commissioning, integrated care, innovation, and workforce development across the UK homecare sector. With senior policy experience at NHS England, DHSC, Age UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, and The Royal British Legion, she has advised on social care and health innovation, digital transformation, workforce strategies, and palliative and end-of-life care. Daisy holds a BSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and is passionate about raising the profile of social care and securing its future investment.
Anna Dabek - Partner - Anthony Collins Solicitors
As head of the firm’s employment and pensions team, Anna specialises in advising social care and charity sector clients on a broad range of employment and workforce matters. With over 15 years’ experience, she acts for charities, owner-managed businesses, and private equity-backed providers delivering home care, supported living, elderly care, and services for children and people with learning disabilities.
Peter Davies - Regional Manager - GMB
Peter is a regional manager (senior organiser) for the third largest trade union in the UK, the GMB. They represent over half a million workers in the private, public and not for profit sectors. Peter has helped to produce the GMB Ethical Home Care Commissioning Charter and lead for the North East, Yorkshire and Humber Region on their care campaigns. By working with providers over the past four years Peter has seen that the way we commission care on the cheap in the UK, under valuing the care as well as the carers themselves, is driven by Westminster choices and embedded through procurement in our Council Town halls and, that’s where he says we must change it.
We will also be joined by a representative of the Department of Business and Trade.