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Subscribe to the Social Care Advisory Network

The Social Care Advisory Network (SCAN) provides support and technical advice to subscribers whilst providing them with timely and practical updates and training on all aspects of both adult and children's social care.

Subscribers can:

  • use our 'ask an advisor' service to get expert answers to technical queries
  • communicate and network with peers around the country at special events and webinars
  • access web content, publications and newsletters to keep on top of the latest developments
  • use pre-paid places to attend events (so they don't have to be purchased/approved by a manager for each booking)
  • get discounts on some events

Our Experts

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William is CIPFA’s social care policy voice, and he runs the Social Care Network. His work focuses on social care reform, and he has produced thought leadership in the areas of charging reform, children’s social care reform, Scotland’s National Care Service, and social care funding. Before joining CIPFA, he was Social Care Finance Lead at the Scottish Government where he was involved in costing a range of social care reform policies stemming from the Independent Review of Adult Social Care. William attained a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow and started studying accountancy during the final stages of his PhD.

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