ESN Working Group on Ageing and Care ESN launched the Working Group on Ageing and Care in May 2014. The group aims to increase the capacity of public authorities to plan and manage older people’s services in a sustainable and person...
Social Services Quality Management Quality social services are essential to help improve people’s quality of life. Many different elements are involved, including adequate funding, workforce management, leadership, and quality...
Users and social care managers work together to improve the quality of disability support services 26 October 2016 Service user involvement and a qualified, well-supported workforce are crucial to ensure high quality social services for persons with disabilities. Participants at ESN’s disability working group meeting looked at practical ways...
ESN Peer Review ‘Investing in Children’s Services, Improving Outcomes’ 1 June 2015 The third peer review of ESN’s project ‘Investing in Children’ was held in Budapest on 7-8 May, in cooperation with the Directorate General for Child Protection and Social Services. The meeting examined the implementation of the...
Choice and control for service users 23 April 2013 On 18-19 April, ESN welcomed 100 ESN members and invited guests from across 19 countries to Helsinki, Finland, to participate in ESN’s Spring Seminar 2013.
ESN Peer Review Investing in Children Services, Improving Outcomes 25 June 2014 The European Social Network (ESN) publishes a short report with a selection of key findings from our ongoing research project on the organisation of children’s services across a number of European countries.
4Quality! The 4Quality! project, launched in December 2014, aims to improve the quality of jobs and services in personal care and household services (PHS) across Europe. Funded under the European Commission’s...
Lessons from Europe: how investing in the workforce can improve the quality of social services 28 November 2016 As countries across Europe look at how to improve social services quality, policies must go hand in hand with staff forecasting, training and development.
Social welfare reform – The impact in local communities across Europe 2 May 2017 On April 20th and 21st, European Social Network (ESN) members gathered in Brussels to explore the transformation of social welfare. The focus of the discussion was on the impact of the financial crisis in social welfare across...
Investing in people and communities 23 July 2014 Our 22nd European Social Services Conference took place in Rome on 7-9 July, in cooperation with the Italian Presidency of the EU. With over 400 delegates from 31 countries in Europe and beyond
