essa uk - emergency social services association

For membership enquiries please contact treasurer@essauk.com For other matters contact chair@essauk.com PURPOSE The Emergency Social Services Association’s purpose is to bring together workers in Emergency Duty and Out of Hours Social Care Services. ESSA will promote the interests of Emergency Duty and Out of Hours Social Care Services. ESSA is a national association established in 1997 and now representing over 100 Local Authority Emergency Duty Teams and Out of Hours Services throughout the United Kingdom. Through its fully constituted and democratically elected committees at national and regional levels ESSA seeks to: Develop a national network of Emergency Duty and Out of Hours workers and managers. Gather and disseminate information relevant to Emergency Duty and Out of Hours work. Represent the Out of Hours agenda to relevant organisations, promote good practice in Emergency Duty and Out of Hours Teams. Develop close working links with regional and national bodies such as the Association of Directors of Social Services, the Association of Directors of Social Work in Scotland. To include the forthcoming Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Association of Directors of Adult Services, Association of Directors of Social Services, CYMRU and the Association of Directors of Social Work in Scotland. Provide advice for members as well as written practice and research papers from an out of hours perspective in response to Government initiatives and Green Papers. Further professional development of the Association’s members and provide opportunities for them to share knowledge, skills and training. Promote high standards of Out of Hours Social Care Services. To encourage membership of the Association. To publicise the work of the Association and promote the professional and public understanding of Out of Hours Social Care Services. Influence legislation and policy related, to out of hours’ social care, issues at local, regional and national level. Seek to consider and influence matters affecting the provision of Out of Hours Social Care Services as a consequence of changes, or intended changes in the provision of services provided by agencies other than Local Authorities.

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Membership Fees and Benefits Full membership fee £150.00 per annum with effect from 1st January 2010 £25 per annum individual members and retired members (non-voting) The fees are payable in advance on an annual basis Membership entitles you to: Free access to website Right to vote on election of Officers Right of nomination to elected committee Right to attend any Association meeting including regional meetings Guaranteed places at ESSA Conference Free job adverts on ESSA web site Access via regional meetings, via the web site, conferences and AGMs to discuss the future of Emergency Duty and Out of Hours Social Care Services.

Contact Details This web site contains details of contact names for National Committee members, as well as the names of Regional Chairs and Secretaries.