Radical Reformers ep.106: A Social Care Success Story with Rachel Law and Gemma Murphy, PossAbilities

Across the UK, adult social care is in crisis.

This episode of the Radical Reformers podcast brings you a rare social care success story.

Rachel Law and Gemma Murphy are two of the all-female leadership team at PossAbilities, an adult social care social enterprise based in the Northwest of England.

With a team of 800 operating across multiple council areas, PossAbilities is bucking the trend. Rachel, Gemma and the team not only deliver outstanding services but consistently achieve financial sustainability which enables further investment to support the community they care for.

In this episode, I explore the source of this success, including a small, innovative and courageous executive team, a very thin middle management layer and diversification into areas like building their own residential care accommodation.

The PossAbilities team recently had a visit from Baroness Casey’s commission team - and we learn about what they are exploring in that important work.

This is an inspiring conversation and there are lessons to be learned for all public services. Could it be that the resources public services need are there – they’re just not focused on the right things..?

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