The SE ADASS Branch
The South East Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (SE ADASS) is a partnership of the 18 directors of adult social care in the South East. We are one of nine regional Branches of the national charity, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).
Co-Chairs and Directors
The SE ADASS Branch has two co-chairs, Alan Sinclair, Director of Adults and Health in West Sussex and Grainne Siggins, Executive Director: People in Bracknell Forest.
Grainne Siggins
Executive Director (People)
Bracknell Forest Council
Alan Sinclair
Director of Adults and Health (DASS)
West Sussex County Council
The SE ADASS Branch consists of 18 Directors of Adults Social Services or DASSs. As leaders in the South East, the role of our Directors is to innovate, commission differently, promote a culture of positive risk taking, and be a strong leadership voice that can articulate the value and purpose of adult social care at national and regional level.
Our Directors come from the following councils:
Grainne Siggins
Executive Director: People (Director of Children’s Services, Director of Adult Services)
Bracknell Forest Council
Steve Hook
Director of Adult Social Services (Interim DASS)
Brighton & Hove City Council
Craig McArdle
Corporate Director Adults and Health (DASS)
Buckinghamshire Council
Mark Stainton
Director of Adult Social Care and Health (DASS)
East Sussex County Council
Jess Hutchinson
Director of Adults’ Health and Care (DASS)
Hampshire County Council
Laura Gaudion
Strategic Director, Adult Social Care and Housing (DASS)
Isle of Wight Council
Richard Smith
Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Health (DASS)
Kent County Council
Lee-Anne Farach
Director of People (Children and Adults)
Medway Council
Karen Fuller
Director of Adult Social Care (DASS)
Oxfordshire County Council
Andy Biddle
Director of Adult Social Care (DASS)
Portsmouth City Council
Kevin McDaniel
Executive Director of Adult Services and Health (DASS)
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Melissa Wise
Executive Director, Communities and Adult Social Care (DASS)
Reading Borough Council
David Coleman-Groom
Executive Director People – Adults and DASS (interim)
Slough Borough Council
Robert Henderson
Executive Director, Wellbeing (Children and Learning); and Interim DASS
Southampton City Council
Claire Edgar
Executive Director for Adults, Wellbeing & Health Partnerships
Surrey County Council
Paul Coe
Executive Director for Adult Social Care (DASS)
West Berkshire Council
Alan Sinclair
Director of Adults & Health (DASS)
West Sussex County Council
Matt Pope
Executive Director for Children, Adults and Health (DASS)
Wokingham Borough Council
