The looming General Election offers an ideal chance to showcase and raise awareness of social care with the public, says the new president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

Setting out her view of what is meant by social care in her inaugural speech today at the ADASS Spring Seminar, Beverley Tarka said: ‘I firmly believe that social care is about fighting for social justice, for equality, saving and improving lives. It is about human kindness.'