Albert Heaney CBE Chief Social Care Officer for Wales

His responsibilities include:

• acting as a strong voice for everyone working in the social care sector and providing impartial and informed advice to Welsh Ministers on priorities for change
• providing national leadership and promoting esteem for all those in social care roles
• driving integration between health and social care
• enabling people in receipt of social care to achieve their personal outcomes
• reducing the numbers of children needing to be taken into care
• supporting innovative and social value models of service delivery
• developing new social care funding models 
• promoting improvement and reform in social care
• supporting the wellbeing and development of the social care workforce
• supporting local authorities and providers and improving quality and sustainability in social care 
• delivering the intentions of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
• co chairing the Welsh Language in Health and Social Services Partnership Board
• driving safeguarding arrangements and procedures to ensure the highest standard of practice

Albert has worked in Public Services since the 1980s. His past roles have included:

• President of the Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru (ADSS Cymru)
• Lead Director for Children and Lead Director for Safeguarding and Prevention, ADSS Cymru
• Chair of a Children’s Safeguarding Board
• Corporate Director Social Services, leading on Children’s and Adults Services

He is a member of the Family Justice Board and Chair of the Family Justice Network Wales.