Volunteer Filmmaking: Increase your impact with a film

Volunteer Filmmaking: Increase your impact with a film

Telling your story and that of the communities you work with is one of the most powerful ways to get your message across. Through our Volunteer Filmmaking scheme charities with a turnover of less than £2million can apply to have a high-impact, promotional film made by expert filmmakers at a much-reduced rate.

'Our volunteer filmmaker was brilliant,’ says Nina Arwitz from Mosaic Community Trust, ‘we are all very happy with the film and excited about using it to reach new people.' The short films, which can be up to five minutes long, will also be guaranteed broadcast on Community Channel. Find out more and apply now. The closing date is 26 July 2010 so get your skates on!

Key issues to take to providers conference on 24th June

 If you are going to the providers conference on 24th JUne (& If you are or want to be providing services you really need to be there)  please look at the key issues we agreed we need to take forward at the conference today rgarding brokerage services, user led organisations and also the ending of existing contracts and tendering of preventative services..

Agreed from Emergency meeting 18^th July 2010 Key Issues (Draft)

About the brokerage service (the service that advises people what services to buy with their individual budget)

• Quality Assurance – LINK and service user involvement at all levels of quality assurance systems

• Brokerage to be independent of service providers or if  not independent then clear  mechanisms written into the ender and monitoring to ensure advice given is impartial.

• Brokerage should include advocacy – so support for people to appeal against budget decisions and if they feel they are not getting the service as agreed –( but there should also be independent advocacy (for people not on individual budgets and for people having dispute with broker)

• Need accredited training for brokers (both inhouse & external )

• People should have a choice of brokerage

About the tendering process re brokerage

• Timing – this tender should not be rushed

• Service Users & VCS should be involved in the development of the service specification

• Resources allocated to buy external brokerage should be at least equal to the cost of internally provided brokerage (per hour)

• Consortium development needs time & resources

About  ending of existing contracts and Tendering Process generally

We need & expect a clear timetable and indication of what services will be bought from April 2011 at the 24^th June Conference.

General point re tendering – Voluntary Sector exists to meet need – new system should mean increased need – the increase in demand for services should be matched by increase in resources.

About User Led Organisations

• We need resources now  allocated to a lead agency to bring together user groups to develop a user led organisation  - this will also help Hackney LINk to support user representatives in the process

Next Steps

To put above points to 24^th June Conference – All

Can all providers encourage their service users to attend a meeting about user led organisation on 29^th July 11am – 3pm hosted by Disability Back up at City Edge full details to follow

Meet again 1^st July 1pm – 3pm to discuss further at the HSCF Forum Carers Centre

Look at developing a consortium expression of interest register (HSCF/ HCVS?)

Whole Systems MH rep sought very tight deadline of Friday

Following Thursdays mental health sig meeting discussion re the urgency of obtaining an elected Voluntary & Community Sector  representative on the Whole systems review meeting - which is reviewing the total PCT spend on mental health across City & Hackney, Tower Hamlets & Newham -Please email hscf@hcvs.org.uk for an application form

If you are standing to be the representative please get the form back to me by 5pm next Friday -25th June - I will then circulate the personal statement bit of each form for Mental Health SIG members to vote on  via email .

Flip charts from Personalisation workshop at reach conference (may help you prepare for 24th June)

 click here for the full write up of the workshop

If you would like a copy of Janince Wightmans presentation from the day please click here.  Below are the three main issues and actions agreed following that workshop in March.

Agreed three main issues

•  Need for ongoing dialogue and involvement of voluntary sector groups and service users  in the business transformation of adult social care.  Today should be part of a series of conversations

• Next Steps – CEN representatives to feedback from boards and ensure that the sector is kept fully informed of developments as they happen. CEN to continue to seek representation on the overall transformation board. Work with the local authority to ensure that the annual conference on transformation is meaningful

 ·        Voluntary & Community Sector Groups will need support to market themselves to service users as this is a new way of working for us and we will be competing against the private sector who are experienced in marketing

·        Next Steps –CEN representative to pursue this point in the market development board CEN to seek to  be fully involved in the development of computerised database tool that will form the  basis of information service users & brokers can access.  CEN/ HSCF to look at potential partnerships for joint marketing.

·        Measuring the impact of services and activities – the voluntary sector would like to work in partnership with the local authority and primary care trust to develop / choose systems  to measure the impact of services and that systems should be proportionate to the size of the groups

·        CEN  to continue to ask for representation in developing the tenders and the monitoring & evaluation  systems for those services the Local authority & Primary Care Trust will  buy.

For further information

Information aimed at service users and providers is available from the ‘Your care your way ‘ page on London Borough of Hackneys website  - direct link = http://www.hackney.gov.uk/trasc.htm

For downloadable  briefings on individual budgets and on tendering plus the latest feedback from CEN representatives on the three  boards and one working group we do have representation on  look on the Changes in Adult  Care on the Health & Social Care Forum – direct link = http://www.hscf.org.uk/index.php?page=46

HCVS: Impact of public spending cuts on the sector in Hackney

HCVS is concerned, as no doubt you are, about the impact of the new government’s spending cuts. We thought it important to update you as to the current              position in Hackney and also share with you some of the ways in which HCVS may be able to help your organisation. This is the first of many blogs from HCVS’s chief executive Jake Ferguson. The blog provides regular updates on important issues to Hackney’s voluntary and community sector.

Read the blog here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/jakesblog.aspx

City LINk newsletter and elections

The City LINk is delighted to share its latest edition of "c/o the City"
with you. This quarterly newsletter features information on LINk work,
community news and updates on health and social care. Please download
"c/o the City" here: http://www.cityoflondonlink.org.uk/cothecity

 

Building on its strong base in the community, the City LINk is keen to
expand the Steering Group - to bring in new areas of expertise and
strengthen its capacity to work with services. Elections to the group
will take place in the next few weeks and are open to anyone who would
like to join the LINk. 

 

Please ask anyone you think might be interested in getting involved to
contact the LINk team on 020 7535 0496 / jpurcell@citycomm.org.uk or to
visit the website: http://www.cityoflondonlink.org.uk/node/217

 

If you would be interested in contributing articles or notices for the
next publication of "c/o the City", please contact Steven Towndrow, City
LINk Policy and Communications lead (stwondrow@vawcvs.org.uk / 020 7535
0492) The deadline for submissions is 13th August.

 

Very last chance to book for the personalisation conference 24th June

Booking is essential and places are filling up fast. To find out more and book online visit http://www.hackney.gov.uk/trasc-provider-news.htm. For further information call 020 8356 4524.  

Vetting & barring scheme cancelled and to be scaled back

Clic=k here for the news from BBC website

LDA axed as devolution agenda gathers pace

The London Development Agency is to be folded into the Greater London Authority under proposals set out by the mayor of London Boris Johnson today.As part of his vision of a decentralisation of powers from Whitehall to the mayoral office, Mr Johnson announced plans for the creation of a new housing and regeneration body within the GLA.

Read the full story here:

http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/news/article/2905/lda-axed-as-devolution-agenda-gathers-pace

 Suorce HCVS

The coalition agreement and the voluntary and community sector

The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) have highlighted particular points from the published coalition agreement which will be of interest to voluntary and community sector organisations.

Please contact: http://www.navca.org.uk/news/coalitionagreement.htm

Source HCVS

Lost tax and benefits from public sector job losses would cost £15bn says UNISON

UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector trade union, today warned that Tory plans to cut 725,000 public sector jobs*, would cost the UK economy £6.6 billion in lost tax revenue and add an extra £8.8 billion** to the state benefits bill – hitting any chance of economic recovery and making the deficit worse.

The union is calling for a no-cut alternative - Save Our Services budget - to protect jobs, vital services, and safeguard economic recovery. The union’s alternative budget sets out savings of nearly £78 billion ahead of the Government’s own, on Tuesday (22 June).

Together with cutting real waste and making tax fairer, the union is backing the campaign for a Robin Hood Tax on banks which would raise an estimated £30bn a year.

Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said:

“Whatever the Tories would have you believe - there are real alternatives to their slash and burn cuts. Adding public sector workers to the growing number of people out of work will cost the country dear - £6.6bn in lost tax revenue as well as piling £8.8bn onto the benefits bill.

“As well as plummeting tax receipts and spiralling benefits, the spending power of public service workers will dry up, hitting local shops and businesses hard. This will damage the chance of recovery, spark a return to recession, and push the country towards a decade-long depression.

“The Robin Hood tax would raise an estimated £30bn a year and would go a long way towards digging this country out of recession. It is only right that the people responsible for causing the economic crisis should pay to get it out.”

More than 2,000 delegates and visitors to UNISON’s national conference in Bournemouth today voted to add the union’s support for a Robin Hood Tax – donning the familiar campaign green masks, led by Billy Bragg*** (pix available).

UNISON’s Save Our Services alternative budget:

£4.7bn could be raised every year by introducing a 50% tax rate on incomes over £100,000

£10bn could be raised every year by reforming tax havens and residence rules to reduce tax avoidance by corporations and ‘non-domiciled’ residents

£14.9bn could be raised every year by using minimum tax rates to stop reliefs being used disproportionately subsidise incomes over £100,000

£30bn could be raised every year by introducing a Major Financial Transactions Tax on UK financial institutions – the Robin Hood Tax

At least £1.5bn could be raised this year by bringing back the windfall tax on bankers’ bonuses.

£4bn could be saved this year by cancelling Trident, the project could cost as much as £100bn.

£500m could be saved every year by eradicating healthcare acquired infections from the NHS – the extra cleaners would cost half this.

£495m could be saved every year by adopting measures to improve the health and well-being of NHS staff, thereby reducing sickness absence

£1bn could be saved every year by halving the local government agency bill, as has been achieved by high performing councils

£5bn could be raised every year with an Empty Property Tax on vacant dwellings. This only exaggerates housing shortages and harms neighbourhoods.

£2.8bn could be saved every year by ending the central government use of private consultants who bring little discernable benefit

£3bn could be saved in user fees and interest charges every year if PFI schemes were replaced with conventional public procurement

Total – 77.895bn.

Notes to editors:

*The CIPD predicted last week that 725,000 public sector jobs could go over the next five years.

** Based on research by Tax expert Richard Murphy.

The Future of Voluntary & Community Action - an independent event to share views

An independently facilitated open space event for infrastructure workers, frontline workers, funders,
volunteers, policy makers, trustees, and anyone else that’s interested

10.00 – 16.30, Friday 9th July 2010

St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square

• How are you feeling about working in the voluntary and/or community sector?
• How are you feeling about supporting and developing voluntary and community
action?
• How are you dealing with political and organisational change?
• How does the future of voluntary and community action look to you?

Whether you’re opinionated, frustrated, jaded, angry, isolated, passionate, optimistic,
traumatised, inspired or whether you just want a day having real conversations with
people about what matters to you and eating high quality biscuits…..

This event will be an open space meeting (a creative meeting format in which participants define
the agenda and adjust it as the meeting proceeds) for voluntary sector workers and volunteers,
community activists and interested people to explore anything they like about their experiences,
their current concerns and their hopes for the future. There will be opportunities to make
connections and feed into other research groups about specific issues.
Bring your friends and colleagues, share your thoughts and feelings
with us and be part of the debate!

This event is completely free of charge. Booking is essential and bookings will be accepted on a
first come first served basis. For more information about the day:

This event is being organised by LVSC’s STAN project and the National Coalition for Independent Action.
What Next?
visit: http://july9.wordpress.com/
email: gemma@lvsc.org.uk
call: 020 3349 8919
Come and talk to us!

Guardian small charity awards -prize £6000 for groups with income between £5k- £1.5 million

Five smaller charities have the chance to win £6,000 and consultancy support in the Guardian Charity Awards 2010.

The awards are open to UK social welfare charities who have an income of between £5,000 and £1.5 million.

The deadline is 16 July 2010.

For more information see the Guardian website.

Comic RElief UK grants programme cycle 4 open

Comic relief have the below progranmmes

Apply for a grant

• Mental Health
• Domestic and Sexual Abuse
• Refugee and Asylum Seeking Women
• Sport for Change
• Local Communities
• Older People
  
  Please note that as we received a huge response to the first grant cycle of our Older People’s Programme, we have narrowed the criteria for applicants. Only those that have an exact fit with the programme aims and outcomes will be considered.

• Young People aged 11-25:

  • Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People
  • Young People and Alcohol
  • Young People with Mental Health Problems

Other Programmes

• Young Carers: This programme is managed by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. Further information will be available soon from http://www.carers.org

EU programme support youth workers exchange (need european partner)

Volunteering England - Tendering Opportunities

Volunteering England - Tendering Opportunities

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:44 AM PDT

Volunteering England is tendering for Volunteer Centres, or organisations representing volunteer centres, to host workshops around volunteering to enable everyone who is inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games can find volunteering opportunities easily. The deadline is 30 July 2010. For more information visit the Volunteering England website here.

source SYFAB

$8000 for ideas to transform parental engagement in the way young people learn

Click here for the website

Up to £3k for development, training of cancer support groups

Macmillan Cancer Support - Training and Conference Grants

Posted by James

Macmillan Cancer Support is offering grants of up to £3,000 to members of independent cancer support groups, community groups and small voluntary organisations. The grants are to assist with hosting or attending training courses, workshops, conferences and events that aim to meet one of the following criteria:

• Set up/identify the need for a new cancer support group

• Develop the activities of an existing cancer support group

• Increase awareness of self-help and support to address an unmet need within a specific community (e.g. people affected by a rarer cancer or from a minority group).

Grants awarded in the past include:

• Travel expenses to and from the venue
• Food and accommodation costs
• Child care costs and carer costs
• Fees for speakers, therapists and trainers
• Venue hire
• Expenses for delegates.

The deadline for applications is 1 December 2010. For more information, or to download an application form, visit the Macmillan website here.

Up to £10k for 3 years for Children & Young people projects - children in need small grants

Children in Need - Small Grants

Posted by James

BBC Children in Need’s small grants scheme is offering grants of up to £10,000 a year for 3 years to third sector organisations working with children and young people.

The scheme will only support projects that focus on the differences made to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. For this reason, when applying for a grant you must provide clear evidence that disadvantaged children and young people will:

• Be the primary beneficiaries of the project
• Experience positive changes in their lives from the activities and/or services provided.

The disadvantages experienced by children and young people may include:

• Abuse, neglect, illness and distress
• Any kind of disability
• Behavioural or psychological difficulties
• Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

Applicants should be aware that some activities are excluded, such as promoting religion or carrying out medical research.

BBC Children in Need as four closing dates throughout the year, and the next one is 15 July 2010, followed by 15 October 2010.

For more information, or to apply online, visit the Children in Need website here.

Football Foundation - Facilities Scheme

The Football Foundation’s Facilities Scheme gives grants for projects that:

• Improve facilities for football or any other sport in local communities
• Sustain or increase participation amongst adults and children, regardless of age, background or ability
• Help adults and children develop their physical, mental, social and moral capacities through regular participation in sport.

The types of facilities the foundation funds include:

• Grass pitches for drainage/improvements
• Pavilions, clubhouses and changing rooms
• Artificial turf pitches and multi-use games areas
• Fixed floodlights for artificial pitches.

The foundation also provide development grants to fund football development for the new facility, such as coaching.

The maximum grant available is £1 million. Applicants must show that they have tried hard to find funding elsewhere, and that there is no further money available for the project. The most that the foundation can pay is 90% of the project costs, but this will only be awarded in exceptional circumstances.

Before submitting an application, you are strongly advised to fill in an expression of interest form and to discuss your project with your County Football Association.

For more information, or to download an expression of interest form or application form, visit the Football Foundation website here.

Source SYFAB

Tree planting packs for schools and community groups

Comic RElief Grants programme - young people - mental health, alcohol, abuse, trafficked

UK Grants Programme - Young People

Description

Financial assistance is available for charities, social enterprises and community groups in the United Kingdom to undertake projects which support vulnerable young people aged 11-25.

Value Notes

Grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 and are usually for between one and three years.

Extended Description

The UK Grants Programme 2009 - 2012 is provided and administered by Comic Relief and aims to tackle poverty and social injustice by helping people make lasting, positive changes in their lives and their communities.

In 2009-2012, the UK Grants Programme will provide funding through a range of priority areas:

• Mental health.
• Refugee and asylum seeking women.
• Sport for Change.
• Young people aged 11-25:
  • Young people experiencing domestic and sexual abuse.
  • Sexually exploited and trafficked young people.
  • Young people and alcohol.
  • Young people with mental health problems.
• Local communities.
• Young carers.
• Older people.

Applicants can apply for grants for Young People under four strands:

Young people experiencing domestic and sexual abuse

Aid for young people aged 11-25 who have witnessed or directly experienced domestic or sexual abuse.

Funding is available for two types of support:

• Crisis support services with the aim of helping young survivors to cope with the physical, emotional and mental harm that they have experienced. This could include services such as counselling, advocacy and group work.
• Work that helps young people to heal through having a voice. This could include setting up a new survivors group or support for an existing group.

Sexually exploited and trafficked young people

Reducing harm to young people who have been sexually exploited by helping them to find routes out of prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation.

Projects should meet at least one of the following outcomes:

• Fewer young people will be sexually exploited or trafficked.
• More at risk young people will know their rights, understand their situation and/or have access to the help and support they need.
• More sexually exploited or trafficked young people will have an increased chance to make positive decisions about their future.

Young people with mental health problems

Providing services to help young people experiencing mental health problems to make positive changes in their lives through counselling, group work or peer support and the undertaking of good quality training by young people with mental health issues, in order to improve their skills base and confidence levels.

Projects should meet at least one of the following outcomes:

• Increased access to appropriate services for young people with mental health problems, resulting in improved mental health.
• A greater understanding and specialist skill base amongst practitioners working with young people with mental health needs.

Young people and alcohol

Support for young people aged 11-25 who are drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. Organisations should aim to reduce the levels of young people’s drinking, create greater awareness of the dangers of harmful drinking and provide direct support to young drinkers at the greatest risk.

Projects should meet at least one of the following outcomes:

• A reduction in alcohol consumption by young people.
• A reduction in harm and increased access to help for young people who have alcohol problems.
• Closer working relationships between alcohol and young people's services.
• An increase in relevant skills to deliver services targeted at young people who have alcohol problems.

Latest Information

The current deadline for applications is 17 September 2010.

Key Criteria

Applications will be accepted from a range of organisations from the voluntary and community sector that are currently working with young people aged 11-25, including:

• Constituted voluntary and community groups.
• Registered charities.
• Social enterprises.
• Co-operatives.
• Faith organisations.
• Community Interest Companies.

Eligible organisations must:

• Be well managed and be proposing a well-planned project or initiative.
• Have the necessary skills and experience to carry out the proposed work.
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the local and national context of the work they are conducting.
• Have an in-depth knowledge of the root causes of the issues they wish to tackle.
• Draw on good practice and knowledge of 'what works best', in order to inform the work they do.
• Involve users and beneficiaries in their project work.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity in their governance, service delivery and policy development.

The programme will fund work in:

• England.
• Scotland.
• Wales.
• Northern Ireland.

Eligible Expenditure

Funding is available for running and capital costs.

Building costs are given a low priority and will only be funded in exceptional circumstances.

Restrictions

Funding is not available for:

• Core service delivery, such as therapeutic interventions. 
• Individuals.
• Medical research or hospitals.
• Churches or other religious bodies or projects with religious purposes.
• Areas that should be supported by statutory funding.
• Retrospective projects.
• Statutory bodies, such as local authorities or Primary Care Trusts.
• Profit-making organisations, with the exception of social enterprises.
• Minibuses.
• Capital costs that are part of a much larger appeal.

Application Procedure

Applications can only apply for one grant at a time.

Contact Comic Relief for further information.

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

UK Grants Team Comic Relief
5th Floor
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP

Telephone:

020 7820 5555

Email:

Email contact

3 prizes of £75,000 (& 6 of £25,000) for ideas re: wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, independent living

The electronics corporation Philips is offering awards to develop practical, achievable ideas to improve the health and well-being of people living in cities. The Liveable Cities Award is aimed at ideas and concepts which have not yet been implemented. These ideas must:

• Demonstrate a simple solution to the challenges of keeping cities liveable
• Be original, and not previously proposed or developed, either in whole or part, by anyone else
• Be implementable within a maximum of two years.

Philips are offering three Award grants - one for each of the following three categories:

• Well-being outdoors: Initiatives that will help citizens feel safe in public spaces, as well as initiatives that help create identity and a sense of belonging

• Independent living: Initiatives that will help elderly people living alone to feel secure and comfortable in a city and/or enable longer living at home with appropriate access to healthcare

• Healthy lifestyle at work and home: Initiatives that will support a healthy body and mind, whether through a person’s surroundings or through things like exercise, sleep and diet.

One overall winning idea for any of these three categories will receive a winning grant of €75,000, while the two additional ideas will receive grants of €25,000.

The deadline for applications is 28 October 2010. For more information, or to apply online, visit the Philips website here.

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grants for adapting building or equipment that will improve lives of people with disabilities

The ACT Foundation is accepting applications from individuals and registered charities from the UK for grants. The foundation aims to improve the quality of life of people in need, specifically the mentally and physically disabled.

ACT grants generally fall into the following areas:

• Building - funding modifications to homes, schools, hospices, etc
• Equipment - provision of specialised wheelchairs, mobility aids and equipment including medical equipment  to assist independent living
• Financial assistance - towards the cost of short-term respite breaks at registered respite centres.

No amount is specified, but previous grants have ranged from £100 to £4 million. Grants can be applied for at any time.

For more information, or to download an application form, visit the ACT Foundation’s website here.

Exhibition Assistant

Ref No

BC192

Salary

Salary range £19,660 - £22,570 inclusive of London weighting (depending on experience/performance)

Department

Barbican Centre

Description

The Barbican Art Gallery is currently seeking a talented, flexible, organised and calm individual to provide administrative support to the curatorial team. Candidates should be able to demonstrate relevant practical experience working in the art world and ideally have a degree in Art History or equivalent. They should have excellent computer skills and knowledge of a foreign language would be advantageous. All applications must include a completed application form together with a CV. Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 28th June. Interviews will be held week commencing 5th July. For more information about the Barbican Centre and the vacancy please go to www.barbican.org.uk. The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

Location

Barbican Centre, London, EC2

Contact details

To apply online or download a pack, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs Alternatively please contact the Corporate Recruitment Unit on 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting reference number BC192. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

Contact email

cru@cityoflondon.gov.uk - Please include your name and address.

Closing date

2010-06-28

Documents

Downloadable Job Information Pack BC192 .pdf

How to complete the application form (PDF).pdf

Downloadable Application Form BC192.doc

Heart of the City Project Manager

Heart of the City Project Manager (Fixed-term contract to 31 March 2013)

Ref No

EDE074

Salary

Starting salary £33,360 pa inclusive of London Weighting, depending on experience/ performance

Department

Economic Development Office

Description

Heart of the City's mission is to help businesses in the City and City fringes to learn from one another how to develop Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. We offer a free programme of support for businesses, regardless of their size, sector or CSR experience. Over 350 businesses have benefited in the last 5 years. Reporting to the Director of the charity, you'll be responsible for providing CSR training to new businesses. As Project Manager, you will help account manage an annual cohort of sixty businesses new to CSR, so you should be target-orientated and outgoing. You'll design and deliver annual CSR workshops, so strong presentational and communication skills are essential. As our businesses 'graduate' from the programme, you will help them monitor and evaluate their progress, so you should be comfortable with reporting systems. You'll also be involved in marketing and fundraising campaigns that will help us recruit new businesses and grow the programme in exciting new ways. This is a varied role, with lots of room for development and exposure for the right person. You should have some knowledge of CSR, although expertise can be learned on the job. The charity sits alongside the Corporate Responsibility team at our host organisation, the City of London Corporation, so you'll be able to access a wide range of expertise and learning experiences. Closing date: 12pm, Monday 28 June. CVs alone will not be accepted. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 7 July. The City of London is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Location

1 Guildhall Buildings, London EC2

Contact details

To apply online or download a pack, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs Alternatively please contact the Corporate Recruitment Unit on 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting reference number EDE074. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

Contact email

cru@cityoflondon.gov.uk - Please include your name and address.

Closing date

2010-06-28

Documents

Information Pack EDE074 .pdf

How to complete the application form (PDF).pdf

Downloadable Application Form EDE074.doc

Please select the button to apply online. Use the 'Register' option on the left hand side of the next screen if you have not registered already or log in if you have used this facility before.

Click here to apply online

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner x 2

Job Reference:

 524-SW771

Job Title:

 Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner x 2

Area of Work:

 Adult and Older People

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Primary Care Psychology

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £22,188 to £26,158

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Allied Health Professionals  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

4  

Working pattern:

37.5 per week 

Closing Date:

30/06/2010 

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Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? NHS City & Hackney could be the answer.

Join us and you can help improve the health of local people. We are committed to providing high quality services to our 250,000 residents.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large and dynamic service working within the IAPT framework and with people with long term conditions.

The post holders will be required to work across two services; a Primary Care Psychology Service and a Community Rehabilitation Team for people who have a neurological condition or physical disability. The role will involve assessments and triage of referrals; the administration of neuropsychological assessments; supporting the delivery of self-help for people with common mental health disorders; and cognitive rehabilitation for people with neurological disorders.

The post holders would be based at St Leonard’s Hospital; but would be expected to travel to other acute and primary care sites in City and Hackney.

Primary Care Psychology is a well established department with a commitment to service innovation as well as the development of applied psychology professions within New Ways of Working. We are an IAPT Year 1 Expansion Site and engaged in partnership working across employment and voluntary sectors. We also have an established service for people with long-term conditions, working with multi-disciplinary teams in physical health care settings.

You will be joining a lively team of nearly 70 clinical and counselling psychologists, psychology associates and assistants with ready access to specialist cognitive-behavioural and systemic/solution-focussed supervision. We have good links with regional clinical/counselling psychology training courses. Continuing professional development, including service –related research is actively encouraged.

For more information about these posts please contact Michael Rooney, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 020 7683 4278 or michael.rooney@chpct.nhs.uk

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once a sufficient amount of applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible.

We will also be hosting Olympic sports in 2012, and as a result, the area is benefiting from significant regeneration and redevelopment in the years leading up to these events.

Come and join us to be part of the positive changes taking place!

Please note that all shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email via NHS Jobs.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

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Documents

• Job Description (308 KB)
• Accomodation leaflet (359 KB)
• Information for Job Applicants (48 KB)
• Positively Diverse document (Pdf) (190 KB)
• Staff Benefits at City & Hackney (402 KB)

Further Links

• City & Hackney Teaching PCT Homepage

Contact details

If you would like to talk to somebody about this vacancy then please contact:

Contact Name

Michael Rooney

Email Address

michael.rooney@chpct.nhs.uk

Telephone

0207 683 4278

CRB Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Applying from outside the UK.

Assistant Psychologist

Job Reference:

 524-CL773

Job Title:

 Assistant Psychologist

Area of Work:

 Children & Families

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 First Steps

Location:

 Tower View

Salary:

 £25,411 - £33,041

Job Type:

Fixed Term Temporary  

Staff Group:

Allied Health Professionals  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

5  

Working pattern:

37.5 

Closing Date:

25/06/2010 

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Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? NHS City & Hackney could be the answer.

Join us and you can help improve the health of local people. We are committed to providing high quality services to our 250,000 residents.

Assistant Psychologist

Directorate: First Steps
Department: Children and Families
Ref No: CL773
Band: 5
Salary: £25,411-£33,041
Hours: 37.5 Hours per Week
Tenure:1 year fixed term contract (1st July 2010 to 30 June 2011)
Base Location: Tower View

Assistant Psychologist: First Steps (Early Intervention & Community Psychology Service)
The First Steps service provides an early intervention community psychology service to children 0-19 with mild to moderate emotional difficulties. Children of all ages are referred to the service from a diverse range of backgrounds. This post offers a unique opportunity for an assistant psychologist to take a lead role in coordinating, supporting and evaluating outcome measurements through the CORC (CAMHS Outcome Research Consortium

The post holder will:
• Be responsible for conducting and evaluating CORC by being directly involved at every stage of the study.
• Be responsible for administration and co-ordination of CORC procedures.
• Liaise between all clinicians and staff to ensure data collection and follow-ups with families occur in a timely fashion.
• Be responsible for data entry on multiple databases and subsequent management of all databases in the pilot.
• Analyze the data from the various outcome measures used in order to generate reports for clinicians and an evaluation report at the end of the 6 month pilot.
Also there will be a small amount of opportunity to:
• Provide direct and indirect clinical input/ groups to children and families under supervision.
• Support behavioral advice and perform assessments.
• Assist with research projects; audit activities; teaching, and clinical resources.

Closing date: 25th June

For further information please contact Sherbanu Sacoor (Head of PCT CAMHS) on 0207 6834611

Please apply online through www.jobs.nhs.uk. Alternatively, the job description and an application form can be obtained by emailing recruitment@chpct.nhs.uk quoting job reference number.

Please note that all posts will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks.
For further information please contact the Workforce Department.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once a sufficient amount of applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible.

We will also be hosting Olympic sports in 2012, and as a result, the area is benefiting from significant regeneration and redevelopment in the years leading up to these events.

Come and join us to be part of the positive changes taking place!

Please note that all shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email via NHS Jobs.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

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More information

You can view more information about this employer and this vacancy by clicking on any of the Job Pack Documents or Further Links below. Clicking a link will open a pop-up window containing the relevant details. You may view, print or download the details from there.

Documents

• Job Description (323 KB)
• Accomodation leaflet (359 KB)
• Information for Job Applicants (48 KB)
• Positively Diverse document (Pdf) (190 KB)
• Staff Benefits at City & Hackney (402 KB)

Further Links

• City & Hackney Teaching PCT Homepage

CRB Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Marketing and communications essentials

Joanne Parry, head of communications services at the Audit Commission and one of our volunteers, has given us some top tips on how to sort your marketing stratgey ahead of speaking at our event on 22 June.

• Nothing kills a bad product faster than good advertising, so make sure what you do matches what you say.
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Does your work bring you into contact with carers?

Carer awareness training for health and social care professionals and support staff in Hackney

Where? City and Hackney Carers Centre, Dalston

When? The training will be a single session from 9.15 – 3.30, offered on the following dates:

Friday 25 June

Wednesday 30 June

Friday 2 July

Monday 5 July

Wednesday 7 July

The workshop will be interactive and will include:

·        Carers’ roles, rights, needs and issues they may encounter

·        How to recognise and identify carers and how best to support them

·        How supporting carers will help you to deliver a better service to your patients or service users

·        Information about current legislation concerning carers

·        The National Carers Strategy and the Common Core Principles for supporting carers

·        Information about specialist carer issues and support services available to carers

To attend,  email Aysegul Dirik on aysegul.dirik@hackneycarers.org.uk or phone 020 7923 8755 for a booking form

Places are limited so early booking is advisable.

We are holding sessions on the following dates:

Friday 25^th June

Wednesday 30^th June

Friday 2^nd July

Monday 5^th July

Wednesday 7^th July

The training is free and is highly recommended for anyone working directly or indirectly with unpaid carers.

Mental Health First Aid

In any one year 1 in 4 adults experience a mental health problem; Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a two-day course for people who want to know how to support someone in mental distress. 

Participating in the course will also help you to contribute to challenging the stigma surrounding mental ill health.

MHFA is part of a national training programme. Like Physical First Aid, it focuses on the help that can be given before professional help is obtained.

The course does not teach people to be therapists.  However it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems and to provide initial help to guide the person towards appropriate professional help.

Sessions are enjoyable, thought provoking and interactive, using individual and group work to ensure that everyone can get involved. The course is delivered by local Instructors.          All participants receive a course manual and certificate.

Courses run from 9.30am to 5.00pm at Shoreditch Spa 170 Pitfield Street, N1 6JP

Cost (per person): £50 Voluntary Sector, £100 Statutory Sector.

Book now if you are interested in-

·        Preserving life

·        Providing help to prevent problems from becoming more serious

·        Promoting the recovery of good mental health

·        Providing comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem

For more Information call 0844 225 2054, & bookijng form email  info@shoreditchspa.org.uk

If you are interested in organising training at your own venue, please call to discuss.  

Assessing your diversity of income

Funding Central has an online tool "to explore your current income streams and assess whether a more diverse approach may benefit your organisation".

You'll need access to financial data before starting the exercise, at http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/Page.aspx?SP=6183.

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Measuring public service outcomes

Measuring Outcomes for Public Service Users (MOPSU), a 3 year research project to develop new, and examine existing, measures of public service outcomes, has produced its final report.

Published by the Office for National Statistics, it focuses on the public service areas of adult social care and early years education, and examines the role of the voluntary and community sector in delivering such services.

NCVO's news item quotes the need to measure outcomes and value for money in the widest possible way, and the Society Guardian blog looks at the potential of the adult social care outcomes tool (Ascot). Download the MOPSU report (pdf 836KB

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Total Place learning report published

A shared learning report on people's experience of Total Place to date has been published by the Leadership Centre for Local Government.

The report is divided into the following sectons, following Total Place from its origins to its potential impact on future economic policy:

• Arguments for a new approach
• The origins of Total Place
• Project inception to the Pre-Budget Report (PBR)
• Was it worth it? Yes, it was.

Places, people and politics highlights the learning experienced by individuals involved in the Total Place pilots. It contains both narrative and wide-ranging quotations from interviews, mainly with Total Place lead officers, politicians and civil servants; although the presence of one statement from a voluntary & community sector partner may indicate more VCS involvement behind the report.

Places, people and politics report

Source NAVCA