Social Action for Health on the Move!

  Social Action for Health invites you to attend their Annual Conference and AGM on Wednesday 21^st October at their new premises at 1- 9 Sidworth street, off Mare street, Hackney E8 3SD The theme of the Conference will be “Building Social Capital” which is about developing networks, trust and mutual benefit. We will demonstrate our methods and discuss the implications.  “We are really excited to be moving into our new premises in Hackney which will allow us to grow, the better to serve local communities in Hackney. We have a conference room too that local groups can hire.  We do hope you can join us to celebrate” said Elizabeth Bayliss, Executive Director of Social Action for Health. Date: 21st October 2009Time: 10-30 am to 2.00pm with lunchFollowed by our Annual General Meeting at 2.30pm, at which some constitutional changeswill be proposed. Please let us know if you are coming or not. Contact Pauline Facey via email onPaulinef@safh.org.uk or 0207 426 5370     

Supplementary Schools funding offer 2009/2010 funding application workshop

Wednesday, 14 October 2 - 4pm
Venue: Hackney CVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
Please contact: Call 020 7923 1962 or click here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/EN/store/lead_training_network/2009/14OCT09_sscholls.doc
 

Happy and Healthy in the City and Hackney -Older peoples Reference Group event - book your stall

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Happy and Healthy in the City and Hackney

                        Ninth OPRG Annual Event 

Petchey Academy, Shacklewell Lane, E8                               Monday 26th October 10.00am-4.00pm                   Guest Speaker: Jennette Arnold (London Assembly Member) Getting About: Transport and Older People                     Workshops on:   · Your Care Your Way: Changes in Adult Social Care · Eating Well: cooking healthily and well on a budget · The Future for Day Centres and Lunch Clubs in Hackney · Best Foot Forward Foot Health Service · Choose to Live Independently – Choose Telecare · Speaking Up For You  Advocacy Services · Sheltered Blocks in Hackney · Getting Involved to Improve Services Consultation by Hackney · Safeguarding Older People from Abuse ·  Let’s keep our bones healthy! How the Falls and Bone Health Care Pathway can support healthy bones in older age ·   Dementia Services in the Community      Entertainment by the JFL Singers Free lunch Massage Sessions     Panel of Senior Local Health and Council Officers Question & Answer Presentation of New Age Games Awards            Best to register in advance. To do so, for inquiries, or requests for help with transport  (for people with mobility difficulties)  please contact  David on 7241-5906 or write to:             OPRG, c/o Age Concern Hackney, 22 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ                     www.speakuphackney.org.uk  OPRG Consultation website     Leaflet1.doc 358K   View as HTML   Open as a Google document   Download   Stall Booking Form.doc 27K   View as HTML   Open as a Google document   Download

FAIR JUDGEMENTS: REASONS FOR INCONSISTENT ACCOUNTS IN UK ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Dear Colleagues,
The Refugee Therapy Centre would like to invite you to attend our next Open Afternoon. Please come along and find out about our research on:
 
FAIR JUDGEMENTS: REASONS FOR INCONSISTENT ACCOUNTS IN UK ASYLUM APPLICATIONS
Speakers: Dr. Jane Herlihy and Dr. Aida Alayarian
Date: Thursday 19th November 2009
 
The Refugee Therapy Centre and the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law are, in partnership, conducting a 3 year research with the aim of influencing immigration law and improving decision-making for refugees and asylum seekers.  Dr Jane Herlihy, Director of the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, and Dr Aida Alayarian, Clinical Director of the Refugee Therapy Centre, will be explaining about the research, answering questions and providing information about how to get involved.
 
The Open Afternoon is also an opportunity for staff and volunteers from Refugee Community Organisations, as well as professionals working with refugees, to visit the Centre.
 
Please find attached a flyer with full details about the event, including how to book your place.
 
Best wishes,

Miriam Philip
 
Refugee Therapy Centre
1A Leeds Place
Tollington Park
London N4 3RQ
Tel: 020 7561 1587
Fax: 020 7281 8729
www.refugeetherapy.org.uk
 
 

Charities should help run prisons, say Tories

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 6 October 2009

Voluntary organisations must have a 'greater role' in public services, Francis Maude tells Conservative Party conference

Third sector organisations would play a much bigger role in running prisons and other public services under a Conservative government, according to Francis Maude, shadow minister for the Cabinet Office.

Maude told delegates at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester yesterday that the prison system was a "disgrace".

"As in so many other areas of social policy where neither the state nor the market has provided the solution, there has to be a much greater role for the voluntary sector and social enterprises," he said.

He thanked Nick Hurd, shadow minister for the third sector, for the work he had done to help the sector to expand "to meet the huge demands society will make on it over the years ahead".

"These will be tough years," added Maude. "The age of plenty in the public sector is emphatically over. This is the age of austerity. A new Conservative government will need to do things very differently. Quite simply, we will need to do more with less."

Futurebuilders returned £6.6m to Treasury in 2008/9

Some £6.6m of government funding earmarked to be distributed by the Futurebuilders Fund had to be returned to the Treasury at the end of March because Futurebuilders was unable to spend it in time.

According to the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts just published, a total of £13.8m in capital grants was sent back to the Treasury – 31 per cent of the total budget.
The rest was derived mainly from an underspend in the Grassroots Grants endowment match challenge programme and to a lesser extent, the Community Assets Fund.

The Grassroots Grants programme returned £7.3m because charities did not raise enough money themselves from local communities to apply to the government to match it. The Cabinet Office report blamed this on “economic conditions for local fundraising becoming increasingly difficult towards the end of the financial year”.

The Futurebuilders underspend occurred as a result of “delays in investment recipients being able to meet important conditions before the fund can be disbursed”.

Futurebuilders, which has £215m to spend over the period 2003/4 to 2010/11, has so far spent £73.9m.  It has also made offers of loans and grants to prospective investees totalling a further £45.8m.

Cabinet Office staff and ministers donate clothes 

Black Neighbourhood Renewal & Regeneration Network (BNRRN) Policy Bulletin

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Evaluation Tools for statutory & VSO services - Adults Social Care Outcomes Toolkit

Office for National Statistics: Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) Workshops

The Quality Measurement Framework project is a three year Invest to Save Budget project which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is leading in partnership with the Department of Health, amongst others. The aim of this project is to develop effective but easily usable methodologies and procedures for measuring the outcomes of specific public services within a framework that could have wider applications. One of the workstrands of the project is the development of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) which is being developed to measure the outcomes of social care. 

A half-day workshop for service providers to learn about, and input their views to, ASCOT, will be held on Tuesday 27th October 2009 at the ONS London Office, 1 Myddleton Street, Islington, London, EC1R 1UW, from 13:00 to 16:00. In addition, planning for a further workshop to be held in Manchester either the 21st, 22nd or 23rd October, 2009 is underway.

If you would like to attend either of these workshops, please reply to qmf@ons.gsi.gov.uk, stating which workshop you would like to attend. Each worshop will be operated on a first-come first-serve basis (only one person per organisation may attend).

Visit the Quality Measurement Framework website for information. 

Regulation of Adult Social Care Services to Change

A new registration system

From 1 April 2010, the regulation of health and adult social care will change. Legislation is bringing in a new system that applies to all regulated health and adult social care services.

All health and adult social care providers, who provide regulated activities, will be required by law to register with the Care Quality Commission. New registration comes into effect on 1 April 2010 for NHS trusts (including primary care trusts) and 1 October 2010 for adult social care and independent healthcare providers.

The CQC website is the definitive source of information on the new registration system and will be regularly updated. We do not endorse any commercial organisations to distribute information or to run training courses on registration.

• About the new registration system

   

• Scope of the new registration system

   

• Complying with the new regulations

   

• Timescales for the new registration system

   

• Involving people who use services in registration

   

London 2012 Unlimited arts and disability programme

London 2012 Unlimited - posted 08.10.2009
Unlimited, the UK’s largest arts and disability programme was yesterday (7 October 2009) launched by London 2012 as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The programme is the result of a three year consultation process across the disability, arts and disability sports sectors.

The total project fund of £3m, provided principally by the Olympic Lottery Distributor using National Lottery funds, with additional funding and delivery by Arts Council England, the British Council, the Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and London 2012, will celebrate disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale.

The £3m fund is split into two sections, half in a commissioning fund of £1.5m for new work which is believed to be the largest single investment in creative work by disabled artists. The second half of the programme will provide support to artists to develop their talent and skills and present their work to audiences in the UK and abroad.

For further information and to apply for the Commissions, visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/unlimited.

Tory conference: Social enterprises to be paid by results under Tories

7 October 2009

• by Gemma Hampson

Conservative MP Oliver Letwin declares his party's support for social enterprise at a Social Enterprise Coalition fringe event with, from left, HCT Group CEO Dai Powell, chair Philip Collins of The Times and SEC CEO Jonathan Bland

Social enterprises being paid for successfully delivering public services without central or local government intervention would be the 'hallmark' of a Conservative government, Oliver Letwin said today.

Speaking at a Conservative conference fringe event organised by the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC), the Tory MP for West Dorset and former shadow chancellor said a new framework was needed to ensure social enterprises could take risks and innovate without being caught up in red tape.

This included a radical policy of 'payment by results', which would see social enterprises paid for their successes for initiatives set up away from government control.

Letwin said this public service delivery, which could include schools, hospitals and rehabilitation, needed to be at arms length from government because 'we do not believe government is good at managing much...ever'.

Using an example of getting a young person off the dole and into work, and digging at Labour policy, he said 'micro-managed' schemes and putting people into categories to deal with their issues did not work.

'Our idea is that you pay by results and allow the social enterprise to find its own way of doing it, which reflects its own ethos,' he said.

'I can't overstate the impact of that difference. A social enterprise could be paid for getting that young person into work and keeping them in work, without anyone telling them how to do it.'

Letwin added it was a vision to 'dizzy and appal' some, but said it was a 'not just a successful recipe, it's a liberation' as part of the Tory's 'rehabilitation revolution'.

He said social enterprises could 'collect people from the prison gates' and be paid for getting them into work and away from crime and drugs.

And he said people could 'set up schools of many different kinds', which would thrive under the pressure to succeed.

'We believe it would have a huge impact of learning and education,' he said.

He concluded: 'My message today is that social enterprises of one form or another will continue without government.'

Letwin was, however, unable to say what role the banks would play under a Tory government and failed to give his view on legislation that would force banks to invest in their communities, such as the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in the US - a form of legislation being seriously considered by Labour.

While avoiding the issue of banks investing in communities and passionately blaming Gordon Brown for public spending deficits, he did declare support for a Social Investment Bank and new ways to fund risk and innovation. He later confessed to Social Enterprise that he did not know anything about CRA.

Steve Wyler, director of the Development Trusts Association, said the Tory policy was 'music to the ears' of social entrepreneurs.

The panel, chaired by The Times' Philip Collins, a former advisor to Blair's government, also included HCT Group CEO Dai Powell, who discussed the need to grow, and outgoing SEC CEO Jonathan Bland, who said 'much, much more' needed to be done to ensure a deeper understanding of social enterprise, especially at a commissioning level.

The Role of Community Development in Health & Wellbeing

4 Nov 09 12.30pm-5pm CDNL Forum - Role of CD in Health & Wellbeing

The Community Development Network London invites you to a FREE networking event on:

The Role of Community Development in Health & Wellbeing

Date & Time: Wednesday, 4 Nov 2009, 12.30 to 5pm

Place: London South Bank University,

The Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, SE1 6LN

Elephant & Castle Tube

o Hear from key thinkers on community development, health & wellbeing

o Share experiences & practice with other community development workers

o Play your part in London-wide health & wellbeing policy & plans

Booking required: contact Claudine Bongo, Community Action Southwark on 020 7358 4189 or communitydevelopment@casouthwark.org.uk . Book early as places are strictly limited.

Travel & Directions: Map & directions to follow on booking

Audience: This forum is for Community Development Workers/Practitioners (volunteer or employed) from all sectors working with communities in London. Managers, policy workers and academics are also welcome.

Speakers: Professor Martin John Earwicker FREng, Vice Chancellor of the LSBU; Brian Fisher, Lewisham GP on the National Health Community Development Network: David Gilbert, InHealth Associates, on influencing policy from the grassroots; Thara Raj, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on NICE Guidance on Engagement; and Elizabeth Bayliss (to be confirmed) on Social Action for Health.

Format: The event will start with networking and activities over lunch, followed by speakers, discussion, audience debate and workshops.

Partners: This event is organised by the Community Development Network London (CDNL). It is supported by the London Empowerment Partnership (LEP), as part of its commitment to community development practitioners as champions of community empowerment, and CDX (the Community Development Exchange) the UK-wide membership organisation for community development. For this event we are working in partnership with London South Bank University (LSBU).

Evening Seminar: The CDNL event will be followed at the same venue, from 5.30 to 8.00 pm, by the annual Community Development Seminar in memory of Keib Thomas on, ’The Future of Community Development’. Organised by: Community Action Southwark (CAS) in partnership with

CDNL and LSBU. Key Note Speakers: Prof Keith Popple, Professor of Social Work, London South Bank University and Gabriel Chanan, Community Development Consultant. You can book for this at same as booking for the Forum.

Flyer is attached. Please forward to networks and anyone who might be interested.

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KEEP NETWORKING:

We will keep in touch. Please remember to pass the word on to your community worker colleagues to encourage them to join the CDNL mailing list. If you need any more information, or have queries or comments, please email Eileen at CDNL@nutbrook.demon.co.uk

CDNL= Community Development Network London, the network for peer support, policy discussion and campaigning by and for community development practitioners in London. This email is being sent for CDNL by the London Civic Forum.

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Procurement and the voluntary sector – dispelling the myths

02 November, 13.30pm to 16.00pm
NCVO Conference Suite, London

With the shift from grants to contracts VCOs are increasingly called to develop an understanding of the law behind procurement processes, in order to engage in dialogue with commissioners and compete in the market for services.

This half day seminar will launch the new NCVO-NAVCA publication “Pathways through the maze – a guide to procurement law”, and provide insights on levelling the playing field for voluntary sector service providers.

Highlights on the day:

• understand when the full EU Procurement Rules apply and when they don’t
• gain insights from legal experts on how voluntary sector service providers can level the playing field in the procurement process
• hear about how Compact principles fit in with procurement law 
• get answers to any burning questions on procurement law and share your experiences 
• take away a free copy of Pathways through the maze – a guide to procurement law

For more detailed information on the event, and to book your place, visit
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/procurementandvcs or contact Jerrold on jerrold.cheam@ncvo-vol.org.uk or by phoning 0207 520 3162.

recruitment & retention of staff workshop January 2010

Apprenticeship workshop

Skills for care London is running a half day workshop on January 21st, 2010, to look at how local organisations to North East London only, can be supported with the recruitment and retention of staff. Organisations represented at this event will inlcude the National apprenticeship Service and the London Apprenticeship. Please see here for more information and the booking form.

Free equipment and training on assistive technology to help volunteers/ staff & service users

I’m emailing you to let you know about a Big Lottery funded project called Sustaining Switched on Communities which may be of interest to you.  If you already provide some IT facilities this project may make your work more effective & help you comply with the DDA.   There is no cost to you as everything is funded by the lottery.  The project is managed nationally by AbilityNet and they have recruited Community Partners such as KeyRing to help them reach organisations across the country. The project is in its 3^rd and final year and we are looking for 3^rd sector organisations in London to take part.  The project is designed to provide free equipment and training on assistive technology to help volunteers, staff and service users get the most out of a computer.    The project is currently in the process of recruiting 11 more organisations within London so if your organisation or anyone on your mailing list is interested please let us know.  Each organisation signed up will receive approximately £500 worth of assistive technology and staff training on the equipment and many other free resources.  The training takes approximately 3 hours and is open to 2 members of staff but other staff will be given the chance at later date for training.  In addition your centre and service users will have access to free assessments and an extensive free loan bank of assistive technology.   Basically you receive

• Equipment
• Staff development
• Access to an online assessment tool which helps people to set their computer to their own preferences
• Access to a loan bank of equipment
• Access to assessments to help people to set their computer to their own preferences
• Project news
• Help and support
• Advice and information

Fostering and Specialist/ Therapeutic Residential Care Services

Fostering and Specialist/ Therapeutic Residential Care Services

domestic and sexual violence advocacy service Westminster

 UK-London: social work services

Funding for research: Children & families

Nuffield Foundation are looking to fund work that can influence the legal & institutional framework to best meet the needs of children and families.  This includes : 

• Work that links education and child development, either in the case of adolescent mental health or younger children.
  
• Work that considers policies relevant to child welfare in a broader institutional context: parents’ paid working patterns; childcare and early years provision;
  
• Work that considers especially the well-being of children growing up in adverse conditions, and what institutional responses may be appropriate;
  
• Work in family law, including cohabitation, child contact, child support
  
• Work in child protection and placement (adoption and fostering) but only when it raises significant issues.

Next deadline for Outline Applications: 6 November 2009; Final Applications: 8 January 2010

Click here for their website with all the information

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launches social investment fund

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 2 October 2009

UK charities among those eligible to apply for loans and investment from world's largest philanthropic trust

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a $400m (£252m) social investment fund that will provide loan financing, underwriting and equity investments for not-for-profit organisations and businesses with a social purpose.
Click here to find out more!

The foundation, the world's largest philanthropic trust, said it wanted to maximise the effectiveness of its money in the light of a reduction in the value of equity markets, which is thought to have reduced the value of its endowment by about 20 per cent.

 

"We're also working with a range of partners," a spokeswoman for the charity said. "We hope to leverage our investment by attracting others to invest alongside us.

 "Traditionally, we've given money away in grants, so this is a change in our behaviour."

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She said any investments made would be in areas that supported the foundation's goals, including investing in businesses and charities providing health and development services, and offering support to small businesses in the developing world. UK charities will be eligible to receive money from the programme.

The foundation would run a two-to-three-year pilot, after which time it might expand the amount of money available for social investment, she said.

It expects to make investments only of $2m or more, and has said it anticipates the first one to be made by the end of the year.

Sportsmatch- not accepting apps until Dec - Small grants still open though

Sportsmatch, from Sport England, have announced they will not be accepting applications until December. This is due to the fund receiving a large number of high-quality applications. Any changes to the policy, priorities or eligibility criteria will be published on the website in December when the fund re-opens.

If you have previously created but not yet submitted an application to the fund, the information will be saved and you will be able to access your application form again in December.

For more information visit the Sportsmatch website here.

Sport England’s Small Grants Programme is still accepting applications. Grants of £300 - £10,000 is available for total projects costs not exceeding £50,000.

For more information about the Small Grants Programme visit the Small Grants website here.

Source SYFAB

Peoples Postcode Trust - grants up to £10k deadline 16th Oct

The People’s Postcode Trust, which distributes funds raised through a postcode-based lottery game, can support local communities in England. Grants of £500 - £10,000 is available, however only registered charities can apply for grants over £2,000.

Eligible projects should address one of the priorities outlined below:

• To prevent poverty, sickness and distress for the benefit of the public

• To promote, maintain, improve and advance health

• To advance citizenship or community development

• To advance public participation in sport

• To promote, improve and advance human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

• To promote and advance environmental protection or improvement.

Project costs are funded; running costs will not be supported.

Innovative projects are of particular interest.

The deadline for applications is 16 October 2009.

For more information visit the People’s Postcode Lottery England site here.

 Source SYFAB

Ideas Tap £1000-£20,000 for people aged 16-25 creative projects

IdeasTap creative funding opportunity for young people - posted 08.10.2009
deadline: 11 November 2009
The National Youth Theatre’s online partner, IdeasTap has another fantastic funding opportunity for young people in the arts – Ideas Fund.

IdeasTap is a new and innovative free service for young people, offering many opportunities to get involved on exciting creative projects, as well as sign-posting useful progression routes and information. IdeasTap now also hosts all of the National Youth Theatre opportunities and activities for young people, alongside other prestigious partners such as the Old Vic, Polka Theatre, L’Ouverture and YCTV.

The Ideas Fund is IdeasTap's very own funding scheme, aimed at helping 16 to 25-year-olds realise their creative ideas, with £150,000 to give away each year. The Ideas Fund offers more than just financial support, with mentoring, marketing and production advice to make sure the project has the best possible chance of succeeding.

Funding applications can be up to £20,000 and begin at £1,000, with the current Fund split into two prizes: Edinburgh and Innovators. The Autumn Ideas Fund is now live on IdeasTap with applications closing on 11 November 2009. Young people can apply directly to this fund through IdeasTap for grants of between £1000 and £20,000 for their own creative projects.

www.IdeasTap.com

Source

Youth in Action - call for proposals - European Commision

Youth in Action Programme -
deadline: 1 December 2009
The European Commission has announced a new call for proposals under its Youth in Action Programme. Youth in Action is the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union's future.

This call for proposals aims to support partnership projects with regional or local public bodies (i.e. regions, municipalities, etc.) or with organisations active in the youth sector at the European level in order to develop long-term projects which develop or reinforce long-term actions, strategies and programmes in the field of non-formal learning and youth.

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2009/call_action_4_6_en.php

Choral Ambition – £500 - £5000 new fund for choirs -

Choral Ambition – new fund for choirs -

deadline: 30 October 2009
Choral Ambition is a brand new scheme run by the BBC Performing Arts Fund in association with Making Music to provide funding for choirs across the UK.

The fund is for adult or youth choirs of any genre. The maximum grant is £5,000, the minimum is £500. The grant can be used for commissioning new music, training and development, masterclasses, workshops and projects to attract new members

To find out more visit www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund/choral_ambition.

ESF co Financing - employment & social care clients - plus partnership portal

London Councils is welcoming tenders from voluntary and not-for-profit organisations under its European Social Fund co-financing programme.

The programme aims to improve labour market opportunities and enhance the employability of some of the most disadvantaged and excluded groups in London. 
Up to 30 Projects will run for up to 24 months with programme delivery taking place between April 2010 and March 2012. There will be £7.3m available for funded activities.
The new programme will support the following target groups:
- Disabled parents
- People with mental health needs
- People recovering from drug and alcohol addiction
- Homeless individuals
- Homeless families
- Parents in workless households
- Parents of disabled children
- Refugees
- People from ethnic groups with low rates of labour market participation
- Older people aged 50 and over
Application forms and the prospectus are available to download from http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/grants/esf/LondonCouncilsandESFEmploymentSupport.htm.
The deadline for applications is 12 Noon on 2 November 2009.

Support for your application
If you would like advice and guidance on your project idea, please contact LVSTC on 0845 262 2006 or www.lvstc.org.uk or Islington Training Network on 020 7715 0200 or www.itn.org.uk.
 
LVSTC Partnership Portal
The new ESF programme 2007–2013 has stressed the importance of collaborative and partnership working as projects will be larger than in the previous programme, resulting in the need for well organised and sustainable partnerships and consortia.
Our Partnership Portals offer an essential system whereby organisations from all sectors can target prospective providers, ensuring closer cooperation, greater reach and improved cross sector involvement.
The new Partnership Portal for the London Councils ESF funding round will be launched in the coming days, check our website for more details:
http://www.lvstc.org.uk/partnership_portal.php
 

The Provision of Housing Related Floating Support to Offenders or Those at risk of offending- Hackne

Entry Date: 09/10/2009
Reference: S2G091008112349/01
Type of document: Contract notice
Country: United Kingdom
Competitive Contract Notice
1. Title: UK-London: The Provision of Housing Related Floating Support to Offenders or Those at risk of offending
2. Awarding Authority: London Borough of Hackney, Postal Address: Contracts Procurement Unit 205 Morning Lane Hackney, Town: London, Telephone: 020 8356 4837, Email:ssdcontracts@hackney.gov.uk , Contact Point(s): Contracts Procurement Centre, For the attention of: Claudette Hamilton, Postal Code: E9 6JX, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: 020 8356 5762, General address of the contracting authority (URL): www.hackney.gov.uk, Address of the Buyer Profile (URL):
3. Contract type: Services
4. Description: The London Borough of Hackney is inviting experienced Providers to tender for a Supporting People contract to provide a service to Offenders and those at risk re-offending. The contract will be for an accommodation based support service and a floating support service. The service will accept referrals from the London Probation Service and Hackney Drug Intervention Programme and will include PPO and MAPPA clients.
The service will work closely with key stakeholders in the Borough and will be flexible and responsive to changing needs.
The contract will be let in April of 2010 for a period of three years, with the possibility of a further extension of up to two years, subject to satisfactory performance review and re-negotiation with the Council.
Organisations should have a proven track record of working with offenders including those with complex needs. Organisations should also have experience in providing housing management services to accommodation based support services and be skilled in working with people from a range of ethnic groups. TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment Regulations) 2006) transfer is expected to apply.
Full details of service aims and outcomes are included within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire [PQQ] document pack:
For further information, or to request a PQQ document pack, please contact:
Claudette Hamilton
Contracts & Procurement Officer
London Borough of Hackney
250 Morning Lane
London E9 6JX
Tel: 020 8356 4837
Fax: 020 8356 5762
Email:ssdcontracts@hackney.gov.uk
The closing date for receipt of the completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 12:00 hrs, Friday 30th October 2009, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
5. CPV code: 85000000: Health and social work services.
6. NUTS code: UKI12.
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Inner London - East.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: HPS/CS/0036
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category F: 1M to 5M
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for expression of interest: 30/10/2009
Time: 12:00
11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2.
12. Other information: Pre qualification packs are available from the address above
13. Submitted date: 08/10/2009

Domestic Violence Coordinator & Qualified Counsellor

Asian Women’s Advisory Service Ltd (Awas) Awas aims to empower& maximize the quality of Asian women to take positive control of their lives, to promote their welfare and respond to their needs.  Domestic Violence Co-ordinator(Asian Female) Salary: (£21,427 pa) 28 hrs -4 days a week We are looking for a person with at least 3 years of experience working with Domestic Violence issue, should be highly motivated with good management, administrative, IT skills. Excellent writing & communication skills are essential. Should have a good understanding and knowledge of Domestic Violence issues within the Asian community. Fluent in two South Asian languages, have experience of multi agency work.                                     Qualified Counsellors (3)                                 (NJC-Pt 32)- 4 hours a week. We are looking for 3 years post qualified counsellors for the Domestic Violence Project.  Should have good interpersonal and communication skills. Should have good understanding of cultural issues within the Asian communities.  Fluent in two South Asian languages. These posts are advertised under section 7 (2) (E) of Employment Sex discrimination Act, and section 5 2d of the Race Relation Act 1976.  If you are interested in applying please request for an application pack on 0208-533-5796 / or by email on mhawas@hotmail.co.uk.  Return your complete application on “AWAS, Mare street Studios, 203 /213 Unit-308, London E8 3QE or by email or fax 0208-533-5775. Closing date for application is 22nd Oct 2009 - 5:00pm. Late applications will not be accepted.  Registered Charity No: 1079114

Research Fellow in Social Sciences - BCI (Middlesex University)

17.75 hours a week: Pro rata to Researcher B1: £24,489pa inc Outer London Weighting
Closing date for applications 19 October 2009.
A two year fixed term contract (with possibility of renewal) based in the Social Policy Research Centre at the University's flagship campus in Hendon, north-west London.
You would support the development of BCI (Business and Community Interaction) initiatives and research through:
- carrying out research tasks for funded projects and contract research (including fieldwork, data analysis, report writing)
- providing support for other BCI activities such as consultancies, training, dissemination, community engagement and knowledge transfer
- helping to identify appropriate funding opportunities and developing research and BCI proposals.
You should have:
- a degree and higher educational qualification in an appropriate Social Science discipline or equivalent
- research experience in the social sciences using a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, and writing up research reports
- experience of involvement in negotiation and development of client relationships for research or BCI projects, and of support of Knowledge Transfer activities
- knowledge of relevant social science subject areas
- good IT, administrative and communications skills, together with proven ability to work with limited supervision on your own initiative and be a proactive member of a research team.
In return the University offers generous annual leave, extensive staff development provision, and a final salary pension scheme. For an informal discussion about this post please contact Richard Beaumont on 020 8411 6330. To apply please download an application pack from www.mdx.ac.uk/jobs Post Ref HSSC450J. Middlesex University is working towards equality of opportunity. Flexible working considered.

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BNRRN New Trustees

BNRRN (Black Neighbourhood Renewal and Regeneration Network) is a pan London membership organisation with over 700 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) organisations. BNRRN's aim is to support BAMER organisations by providing a link and enabling tools to achieve access to participate more effectively in civic engagement and local decision making processes.
BNRRN are currently looking for new trustees to join the board and support them. They are particularly looking for a new:
- CHAIR- this person will have a good understanding and a strategic view of the voluntary sector and BME community, with good leadership and communication skills.
- TREASURER- this person will have financial experience and business planning skills
For more information or to apply to become a trustee contact: Symone Robinson, email: symone@bnrrn.org.uk, tel. 0208 981 3003

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PART-TIME LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN SOCIOLOGY (0.4fte)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Reference:   071A2009
Closing Date:   Tuesday 27 October 2009
Interview Date:   Monday 23 November 2009
Salary:  £31,469 to £46,729 pa. inc pro rata

Fixed term until 31st December 2011

The University of East London is a dynamic and rapidly expanding university at the heart of Europe’s largest regeneration area and adjacent to the site of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.  In the 2008 RAE exercise we are in the top ten modern UK universities for research.
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences and is one of the largest and fastest growing in the UK.  We currently run two Sociology programmes, BA (Hons) Sociology and BSc (Hons) Sociology (Professional Development) both of which have grown considerably in recent years.
We are seeking a new colleague to teach mainly on the BSc (Hons) Sociology (Professional Development). You will have a degree and a PhD, or be within six months of completing one.  Experience of working in HE, a track record of research publications or evidence of significant research potential in Sociology or Social Policy and demonstrable ability to teach comparative social policy are essential.
 

CVs without completed application forms will not be accepted.

We are working actively to improve the diversity of our staff
 

For further details on the School of Humanities and Social Sciences please click here

Specialist Hospital Stop Smoking Advisor

Job Reference:

 293-10462

Job Title:

 Specialist Hospital Stop Smoking Advisor

Area of Work:

 General Medicine and Rehabilitation

Employer:

 Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust

Department:

 293 Medicine Directorate

Location:

 London

Salary:

 Band 7

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

6  

Working pattern:

16 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

16/10/2009 

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Description

The Homerton is an innovative Foundation Trust providing a wide range of services to the local community of Hackney and specialist services on a national level. Located in the multicultural east end of London we are situated close to the heart of the capital.

The Homerton is the closest hospital to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Park and is the designated hospital for the Park. The Hospital has easy access to the M11and Stratford International railway station, with major improvements to transport planned in the lead up to the Games.

Specialist Hospital Stop Smoking Advisor
16 hours per week
Band 7 pro rata to £35,747 - £45,353 pa.inc

We are looking for a Stop Smoking Advisor who can support staff, inpatients and outpatients in their quit attempts to stop smoking. You will be working independently as well as part of a stop smoking team and will be able to liaise with other health care professionals.

In organizing your own work schedule you will carry out all of your own administration duties and updating records when necessary.

Working within Hackney, we would expect you to have some knowledge about the multi cultural communities that exist and will be sensitive to their needs.

You will be required to attend appropriate training days and be a part of service promotion events.

You will have experience in the area of smoking cessation as well as excellent communication skills and eexperience of working across organisational boundaries and in partnership with a wide range of professionals and patients.

We advise candidates to read all of the attached documentation prior to submitting an application.

Your supporting statement is used to determine your suitability for the post and should be used to demonstrate your relevant skills.

Once you have submitted an application it is essential that you check your email on a regular basis for updates and shortlisting information.

The Trust welcomes applications from candidates wishing to job share with or without job share partners.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply, who would require immigration sponsorship, can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKBA website.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit: UK Border Agency website.

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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 (31 KB)
• Person Specification (24 KB)
• Recruitment_Pack_Why_Homerton (129 KB)
• Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application (119 KB)
• Equal Opps document (132 KB)

Further Links

• Homerton Website
• Detailed travel information for finding the Homerton easily

Contact details

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

Contact Name

Christianna Kyriacou

Email Address

christianna.kyriacou@homerton.nhs.uk

Telephone

020 8510 7248

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.

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit)

This job is unlikely to attract a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship (formerly a work permit). Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK may not be considered if there are a sufficient number of other suitable candidates. To apply for a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship, employers need to demonstrate that they are unable to recruit a resident worker before recruiting an individual from overseas. For further information please visit Home Office UK Border Office.

Free help with funding for children and young people’s organisations

HCVS can help you understand new government regulations, including new safeguarding rules, and national workforce skills and qualification requirements. We can help you get your policies in order and win more funding!
How to apply: If you are interested email Kristine@hcvs.org.uk or complete the Expression of Interest Form from HCVS available here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/EN/store/capacity-building/CWDC/2009/CWDC_EOI_form.doc

Playwork Training for 16-19 year olds:

 Take 5 for Play course – see attached 1,2
Starts Monday, 26 October and includes induction standard playwork training, a 2 day placement on an adventure playground and an overnight camp at Nature's Playground for Halloweeeeen!
Venue: Hackney Play Association, The Tab Centre Godfreys Place London E2 7NT
Please contact: Call Hackney Play Association on 020 7729 4664 or email admin@hackneyplay.org

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Introduction to Safeguarding level 1 children and young people – accredited - FREE

Thursday, 28 October, 10.30am – 1.30pm 
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
Please contact: Call 020 7923 1962 or click here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/cwdc/training/safeguarding.aspx

HCVS: PQASSO – get your quality standard!

 
13 Oct / 20 Oct / 10 Nov / 30 Nov - Free four day course
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street E8 2LY
Please contact: Yerïma Adamöu MIVA – Workforce Development Manager HCVS on 020 7923 1962 or click here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/training/tts_pqasso.aspx
 

HCVS: Information Technology Qualification NVQ level 2, free

-         Thursday, 15 October, 10am – 4pm (induction day, followed by seven one-day sessions tbc)
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street E8 2LY
Please contact: Yerïma Adamöu MIVA – Workforce Development Manager HCVS on 020 7923 1962 or click here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/training/tts_ict.aspx

Getting Ready for Personalisation: Understanding Contracts and Legal Issues 27th October

Understanding Contracts and Legal Issues - Tuesday, 27 October, 10am – 3.30pm   Click here for more information

Pathway to Health & Social Care NVQ Level 2

The College of North East London (Conel) are providing the opportunity to enrol on a new fully funded (subject to eligibility) Pathway to Health and Social Care NVQ level 2 training programme. This programme enables staff to gain a full understanding of their role within Adult Care and develop knowledge of important values and procedures when caring for adults.

Conel has developed a unique programme that incorporates the delivery and achievement of the Introduction to Caring for Adults, Embedded Literacy and Health and Social Care NVQ level 2

The training takes place at the Tottenham site of the College of North East London and is delivered over 6 months, with fortnightly workshops and assessments in the workplace. Training can be delivered on-site where numbers permit. The next programme will be starting on 11th November. For more information please click here.

FREE English Communication courses for employees working in health & social care

Do any of your staff need to improve their English speaking, reading or writing skills? If so, IHTS can help. London Development Agency funding has been received to run FREE courses in employers' workplaces. The training will help employees to understand and use "colloquial" English and everyday expressions with colleagues and client; be more confident talking on the telephone and taking messages; reduce errors when writing care plans, reports, letters, notes and emails; be more confident in completing NVQ Portfolios; and short numeracy courses are also offered.

The courses are tailor-made specifically for staff working in health & social care. They take place on employers' own premises at times that fit in with their work schedule. A minimum of five learners are needed to run a course. Staff in all job roles (Care Assistants, Cooks, Nurses, Cleaners, Caretakers, etc) are eligible.

All courses lead to City & Guilds qualifications in English Language, Literacy, Numeracy or the National Tests (GCSE level). For further information, please call Lesley or Michelle on (020) 8446 9778 or e-mail info@ihts.co.uk

Report on learning opportunities for older people in care

A report exploring the need for more learning opportunities for older people in care settings has been published by NIACE, to coincide with UK Older People's Day which took place on 1 October 2009.

The report is part of a wider project - Enhancing informal learning in care settings - to improve the wellbeing of older people in care and to help and encourage care staff in supporting learning activities.

Enhancing informal adult learning for older people in care settings is putting into practice the commitments of The Learning Revolution White Paper, which reported that ‘learning can improve the health and quality of life for older people in care, but too often it's missing'.

The report is available to download from http://shop.niace.org.uk/learning-care-settings-interim-report.html.

New study to examine benefits of Personal Health Budgets

08 October 2009 09:40

Department of Health   (National)

Twenty sites across England have been selected to participate in a study to identify the benefits of Personal Budgets for health and the patient groups who will benefit most from them, Health Minister Phil Hope announced today.

Earlier this year the Government pledged its commitment to creating a more personalised and responsive NHS by selecting 70 sites across England to pilot personal health budgets. The budgets give patients the freedom to choose the support services they want for themselves or a family member.

 The announcement comes as Phil Hope visits a pilot site in Torbay, one of the sites selected for the detailed evaluation. During the visit, he will meet staff and patients to hear how they have benefited from social care personal budgets to purchase care that better meets their individual needs, and how they could benefit from personal health budgets.

 Phil Hope said:

 “Personal health budgets are an innovative new policy, this study will help us to understand the benefits and limitations of Personal Health Budgets and ensure that they provide the maximum possible benefits to as many patients as possible.

 “During the consultation for the Next Stage Review, people said clearly and consistently that they want a greater degree of control and influence over their health and healthcare.

“The introduction of personal health budgets will support the cultural change needed to create a more personalised NHS.  They have the potential to improve the quality of patient experience and the effectiveness of care by giving individuals as much control over their healthcare as is appropriate for them.”   

 The study will be conducted through a partnership between three existing research teams at three institutions including the University of Kent.

 Professor Julien Forder lead researcher at the University of Kent said:

 “The evaluation team sends their best wishes to everyone who is involved in the piloting of personal health budgets. This is an exciting opportunity to assess if giving patients more control over their health care in this way provides better outcomes.

 “We look forward to learning from patients, staff and managers in the pilot Trusts.”

 The full evaluation will last three years, with newsletters, research summaries and interim reports made available online.

Notes to editors

NOTES TO EDITORS

 CASE STUDY

1.      A number of case studies demonstrating how Personal Health Budgets are already transforming the lives of patients with long-term conditions and their families are available for interview. An example is provided below, this has been anonymised, please speak to the Department of Health Newsdesk (see below) if you would like to speak to a patient who has benefited from a personal budget.

 Patient N

 N has multiple sclerosis a number of years ago. He lives with his partner of many years who is also his main career. They are keen to remain as a couple living in their own bungalow but his partner struggled to move N between his wheelchair and bed. This was further complicated by her heart condition.

 The ‘usual’ solution offered by the NHS was to provide a hospital bed to the patients home and for social services to provide a package of homecare. However N and his partner felt that Homecare would be impersonal a “hospital bed” too institutional and more importantly it would rob them of the opportunity to sleep “together”.

A Personal Health Budget has been used to provide a more creative and longer lasting solution. The couple have used their budget to purchase a tailor made bed for N. The bed, which includes all the features of standard hospital bed, also has additional features including the ability to separate into individual single beds and hoist access making it much easier to manage bed transfers.  

The bed was recently delivered and N commented after the first night that it was, “the first morning in some significant time that I woke up without pain”.   N has experienced a reduction in lower limb spasm and his carer feels far more reassured that N is safe and secure whilst in bed, as well as protecting her health and well being now that she does not have to lift N in and out of bed. 

1. It is hoped that Personal Health Budgets will improve the quality of care patients experience and its effectiveness by giving individuals as much control over their healthcare as is appropriate for them. They have been introduced following their successful use for patients receiving social care.  

1. The research will be undertaken by:

• the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent who will be in overall management of the programme
• The Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of York
• Imperial College London.

1. Care Services minister will be attending the Occupational Therapy Enabling Kitchen at Paignton Hospital, from 11.30am. Media wishing to attend should contact Simon Blackburn, Head of Communications, Torbay Care Trust, 01803 210511

1. Further questions about today’s announcement should be addressed to the Department of Health Newsdesk on (020) 7210 5221

1. The sites participating in the in-depth evaluation are:

GCSE and Equivalent Results in England: 2007-08 (revised)

GCSE and Equivalent Results in England: 2007-08 (revised) (HTML format)

• Departments: 

• Department for Children, Schools and Families

Document type: 

Statistics

Date of publication: 

14 January 2009

Summary: 

Update:

• Subjects: 

• General education; 
• Performance management; 
• Schools

• Regions: 

• National; 
• East Midlands; 
• East of England; 
• London; 
• North East; 
• North West; 
• South East; 
• South West; 
• West Midlands; 
• Yorkshire and The Humber

Big Care Debate: 1000 Voices questionnaire

You are invited to join in the Skills for Care 1000 Voices project which aims to make sure the voice of 35,000 adult social care employers and 1.5 million workers are heard in the government's Big Care Debate. The Big Care Debate was launched by the Government to find out what the adult social care sector really thinks about the 'Shaping the Future of Care Together' Green Paper announced in July.

The 1000 Voices project will compile the thoughts of Social Care employers on the Green Paper, and this document will then be submitted to the Government in November. There are a number of questions to answer and we hope you can spare some time to answer as many of them as you can or feel you have an opinion about.

This is a major opportunity to influence government thinking about the shape and funding of adult social care in the future. Please support our response to the Big Care Debate by filling in the questionnaire on the Skills for Care website www.skillsforcare.org.uk/1000voices by Thursday, 22nd October to give us time to collate your contributions.