Feedback from the HSCF-/ CEN rep on the Patient Public Involvement Group

Please click here to view feedback for more information or to put suggestions forward please contact Jackie Brett. jackie.hscf@googlemail.com & I will forward your views to Catherine

Feedback from HSCF/CEN rep at Thriving Healthy Partnership Board

Please click here to view the feedback that shows the new structure of the Thriving Healthy Community Partnership Board.  Please email jackie.hscf@googlemail.com for any comments on the feedback.  The agenda for the December meeting will be circulated once received for your comments

Feedback from the HSCF & CEN rep on the Drug & Alcohol Action Team Board

Please click here to view feedback

 If you are interested in being a HSCF or CEN representative  please contact Jackie Brett jackie.hscf@googlemail.com or Andrea Enisuoh  on Andrea@hcvs.org.uk.  Training and support are available.

Volunteering Commissioning - please let us know your views by Thursday 12th November

Mary Cannon - HSCF  & CEN Chair has been invited to a meeting with consultants to discuss future volunteer commissioning in Hackney.

They are working with stakeholders to:

• Identify needs and gaps in the local provision which promotes and develops volunteering, drawing on the existing evidence base of research conducted in 2008/9
• Identify priorities for commissioning, relating to volunteering which would have high impact on relevant Local Area Agreement targets
• Develop commissioning specifications which meet these priorities

Please email Mary on cannon@which.net Marking the email Volunteering Commissioning  if you have any comments, suggestions etc  you would like her to put forward by Thursday 12th November

Many Thanks 

Living independent, healthy lives film LBH showcases its work

Living independent, healthy lives film: view it here!

This 5 minute film showcases the work going on in Hackney to enable local people to live independent, healthy lives.

Health care double bill organised by DeafPlus

Over 30 people turned up to the double bill last Thursday (29 Oct) to find out about breast cancer care and the transformation of adult social care. The event was aimed at people with hearing disabilities and has had very positive feedback.  

Akaba - is open for referrals

Dear All, please find attached the following:

1. Akaba referral form
2. Akaba flyer
3. Akaba background

      
Akaba, which means ‘steps to employment’ in Nigerian, was set-up in 2003 and helps Black men with mental health problems access education, training, and paid employment in Hackney. 
    We are now open for further referrals due to the success of having placed over our target limit into employment and work placements.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss a potential referral or would like me to visit your staff team.

Yours Sincerely, 

Laura Fontaine
Akaba Project coordinator/counselling psychologist



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Borough wide Generic Floating Support Service Started

A new borough wide Generic Supporting People funded service aimed at supporting vulnerable adults placed in stage 2 accommodation by Hackney Councilis  started on  the 2^nd of November.

The new services for those in permanent accommodation will be run by TRB, Thamesreach Bondway (the North East and Stoke Newington) and SHP, Single Homeless Project (Homerton and Shoreditch).

The focus of the stage 2 service will be victims of domestic violence and families, although the support service is generic and will also work with adults with any vulnerability, including, although not exclusively, mental health problems, physical health problems, drug and alcohol issues, learning disabilities, ex offenders, young people at risk and young people leaving care.

We will be operating 9am to 5pm for the first couple of weeks until we have more staff in place, then we will go fully operational and will be running from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays.

The support provided will be around a wide range of issues such as preventing tenancy breakdowns, moving people on, benefits and maximising income, promoting healthy living, accessing health services, further education, training and finding employment to name a few.

If you would like to refer someone to the new stage 2 service then please complete the attached referral form and send it to the temporary e-mail address of hackneytareferrals@onehousinggroup.co.uk or send it by post or fax to the numbers below on the e-mail signature.  The form is read only, however once you have completed it, it will let you save it under a different name, I would suggest the name of the person being referred.  Telephone referrals can also be made by calling our duty line which is 0207 428 4236 or calling the duty manager on 0207 428 8566.  Staff will take your name and number and we will call you back within 15 minutes to take a referral over the phone.

 If you would like someone to come and talk about the new serivice toyour team please contact Gary Hodgeson

Gary Hodgson

Senior Team Manager

Hackney Support Service for Vulnerable Adults 

One Housing Group

Tel: 0207 428 8568

Mob: 07900 164 814 / 0797 208 3982

Fax:  0207 033 0572

Address: Timber Wharf, 5 Laburnum Street, London, E2 8BY

ghodgson@onehousinggroup.co.uk

Derman open day 30th October - Farewell to Algin CEO for 9 years

Regards

Emel Bostanci

Administrative Assistant

Derman

The Basement

66 New North Road

London N1 6TG

Tel: 020 7613 5944

Tel/Fax: 020 7739 7893

Website: www.derman.org.uk

Mail to: admin@derman.org.uk

Free dental check up for Mouth Cancer Action Month 2009

As part of Mouth Cancer Action Month 2009, NHS Tower Hamlets and City & Hackney will be providing free dental check ups to the public using the mobile dental units.

Those without signs of mouth cancer but still requiring dental treatment will not be treated on the unit but quickly referred to practices with capacity for prompt treatment.

 The NHS mobile dental unit will be visiting Tower Hamlets and City & Hackney Boroughs in NOVEMBER

You don’t need to make an appointment; you can just come along for free screening.

Information and advice will be also given to the general public.

For further information, please contact

Rafia Munni on 020 7092 5255 or Fiorella Colonio Salazar on 020 7092 5496

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Big & Small working together for jobs & training - 18th November

Economic Development Network event: Contracts to tackle worklessness are increasing directed at larger agencies – yet community organisations have a lot to offer in this field.  How can partnership arrangements be set up between Big and Small organisations – to the mutual benefit of both – and to offer the best service to all Hackney residents?
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Venue: City Edge, Morley Hall, 125-127 Mare Street London E8 3RH
To book:  Call HCVS 020 7923 1962 or email info@hcvs.org.uk  

CEN: Youth Crime Providers Network 26th November

Thursday, 26 November 2009, 1.30 – 4.30pm

Venue: Hackney CVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY

Enriching Communities Conference

Tuesday 1 December 2009, 9.30am - 2.00 pm
North London Central Mosque; 7-11 St Thomas Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2QH

For further information or to book a place or a stall please contact: Improvingreach@ivac.org.uk ,Suj Ahmed 020 7354 6361 or Duncan McLaggan 020 7354 6373

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Alcohol Harm reduction strategy consultation 8th December

Please click here for the invite

and here for the booking form 

Today lunchtime get in your views about the future of care & how we pay for it

Hackney LINk Lunchtime Consultation on the Government Proposals to change the National Care Service

Mon 9 November, 12:00pm – 2:00pm

Venue: 1-9 Sidworth Street, Hackney, E8 3SD

Milestones on Personalisation for Local Authorities on personalisation

The Governent has set five new milestones for Local Authorities delivering Putting People First.

The milestones were included in a letter to directors sent on 9 September by the Department of Health, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Local Government Association leaders. Councils will not be formally assessed against these milestones this year, but the Care Quality Commission is considering doing so in 2010=11 and 2011-12.

The milestones are as follows:- 

1. Developing effective partnerships with service users:- By December 2011, every council area should have at least one user-led organisation directly contributing to the development of personal budgets.

2. Self-directed support and personal budgets:- By October 2010, all new eligible services users and carers and those subject to review should be offered a personal budget, and by April 2011, at least 30% of users and carers should be receiving a personal budget.

3. Prevention and cost-effective services:- By April 2011, there should be evidence that preventive services have delivered efficiency savings and that councils have achieved cash-releasing efficiencies of 3% a year in adult social care.

4. Information and advice:- By April 2011, the public should be informed about where to go to get the best information and advice about their care needs.

5. Local commissioning:- By April 2011, all local stakeholders should be clear about the impact of direct purchasing of care by individuals on the commissioning of care by councils, in such a way to guarantee the supply of sufficient services to meet local needs

Download the document, Progress Measures for the Delivery of Transforming Adult Care Services below.

Charity consortium 3SC wins Future Jobs Fund contract

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 19 October 2009

Social Investment Business and 250 third sector organisations to create 3,000 jobs

A bidding consortium involving 250 third sector organisations has tied up a £21m contract with the Department for Work and Pensions to create 3,000 jobs in the sector by April.
Click here to find out more!

3SC won the work under the Government's £1bn Future Jobs Fund, set up to create 150,000 six-month work placements in England, Scotland and Wales before March 2011, primarily for long-term unemployed 18 to 24-year-olds.

 

3SC was set up under the working name of the Third Sector Consortia Management and is the brainchild of Ian Charlesworth, commercial director of Social Investment Business, formerly Futurebuilders.

Social Investment Business and Eastside Consulting, which worked together to set up 3SC, are working with six other organisations to subcontract the jobs to the 250 organisations that are part of the consortium.

The consortium has committed to setting up 3,000 six-month placements by April under the first phase of the programme and hopes to secure funding to create a further 2,000 under the second phase of the Future Jobs Fund.

The DWP offers up to £6,500 per job. 

Big Do a big success!

Last Thursday (29 Oct) over 150 people turned up to the Big Do event for people with learning disabilities. The event was planned and organised by people with learning disabilities, Council staff, staff from the NHS, service providers and Hackney People First.

The day was an outstanding success with presentations and workshops about the work being done locally to support the government agendas of valuing people and personalisation.

Personalisation pioneer: Brokers not the answer for IB users

Former In Control head Simon Duff says independent brokers risk disempowering service users

A pioneer of personalisation has issued a strong critique of the idea that individual budget (IB) users require a new profession of independent brokers to help them navigate the care market.

Simon Duffy, former chief executive of In Control, the charity that developed the idea of self-directed support, said professional brokers risked promoting dependency for users and increasing costs and bureaucracy.

The warning came in a paper co-written with Kate Fulton, senior consultant for Paradigm, a consultancy that has also played a leading role in the development of personalisation.

This involved an individual, working independently of the local authority, planning and, initially, organising support for a service user but neither providing services nor managing the individual budget.

The paper said the central rationale put forward for the role was that people needed independent expert advice in relation to care, as they would for legal or financial issues.

But it stressed that individuals and their loved-ones were in the best position to know what constituted good care and support for them.

The paper also warned that the independent professional brokerage model was focused on providing initial, rather than ongoing support, preventing brokers from building expertise in solving problems for users.

It added that brokers would add costs in terms of direct charges, regulation, accreditation and training.

The report instead put forward a "community-based model of support", in which people who needed support would draw on their families, peers, community groups and service providers.

The "small group" that did require professional help should receive support from social workers.

Duffy said: "We do not need a new profession of independent brokers – we need existing professionals, like social workers, to be given the chance to show that they can offer the right kind of support."

The report was published by the Centre for Welfare Reform, a research network founded by Duffy this year.

Related articles

Personalisation: Is the social worker role being eroded?

Expert guide to personalisation

More information

Paradigm

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Office accommodation available at the Resource Centre Holloway Road

One of City Parochial Foundation subsidiaries, the Resource Centre offers flexible office accommodation and training and conference facilities. It is currently looking for new tenants and office space ranges from 200 to 4,000 square feet. The subsidised rent is £9.70 per square foot. Current tenants include the Sheila McKechnie Foundation and the Evelyn Oldfield Unit. There are also a range of training, conference and meeting rooms, which can accommodate up to 250 people. The Centre is fully accessible and is located near Holloway tube station, two stops from Kings Cross. Contact the Centre Manager, Keith Breathwick, on 020 7700 8102 for further details.

More info click here

Source City Parochial Foundation Newsltter 

Tory shadow minister Francis Maude gives credit to Labours third sector record

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 5 November 2009

A Conservative government 'would not immediately dismantle Labour's policies'

Many of the Government's measures to support the third sector have been good, according to Francis Maude, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office.
Click here to find out more!

Speaking at chief executives body Acevo's  annual conference in London yesterday, Maude pledged that any incoming Conservative government would not immediately dismantle everything the Labour Government had done.

 

"That kind of politics is in the past," he said. "A good part of what the Government has done is good. We will look and see what works," he said.

He said there was a consensus that public services no longer needed to be delivered by the public sector. That fact, combined with the "inevitable" cuts in public spending, meant the voluntary sector had to expand dramatically, he said.

Maude repeated previous Tory commitments to setting up a social investment bank, simplifying Gift Aid and drawing up public service contracts less restrictively and in a way that allowed sector organisations to make a surplus.

He also said he was anxious to preserve grants. "One of the chief benefits of the sector is its ability to identify a need and respond to it spontaneously," he said.

Maude said the Conservatives hoped to establish a new "social norm" of charitable giving, similar to the norm of giving a tip of about 10 per cent in restaurants.

"In late Victorian times, families gave about 10 per cent of their income in philanthropic giving," he said. "We have lost that. But even if the norm was a low level it would still increase the amount of money available to the sector."

Nominations open for Adult Learners Week

If you know an inspiring individual, group, family or project whose remarkable learning achievements have transformed people’s lives, nominate them for an Adult Learners’ Week Award.

There are four main award categories:

	Individuals whose remarkable learning achievements have made a difference to their lives and can inspire others;
	Groups of three or more people who have come together for a common purpose and transformed their and/or other people’s lives through learning;
	Families whose members have seen the benefits of learning together; and
	Opening Doors to Adult Learners which recognises creative and innovative projects or organisations that had a positive impact on the lives of their learners. Nominate Here

ActionAid looks to change banks after HSBC cluster bomb shame

ActionAid International is planning to withdraw its business from HSBC because of the bank’s record of working with a company that manufactures cluster bombs and other banned munitions.

A report by the Dutch peace movement IKV Pax Christi released last week revealed that HSBC has provided a loan facility and underwritten share and bond issues for the US-based cluster munitions producer Textron, earning it a place in the report’s ‘hall of shame’.

Manufacture of cluster munitions (pictured) is illegal in the UK, but earning money by advising companies who manufacture them elsewhere is not.

In an email to members of the CFDG’s Overseas Special Interest Group, ActionAid International’s head of finance Richard Callaghan said: “HSBC is highlighted as they were the advisers on recent debt and equity raising exercises and appear to have earned commission from underwriting.
 
“I am very concerned by this and ActionAid are looking to remove all business from HSBC asap.”

A spokesman for HSBC said he could not comment on individual cases, but that the bank had a policy of not working with companies that are devoted solely to the manaufacture and sale of weapons and defence equipment.

He added that the bank had agreed to meet with the authors of the report to discuss the issue.

Hall of shame

Few of the banks popular with civil society organisations emerged from the report with any credit.

No UK-based organisations are listed in the report’s 14-strong ‘hall of fame’, though Netherlands-based bank and prominent social funder Triodos was included, and the Co-operative Bank was one of 13 ‘runners up’.

Other banks included in the report’s ‘hall of shame’ for owning or underwriting shares or bonds in producers of cluster munitions or for providing loan facilities to them include Barclays, Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Apart from ActionAid, two other large international aid and development charities in the Charity 100 Index bank with HSBC, namely Salvation Army and Unicef.

The only international aid charities in the Charity 100 Index banking with the Co-operative Bank are Cafod, Christian Aid and Tearfund.

Meanwhile, seven of the 20 largest charity fund managers listed in Charity Finance's Fund Management Survey 2009 were included in the blacklist, namely Aberdeen, BlackRock, JP Morgan, Legal & General, Newton, Schroders and UBS.

Gareth Jones
4 November 2009

Volunteers not protected by discrimination law, tribunal rules

Volunteers are not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act as they are not covered by the term “occupation”, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled..

In a case that will have implications for all charities that deploy volunteers, the Tribunal last week handed down a decision regarding the employment status of volunteers in the case of X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau, concerning a volunteer who brought a claim for disability discrimination against the CAB.

The case has been running since 2007 and was heard in the Court of Appeal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2009.

The volunteer’s claim for discrimination was rejected by the Tribunal at first instance on the basis that volunteers are not protected by the existing disability discrimination legislation.

The volunteer appealed this decision alleging that she can be protected because her volunteering falls within the definition of “occupation” under European equal-treatment legislation. She argued that the Disability Discrimination Act should be interpreted to include occupation and to thereby provide protection for volunteers. It was further suggested that such an interpretive approach should be extended to the other strands of discrimination.

But the Employment Appeal Tribunal found in favour of the CAB in respect of both arguments, holding that volunteers are not covered by the term "occupation" in the European equal-treatment legislation.

Victoria Cook, a solicitor at Bates Wells Braithwaite which represented the CAB in the case, said the judgment was in line with previous decisions that maintained that laws designed to protect employees did not apply equally to volunteers.  She said the decision "recognises the unique relationship between charities and volunteers whereby volunteers give their often considerable time and effort to charitable organisations for free".

VE to address rights of volunteers

Elsewhere, Volunteering England will lead an inquiry into the rights and responsibilities of volunteers.

The full scope and details of the enquiry will be set out on the 18 November.

Tania Mason

The End of Life Strategy – what does it mean for social care providers

Date: 1^st December 2009

Venue: Hammersmith Town Hall

This workshop will help attendees understand what the strategy means for care providers, the aims and quality indicators of the strategy, how the strategy fits with person centred care and the dementia strategy, and what Skills for Care provide to assist employers with workforce development.

Contact: Flora Musoke, flora.musoke@skillsforcare.org.uk

The Dementia Strategy – what does it mean for social care providers

Date: 9^th December 2009

Venue: Ealing Town Hall

This workshop will help attendees understand the key skills of the strategy, the meaning of strategy for care providers, in various care services, and identify training needs and resources.Barbara Pointon (Alzheimer's campaigner) will facilitate part of this workshop; speaking about her personal experience in supporting someone with dementia.

Contact: Flora Musoke, flora.musoke@skillsforcare.org.uk

STRONGER TOGETHER - LVSC 24th November

London Voluntary Service Council AGM and conference 2009
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 10am to 4.15pm
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London EC1R 4TN

Booking information

Please complete the booking form below.  Conference fees range from £25 to £80 depending on organisation type.  Each LVSC member organisation is entitled to one free place. 

If you have any questions about this event please contact Susan George (tel: 0203 349 8902)

Programme and booking form 


LVSC is grateful to Unity Trust Bank and Capacitybuilders for supporting this event.







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Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice - Tender Islington

Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice Service

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113824/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: MENTAL HEALTH WELFARE RIGHTS ADVICE SERVICE
2. Awarding Authority: Islington Council, Housing And Adult Social Services, 338-346 Goswell Road, Islington, Greater London EC1V 7LQ. Tel: 75278139. Web: https://www.londontenders.org/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_opportunity?openForm&contract_id=CONTRACT-DNWB-7VCEWD&search_id=PLAN-SCHDNWB-7X3GJS&org_id=ORG-DNWB-74JHMQ&from= Email:nicole.mccaffrey@islington.gov.uk (Ms Nicole McCaffrey).
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: 0910-124 Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice Service
Estimated contract start date: 01/07/2010
Estimated contract end date: 30/06/2015
Contract Period: 60 (months)
Anticipated Extension Period: 24 (months)
5. CPV Code(s): 85000000 , 85300000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI12,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: ISL-DNWB-7VCEWD
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of interest end date: 28.10.2009 (12:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Log in or register on the awarding authority website to participate.
12. Other information: TKR-20091022-CB-361049
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Merged Programme Based on Progress2work and Progress2workLinkUP and 2010 Problem Drug Users Employme

Merged Programme Based on Progress2work and Progress2workLinkUP and 2010 Problem Drug Users Employment Support Pilots

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113791/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: MERGED PROGRAMME BASED ON PROGRESS2WORK AND PROGRESS2WORKLINKUP AND 2010 PROBLEM DRUG USERS EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PILOTS
2. Awarding Authority: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Email:Leedswhitehallii.p2wq-a@dwp.gsi.gov.uk. Web: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/opportunities-to-tender/mergedprogramme.shtml.
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority is offering organisations the opportunity to compete, through an open and competitive two stage tendering process, for contracts to deliver a Merged Programme based on progress2work and progress2workLinkUP and also, in selected English Jobcentre Plus Districts, the 2010 Problem Drug User Support Pilot. The contract period for the merged programme will be from October 2010 to October 2015, with the opportunity to extend for a further 24 months. The contract period for the Problem Drug User Support Pilot will be from October 2010 to October 2012. Contracts for package areas within England will include European Social Fund Phase 2 programme funding. Contracts for package areas in Scotland and Wales will not.
NB: Proposed contract packages for this competition are described in the `Provision Specification and Supporting Information¿ document; however this information may change as consultation is still taking place to finalise package areas in North West and West Midlands Jobcentre Plus Regions. The competition will be a two-stage process. In the first stage suppliers will be required to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ); successful bidders at this stage will then be invited to submit a full tender.

5. CPV Code(s): 85300000, 85320000, 85322000, 85000000,
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI1, UKI11,, UKC,, UKD,, UKE,, UKF,, UKG,, UKH,, UKJ,, UKK,, UKM,, UKL,UKG3,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: London, Inner London, .
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Deadline for receipt of your tender: 3.12.2009 (12:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2.
12. Other information: Please visit the awarding authority's website stated above for further details. The instructions and documents relate to stage one of the competition only and can be viewed/downloaded by clicking on the relevant document. You should submit one PQQ only even if you wish to be considered for multiple package areas. If you experience any problems accessing these documents or have any questions regarding this competition, please email your question to the awarding authority. Question and Answer Logs will be posted on the DWP website at regular intervals from 02 November 2009. Please ensure that your tender is submitted in time to arrive by the deadline as a late tender may be deemed non-compliant.
TKR-20091022-CB-361048
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Labour Market Opportunities

5. Labour Market Opportunities

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091023113889/01 Type of document: Contract Notice Country:United Kingdom 1. Title: LABOUR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES 2. Awarding Authority: GLE, New City Court, 20 St. Thomas Street, London SE1 9RS. Email:sarah.w@gle.co.uk or Email:stephen.b@gle.co.uk Web: http://www.bdcvs.org.uk/index.php?nuc=news&item=632&func=view&id=5. 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: The programme aims to improve labour market opportunities and enhance the employability of some of the most disadvantaged and excluded groups in London. Projects will run for up to 24 months with programme delivery taking place between April 2010 and March 2012. 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 work less 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: www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/grants/esf/LondonCouncilsandESFEmploymentSupport.htm 5. CPV Code(s): 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85320000, 98000000,85000000, 85100000, 6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI12, 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided. 9. Estimated value of requirement: There will be £7.3m available for funded activities. 10. As no deadline date has been specified, please contact the awarding authority for further details. 11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2. 12. Other information: For further information on how to apply, please contact by Email or by post at the awarding authority. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, London Councils cannot discuss individual project ideas. If you would like advice and guidance on your project idea, please see: www.lvstc.org.uk or the Islington Training Network website: www.itn.org.uk/contact_us.html TKR-20091021-CB-360425 13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Homecare Laundry Service - Newham

6. Homecare Laundry Service

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091023113872/01 Type of document: Contract Notice Country:United Kingdom 1. Title: HOMECARE LAUNDRY SERVICE 2. Awarding Authority: London Borough Of Newham, Ground Floor, East Wing, Newham, Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road. Tel: 0203 373 7862. Email:janice.mowen@newham.gov.uk. 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: To provide a homecare collection and delivery laundry service to some vulnerable residents in the London Borough of Newham. Contract Start Date: 01/03/2010 Contract Duration (months): 36 For further information contact http://nectr.newham.gov.uk 5. CPV Code(s): 98311100, 98311200, 6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI11, 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: AS/CM/1657/JM 9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided. 10. Response Required By: 24.11.2009 (12:00). 11. Address to which they must be sent: If you wish to participate in this tender you must first log in to the system via the above website. 12. Other information: TKR-20091022-CB-361053 13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Health Service Research Programme

Health Service Research Programme

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113792/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH PROGRAMME
2. Awarding Authority: The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Web: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Procurementandproposals/RDcallsforproposals/index.htm.
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority's Health Services Research (HSR) programme invites proposals for its first open call. All types of study proposals expected to enhance knowledge and understanding in the field of health services research will be funded by the programme. The remit of this first call is broad and will include a range of study designs. Some examples could be:
Cultural and organisational issues around patient safety;
Applied methodology research (that falls outside the MRC-NIHR Methodology Research Programme remit) such as development of risk adjustment models for existing databases;
Development and evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures, as long as this is aimed at creating new knowledge and not simply rolling out existing models;
Making better use of existing research knowledge, for instance, through modelling;
Knowledge exchange/transfer within organisations;
Measurement of quality improvement.
5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73110000, 85000000, 85100000,
6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI11, UKI UKI2 UKI23,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Deadline for submissions: 3.12.2009 (13:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: The application proposal web form is available to download from http://www.netscc.ac.uk/hsr/funding/HSR001_call.asp#
12. Other information: For further details please visit the web link stated above. If you have a query not covered by the FAQs, please contact:
HSR Commissioning Team, Alpha House, Enterprise Road,
University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS. Tel: 023 8059 5586. Fax: 023 8059 5639. Email:hsrinfo@southampton.ac.uk
TKR-20091022-CB-361060
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes- Regents Park

8. UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091021113719/01 Type of document: Contract notice Country: United Kingdom Competitive Contract Notice 1. Title: UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes 2. Awarding Authority: The Royal Parks, Postal Address: The Old Police House, Hyde Park, Town: London, Telephone: 020 7298 2124, Email:procurement@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk, Contact Point(s): Procurement Office, For the attention of: Sarah Blyth, Postal Code: W2 2UH, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: 020 7298 2005, General address of the contracting authority (URL): www.royalparks.org.uk, Address of the Buyer Profile (URL): 3. Contract type: Services 4. Description: The Royal Parks are advertising for a company to provide exercise instructors to teach classes at The Hub, Regents Park. The schedule of these classes will be supplied by The Royal Parks. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring an instructor is available for all scheduled classes. The current timetable includes yoga, pilates, cardio blast, legs bums and tums plus others. Please e-mail procurement@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk by 12 noon 6th November 2009 to express your interest in this opportunity. 5. CPV code: 98336000: Training, workout or aerobic services. 6. NUTS code: UKI1. 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Inner London. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: FOL06/1602 9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category L: Below 10K Currency: GBP 10. Deadline for expression of interest: 06/11/2009 Time: 12:00 11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2. 12. Other information: Not provided. 13. Submitted date: 21/10/2009

Comic Relief accepting on line applications from 14th November

Comic Relief have announced from the 14 November 2009 they will be accepting on-line applications for UK grants. For more information visit the Comic Relief website here.

Invitation to Tender: Evaluation of the Living Wage Special Initiative

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Deadline for tender: 11 December 2009 (5pm)
Timescale: Four years
Total budget: Up to £50,000 (including expenses and VAT)

City Parochial Foundation (CPF) is an independent charitable funder. One of the key areas we have significantly invested in is employment, including improving the rights and working conditions of vulnerable and low-paid workers. As part of our strategy, we recently agreed to invest nearly £1 million over four years to champion the implementation of a living wage in London. The funding included a grant to London Citizens of over £800,000 which seeks to bring about a 'step-change' in the number of employers signing up to the living wage.

We are keen to commission an independent body to evaluate the initiative. The overall aim of the commissioned work will be to evaluate and quantify the impact and effectiveness of the living wage special initiative. Further details are outlined in the tender document which can be downloaded in Pdf format below.

Living Wage Special Initiative Evaluation.pdf

For an informal discussion about this evaluation you can call or
email Austin Taylor-Laybourn.
Telephone 020 7606 6145
E-mail: Austin Taylor-Laybourn

Invitation to Tender: Evaluation of the Preventing Female Genital Mutilation Special Initiative

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Deadline for Tender: 4 December 2009
Timescale: 3 years
Total Budget: £50-70,000 inclusive of all costs.

City Parochial Foundation (CPF), Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (EF) and Rosa (the UK's Fund for Women and Girls) three independent charitable organisations are collaborating to establish a new UK-wide Special Initiative to fund community-based, preventive work to safeguard children from the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in all its forms. Approximately £1m has been invested in 15 organisations over a three-year period. The projects will start in January 2010. The three funders would like to invite suitably qualified organisations or individuals to tender for the task of evaluating this special initiative.
Further details are outlined in the tender document, which can be downloaded in Pdf format below:
FGM Evaluation Tender.pdf

For an informal discussion about this evaluation you can call or email Sioned Churchill after 19 November 2009.
Tel: 020 7606 6145
Email: Sioned Churchill

Grants up to £10,000 to promote Health, prevent poverty , increase participation in sport

The People’s Postcode Trust will distribute funds to small organisations, community groups and registered charities. Funding is available for three month projects, ranging from £500 up to £10,000. Funding will go to projects with one or more of the following aims:

• 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.

For more information about the People’s Postcode Trust visit www.postcodetrust.org.uk or call Claire Stewart or Lisa Imlach on 0131 555 7288 / 554 8794.

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Paul Getty Jnr TRust Social Welfare Programme grants up to £250,000 or small grants up to £5k

Social welfare

The Trust supports a range of work to alleviate poverty and overcome disadvantage. We are interested in schemes providing opportunities to people who are marginalised or have been out of work for a considerable length of time owing to the barriers described below. We are also interested in projects which make effective use of volunteers.

Please note that the social welfare category does not include medical care or general health and wellbeing programmes, as these areas are not currently priorities for the Trust. Counselling may sometimes be funded when it forms part of a broader programme of support, but we tend not to fund projects where counselling is the sole or main activity.

Improving Prospects

Offenders

The Trust funds work with offenders, both in and outside prison. Our main priority is to support initiatives that will break the cycle of re-offending e.g. by enabling offenders to develop better life and job skills, helping them to resettle in the community and allowing them to maintain positive relationships with their family and friends.

As part of our efforts to help reduce re-offending, the Trust has recently lent its support to a new alliance of charitable trusts and foundations pressing for the implementation of the recommendations of Baroness Corston to transform the treatment of vulnerable women by the criminal justice system. To read more about the Coalition's work, please click here.

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

We also support projects assisting refugees and asylum-seekers. We are interested in initiatives which help these individuals to gain skills and participate more fully in their new community, as well as providing them with the specialist information and advice they need to access basic welfare services, such as benefits and housing.

Young People

In this category we are most interested in projects that enable disadvantaged young people to access constructive, enjoyable activities close to home. We favour projects that are youth-led and allow young people to develop their skills, self-confidence and aspirations e.g. through volunteering, work experience or a variety of creative activities. 

As our focus is always on longer-term benefits, we do not fund one-off events or residential trips, including outdoor adventure activities and challenge or fundraising events.

Repairing Lives

Homelessness

We are interested in projects that improve the long-term futures of adults and young people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness.  We tend to favour projects which work directly with vulnerable people to prevent them becoming homeless or provide them with the advice and skills they need to resettle more permanently.

Given our focus on long-term support, we do not generally fund short-term 'fixes' such as providing hot meals, food parcels and home starter packs, although we certainly recognise the huge value and comfort that these services can bring.

Substance Misuse

In this category we are looking to support well-researched and evidence-led interventions that support people affected by drug and alcohol misuse, and enable them to take positive steps towards a more stable lifestyle. We will also consider funding innovative work to tackle drug and alcohol misuse, both at the project level working face-to-face with clients, but also at the policy level if there is clear potential for impact. In all cases we will look for proposals where learning and evaluation are an integral part of the development process.

Integration of Minority Groups

We are also interested in projects which help members of different social or ethnic minority groups to become better integrated with their local community, and enable them to gain access to new opportunities.

click here for full informaion on how to apply

Grants to get young people involved in the arts

Paul Hamlyn Open Grants Programme -
The Open Grants Scheme supports innovative ways for people to enjoy, experience and be involved in the arts across all art forms. The Scheme remains particularly interested in young people, including initiatives involving families, carers and communities. The Open Grants Scheme is split into three separate categories:

• Education and Learning – supports innovative ways of increasing people's learning. The Foundation can fund the development, implementation and dissemination of new ideas to increase learning by people of all ages.
• The Arts – supports innovative ways of increasing people's enjoyment, experience and involvement in the arts.
• Social Justice – this section aims to help integrate marginalised individuals and communities. The Foundation sees integration as a two-way process in which society at large and specific communities adapt, understand and benefit. The scheme has a specific focus on arts and learning activities for younger people up to the age of thirty.

For more information, visit http://www.phf.org.uk/landing.asp?id=43.

Comic Relief / Sport Relief - City, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets

£1,000 - £10,000 of funding is intended to support local projects that will directly benefit people who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality or gender. It should support work in small geographical areas such as an estate, town or village not wide areas such as a city or district borough unless the project is aimed at a specific target group of people with a distinct shared theme.

See the guidelines for this grant programme.

Please contact: St Katharine & Shadwell Trust on 020 7782 6962

Baring Foundation invitation to tender: Arts and refugees – website and national events

The Baring Foundation is inviting organisations or consortia of organisations to apply to set up and run a dedicated website and national events for arts organisations and artists working with refugees. Up to £150,000 is available, from the Baring Foundation and Arts Council England, to run this project over four years.

Deadline: 12 November 2009

For more information see the tender document here.

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Call for proposals — Support for bodies active at European level in the field of youth

 European Commission has put out a call for proposals to support the operating costs of organisations working at European level in the youth field. The types of work which can be supported includes:

• Representing the views and interests of young people in their diversity at European level
• Youth exchanges and voluntary services
• Non-formal and informal learning and activity programmes targeted at young people
• Promoting intercultural learning and understanding
• Debate on European matters, EU policies or youth policies
• Dissemination of information on Community action
• Actions promoting participation and initiative by young people.

The deadline is 9 December 2009. For more information see the EACEA website.

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up to £5k for education projects re money, debt consumer issues

The next deadlines for the Moneysavingexpert.com charity fund are:

30 November 2009 - grants of up to £5,000 for group projects educating people about money, debt and consumer issues (groups applying for less that £900 can apply anytime and ask to be fast tracked)

15 November 2009 - grants of up to £500 for individuals towards a recognised course which will help with budgeting and finance issues.

For more information see the Moneysavingexpert.com charity fund website.

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Hackney Outreach Worker for Mobile Repair Service 21 hours (5 month contract) to start asap

 Salary:           £22,000 – 24,500 pro rata

21 hrs per week, 5 month fixed term contract

Starting:        as soon as possible.

Mobile Repair Service, the north London charity providing a range of practical support in the home for older people, is looking for an energetic outreach worker to publicise and promote existing and new services in Hackney both with other services and to older people and to support implantation of the new services.

MRS is an equal opportunities employer and would particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities.

Email for an information pack jobs@stopfallsnetwork.org.uk or call 020 7561 4976

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Sustainability and Organisational Development Officer at HCVS

£30,140K (pro rata) including Inner London Weighting, 21 Hours Per week flexible working hours

Closing date: 23 November 2009

Please contact: Paul Conway on paul@hcvs.org.uk or download here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/hcvs/services/vacancies.aspx

Chief Executive Officer - Envision

After 10 Years of making a difference through our youth-led empowerment programmes, Envision has reached an immensely exciting time. We are in the process of recruiting for a new CEO to lead the team in the process of our national expansion. The successful candidate will need to be an inspirational leader, have expertise in raising funds & financial management, possess a proven track record of senior management, and be willing to lead by example in taking Envision to the next level.

Deadline for applications is 5pm on the 3rd December 2009.

Please click here for more information on the role and the application process.

CVS Development Officer Jobs & Volunteering

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We know that the Third Sector has a vital role to play Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets Council is working with partners to create a thriving Third Sector in the Borough.

Key to this is the Council’s Third Sector Strategy which sets out a range of activities across a number of areas, including establishing a Council for Voluntary Services (CVS).

Tower Hamlets Council is keen to recruit someone to support the development of a new CVS for Tower Hamlets.   The post-holder will be tasked with working with colleagues, both internal and external, to ensure the successful development of this new organisation.

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a Project Manager who has experience of working with both a wide range of third sector and statutory organisations, and who has the ability to ‘make things happen’ in relation to the development working relationships between the Council, the Partnership and the Third Sector in Tower Hamlets. 

This post would suit either a short-term contract or secondment opportunity.

Closing Date: 13^th Nov 09

Interviews 19^th Nov 09

For further details regarding the post, please contact:

Alice Wallace Tel:   020 7364 0396

Please send completed applications forms to:

 strategyandperformance@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Closing Date: 13 November 09

Interviews: 19^th November 09

People Participation Lead - AfC Band 6 East London Foundation Trust

Job Reference:

 363-CH-1418

Job Title:

 People Participation Lead - AfC Band 6

Employer:

 East London NHS Foundation Trust

Department:

 363 C&H Social Inclusion

Location:

 London

Salary:

 see advert

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Administrative & Clerical  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

6  

Working pattern:

37.5 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

24/11/2009 

Description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health trust which provides services to the City of London, the London Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham. The Trust also provides forensic services to the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, and provides some specialist mental health services to North London, Hertfordshire and Essex.

We provide a range of community, outpatient and inpatient services for children and young people, adults and older people.

The Trust's Headquarters are located in Tower Hamlets. We operate from 47 community sites, four main inpatient sites and have 660 inpatient beds. The Trust has an income of £184.7 million and most of this comes from our local Primary Care Trusts.

The Trust is linked with the University of London, City University and South Bank University.

People Participation Lead - AfC Band 6

Basic Salary for AfC Band 6 - £24,831 - £33,436 per annum plus High Cost Area Supplement (20% of Basic Salary, subject to a minimum payment of £3,947 and a maximum payment of £6,080 per annum)

Inclusive Salary - £29,797 - £39,516 per annum inclusive

• Would you like to take a lead with assisting people who use mental health services and carers having a much larger say in how services are planned and delivered?

• Do you want to help to create a new and better way of working in mental health services?

• Would you like to have the flexibility and freedom to make a difference?

Then come to East London NHS Foundation Trust.

We are recruiting a People Participation lead to cover our local service in City & Hackney. This post will work in collaboration with the voluntary and third sectors to ensure people who use our services and carers, fully participate in the development and in the running of our mental health services.

You will be based near/in voluntary sector organisation, but employed by the Trust, with clear links to both the local management team and the Trusts social inclusion team. The best of all worlds!

We are looking for a dynamic person who understands the roles of the statutory and voluntary sector within mental health services, has a good understanding of how to involve people in their own health care services, but most importantly has the energy and determination to make a difference.

If you have excellent communication skills and experience of working with service users and carers then this is the post for you.

We are a friendly and dynamic service committed to high standards of service provision. The position would suit a person who thrives on working in a stimulating environment and is motivated to strengthen their individual skills.

Enquiries: For further information please contact Paul Sherman Associate Director for People Participation 0207 655 4048 or Katie Williams, Manager Of Social Inclusion on 020 8510 8630

*PLEASE NOTE – IF YOU ARE SHORTLISTED FOR THIS POST YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT VIA E-MAIL, PLEASE ENSURE THEREFORE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. ALL SUCCESSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WILL ALSO BE SENT VIA E-MAIL.

IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM US WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF THE CLOSING DATE, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SHORTLISTED ON THIS OCCASION.*

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date should we have an overwhelming response to this advert.

As part of our commitment to improving working lives, we have a range of innovative work-life balance policies and applications are welcome from people interested in working flexibly. Single Living accommodation may be available. Committed to equal opportunities we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our service users including those with mental health problems.

For further information about our Trust please click on the link to East London NHS Foundation Trust website.

In line with the jobcentreplus two ticks symbol, all applicants who have declared that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for a post will be shortlisted.

All posts that involve regularly caring for, supervising, training or being in sole charge of children and/or vulnerable adults will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.

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Documents

• Job Description (203 KB)
• Person Specification (186 KB)
• CRB Policy & Procedure (249 KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (176 KB)
• Recruitment Information on Foundation Trust (181 KB)
• Routes 2 Employment - Positive Statement (178 KB)

Further Links

• NHS Accommodation
• This is East London NHS Foundation Trust Home Page
• Trust Brochure

Contact details

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

Contact Name

Katie Williams

Email Address

katie.williams@eastlondon.nhs.uk

Telephone

020 8510 8630

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.

Director of Community & Children’s Services CoL

Ref No

Odgers30053

Salary

Circa £120k

Department

Community and Children's Services

Description

A unique role in the heart of London This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to deliver services of the highest quality in an organisation of amazing breadth and diversity. The area we serve, in the heart of London, has one of the richest concentrations of economic activity in the world, yet there are large disparities of wealth within the Square Mile. The challenges we face are unique in every sense, yet we are proud of our achievements to date; having been rated as an ‘excellent’ authority with three stars for our Adult Social Care provision and an ‘outstanding’ rating for our services to Children and Young People. However, there is still more to do and we now seek a new Director who will drive forward even further improvements for the benefit of all our communities. This is a demanding portfolio covering Housing, Adult Social Care, Education, Children’s Social Care, Sports Development, Strategy and Performance. We are looking for a strong strategic leader and manager with a proven track record in one or more of these service areas, with the interpersonal skills to engage with a wide range of stakeholders to further enhance our strong partnership approach. The ability to contribute to our corporate agenda will also be important. The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Location

Guildhall, London, EC2

Contact details

Excellent service is our starting point; the future is yours to shape. If you share our vision and have the unique ability to lead our service, we would be keen to hear from you. To download a full information pack visit www.odgers.com/30053 or contact our retained Consultants for an informal discussion; Mary McGovern on 020 7529 6356 or Jonathan Swain on 020 7518 2624.

Contact email

30053@odgersberndtson.co.uk - Please include your name and address.

Closing date

2009-11-18

 

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Discharge Planning Assessor C& H PCT

Job Reference:

 524-SW641

Job Title:

 Discharge Planning Assessor

Area of Work:

 Adults and Older People

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Adult Community Nursing

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £29,797 - £39,516

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Nursing  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

6  

Working pattern:

37.5 

Closing Date:

10/11/2009 

Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust 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.

An exciting new position has just been created within the Community Discharge Planning Team to be responsible for Continuing Care assessments and reviews.

The post holder will be part of the Community Discharge Planning Team and duties will include liaising with family members, collecting information, conducting assessments and carrying out audits.

The successful post holder must be competent in responding to referrals and communicating with all professionals and other agencies.

The post holder must have experience of the Continuing Care framework/process and working with adults and older people.


For further information please contact Gwen Fisher on 020 7683 5045 or 07852 151 545

Hackney has enormous strengths, diversity, contrast, energy and great opportunities; we are in the centre of London, one of the world’s most thriving cities!

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 (343 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

Gwen Fisher

Email Address

gwen.fisher@chpct.nhs.uk

Telephone

0207 683 5045

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.

Access Review Officers LBH

Access Review Officers

Directorate Community Services Service Area Provided Services Salary £25,515 - £29,571 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 12 November 2009

Helping to protect and care for vulnerable adults The Role You will provide care management and safeguarding for vulnerable adults being discharged from Homerton Hospital and, where appropriate, work to prevent admission. The Requirements As well as the communication skills to deal effectively – in writing and in person – with users, careers and professionals at all levels, you must have a grasp of the financial aspects of community resources. The ability to support and promote equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices is also essential. Responsibilities These roles exist to provide a care management, review and/or assessment service for vulnerable adults and their carers, taking a flexible, multi-disciplinary approach and working in partnership to ensure that predefined goals are achieved. The Individual Your experience of Health or Social Care work should be complemented by a knowledge of the current legislation in the field and awareness of issues relating to adults and older people living in a diverse community.

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Administrative Officer - LBH

Directorate Children & Young People’s Service Service Area Youth Services Salary £25,515 - £27,009 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 22 November 2009

Administration Specialist for Children and Young People Directorate The Role We are a dynamic division and are currently recruiting a proactive Administrator to join Hackney's Children and Young People's Service. You will work as part of a team ensuring high quality administrative services are delivered to support operational staff within the team ensuring that procedures are adhered to. You will be dealing with sensitve and confidential information so a professional and discrete approach is required. The Requirements The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge and experience of previous work in an administration role, and be comfortable working in a fast moving environment. Knowledge of MS Office suite is essential, as is the ability to prioritise your workload and to remain calm under pressure. The Individual A significant part of the role will be centred around recording the outcomes of meetings and producing high quality minutes, so an excellent standard of written English and meticulous attention to detail are vital. You will be the first point of contact for external and internal contacts so a clear communication style and the ability to work effectively with staff from different agencies is paramount. A positive and flexible approach and dedication to the work of the department is also important. Additional Website Text We provide a range of training and development opportunities to our staff and take you proffesional development needs seriously. We understand the need for different ways of working and truly flexible options are a reality in Hackney. If this sounds interesting and you are as passionate about our work as we are, please click below to apply.

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Administrator LBH

Directorate Children & Young People’s Service Service Area Children & Young People Salary £25,515 - £27,009 Shift Pattern Part Time - pro rata Closing date for applications 22 November 2009

Administration Specialist for Children and Young People Directorate The Role Part time opportunity (22 hours per week - 4 afternoons and 1 full day per week) We are a dynamic division and are currently recruiting a proactive Administrator to join Hackney's Children and Young People's Service. You will work as part of a team ensuring high quality administrative services are delivered to support operational staff within the team ensuring that procedures are adhered to. You will be dealing with sensitve and confidential information so a professional and discrete approach is required. The Requirements The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge and experience of previous work in an administration role, and be comfortable working in a fast moving environment. Knowledge of MS Office suite is essential, as is the ability to prioritise your workload and to remain calm under pressure. The Individual A significant part of the role will be centred around recording the outcomes of meetings and producing high quality minutes, so an excellent standard of written English and meticulous attention to detail are vital. You will be the first point of contact for external and internal contacts so a clear communication style and the ability to work effectively with staff from different agencies is paramount. A positive and flexible approach and dedication to the work of the department is also important.   Additional Website Text We provide a range of training and development opportunities to our staff and take you proffesional development needs seriously. We understand the need for different ways of working and truly flexible options are a reality in Hackney. If this sounds interesting and you are as passionate about our work as we are, please click below to apply.

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Apprentice Business Administrator

Apprentice Business Administrator

Directorate Council Wide Service Area Council Wide Salary £15,036 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 9 November 2009

Start Something Special The Role Within the area you will be designated, you will perform as a Business Administrator, providing support and development into your substantive role developing into working independently at the end of the programme. The Requirements You will have the ability to work as part of a team, forming good relationships with colleagues and customers, together with the ability to use your own initiative and organise and prioritise your own work. Responsibilities You will assist in the effective management and smooth running of the office, providing administrative support using a range of IT manual systems. In addition, you will undertake research, working with the line-manager to maintain diaries and databases. The Individual Aged 16-24, and residing in the London Borough of Hackney you will have a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards work, willing to be flexible and adopt new ways of working, together with qualifications in Maths and English GCSE. Additional Website Text For further information, please go to www.hackney.gov.uk/apprenticeships

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Principal Project Manager x 2 LBH

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Principal Project Manager x 2

Directorate Community Services Service Area Access & Inclusion Salary £52,335 - £55,206 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 16 November 2009

Transform adult social care by driving our Putting People First agenda The Role Operating within the Council’s Community Services Business Transformation Programme, you will be responsible for the effective management and delivery of a Putting People First agenda designed to transform adult social care in Hackney. The Requirements The role will suit inspirational leaders with well developed communication and people management skills. Well organised and an excellent planner, who must also have previous experience of managing and delivering projects successfully. Responsibilities In spearheading the Putting People First agenda, Post one - you will take specific control of a self-directed support project encompassing outcome-focused care planning and the management of individual budgets. You will also lead and co-ordinate the operation of the Business Transformation Programme office, including a team of Project Managers. Post two - you will be specifically responsible for the project to deliver local commissioning strategies and wider market development, ensuring that these commissioning strategies take account of the priorities identified through Joint Strategic Needs Assessment The Individual We are looking for proven experience of working in adult services or similar public sector environment, managing and delivering the Putting People First agenda. . A track record of managing contracts or commission services is also important. Additional Website Text This post is a Fixed Term Contract until March 2011

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Project Manager LBH Total transformation of our Learning Disability services

Project Manager

Directorate Community Services Service Area Access & Inclusion Salary £46,701 - £49,452 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 16 November 2009

Total transformation of our Learning Disability services The Role As part of the Putting People First agenda, we have an extensive Business Transformation Programme in place. Overseeing the areas of this relating to our Modernising Learning Disability Project, you will build on existing best practice, including outcome-focused care planning. Your goal, as you work with service users, carers and stakeholders, will be the development of one of London’s best Self Directed Support Learning Disabilities Services The Requirements In addition to excellent project management skills, strong abilities in leadership, planning, communication and people management are essential. Responsibilities You will lead and drive forward the modernisation project, cooperating with colleagues and other stakeholders to create a model for transformation. The Individual You will need an applied understanding of project management as well as experience of managing the delivery of the Putting People First agenda in adult social care – specifically, modernising Learning Disabilities Services through total transformation Additional Website Text This post is a Fixed Term Contract until March 31 2011

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Unit Coordinator LBH

Unit Coordinator

Directorate Children & Young People’s Service Service Area Children's Social Care Salary £25,515 - £27,009 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 15 November 2009

Reclaim Your Career - Reclaim Social Work The Role We are adopting new ways of working which encourage professional skill and confidence and lead social workers back to doing social work. We have created small units each of which will include a Unit Coordinator and we are currently recruiting the right individuals to these essential roles. The Requirements The Unit Coordinator will often be the first point of contact with the family and will play an incredibly important role, so an understanding and awareness of the importance of the work the unit does is key. We need enthusiastic, pro-active people to provide the organisational foundation within the units. The role is highly varied and the successful applicants will manage a range of tasks at any one time - from organising a meeting with a family to updating a social workers diary, and from liaising with colleagues in partner organisations to accurately recording confidential information. The Individual Demonstrable experience of your ability to think, plan and communicate clearly, is critical, as is experience of prioritising and multi-tasking. Your tact and diplomacy are vital as is a genuine interest in the responding to the needs of children and families with whom the unit works. These are crucial and exciting roles, they offer the right individuals the opportunity to develop an insight into working with children and families, while contributing to reclaiming social work in Hackney - sound interesting … why not find out more? Please upload a personal statement to be considered for this role.   An enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Check is required.

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Using Evaluations to Influence Change

Date: 20^th November 2009

Venue: 10 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL

If you carry out evaluations of your work, but then struggle to get your findings heard, CES can help.

This course will enable you to plan and focus your evaluations so that the information you collect can be presented to make a compelling case.  You will develop the essential skills required to demonstrate your successes and your key achievements to all of the target audiences you wish to influence - be they internal or external, decision makers, peers or colleagues.

for further information on this course email training@ces-vol.org.uk.

Effective Partnership working 1 day course FREE 18th November

18th November 2009
Effective Partnership working 1 day course

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 Free 1 day course

Funders are increasingly asking voluntary sector organisations to work in partnership; particularly large grant givers and public sector bodies who have commissioning and procurement opportunities. This one-day course will raise awareness of the merits of working in partnership as well as the practical processes involved in identifying, engaging and implementing effective partnerships in line with your organisations aims and objectives.

Working in partnership with other organisations is an excellent way to access mainstream UK funding, participate in large scale projects and work with a variety of organisations from the public and private sectors.

By attending this course delegates will learn what components are necessary to make a successful partnership. They will also have the opportunity to network with organisations who currently work or want to work in partnership. If participants want to set up a partnership, we can provide them with a Partnership Agreement Template, advice and facilitated workshops.

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Training for African Community Organisations

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Effective Partnership working 1 day course Free 18th November

 Free 1 day course

Funders are increasingly asking voluntary sector organisations to work in partnership; particularly large grant givers and public sector bodies who have commissioning and procurement opportunities. This one-day course will raise awareness of the merits of working in partnership as well as the practical processes involved in identifying, engaging and implementing effective partnerships in line with your organisations aims and objectives.

Working in partnership with other organisations is an excellent way to access mainstream UK funding, participate in large scale projects and work with a variety of organisations from the public and private sectors.

By attending this course delegates will learn what components are necessary to make a successful partnership. They will also have the opportunity to network with organisations who currently work or want to work in partnership. If participants want to set up a partnership, we can provide them with a Partnership Agreement Template, advice and facilitated workshops.

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Influencing Change Supporting grassroots and voluntary organisations to influence public policy

Influencing Change Supporting London-based grassroots and voluntary organisations to influence public policy

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Influencing Change is an introductory level course on how to influence public policy to achieve social change, which is run by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation. The course will focus on how local authorities, London and central Government and the European Union make decisions - and how to influence them. This is a four-day course spread over four months and includes group sessions and one-to-one coaching.

The course is supported by City Parochial Foundation and is suitable for London-based grassroots, voluntary and smaller organisations who wish to understand and influence public policy on behalf of their beneficiaries. Participants will have limited experience or training in campaigning and influencing public policy. Each participant will have developed a basic influencing/campaign strategy for their work by the end of the course. Priority will be given to organisations with an annual income of less than £500k, those with four or fewer members of staff, or that are made up of volunteers.

For more information about the course contact Ruby on 020 7700 8231 or Click Here

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Do you work with young people. Find out how to influence local services at a free workshop

Find out how to influence local services and represent your community at our free workshop

-         Representation skills -

On Thursday, 12 November 2009, 10am – 1pm

 At HCVS, 84 Springfield House 5 Tyssen Street, London E8 2LY

Click here to book and find out more: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/en/pages/cwdc/training.aspx or call Kristine Wellington on 020 7923 1962 to find out more

**More about the workshop

This half day session is designed to enable children and young people’s practitioners and managers to improve their representation skills.

At the end of the course, you will:

o gain a better understanding of the policy environment and learn how to represent the voice of service users

o find out which key forums and networks you can take part in, such as the Community Empowerment Network (CEN) and the CEN’s Children and Young People’s Providers Forum (CYPPF)

o develop greater advocacy and representation skills at Team Hackney boards

o look at challenging decision making, agenda setting, understanding the important of the pre-brief as well as how to ensure that third sector issues are fed into policy and strategic decision making.

who is this for:

o People who would like to develop their powers of persuasion and speak up on behalf of the VCS and local community.

trainers: Gary Francis, from HCVS and CEN Youth Crime Reduction Sub-Group rep and Yerïma Adamöu, HCVS Workforce Development Manager

Age Discrimination in mental health - making equality a reality

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PS2_2009_for%20websitex.pdf

DHCarenetworks - goog practice re personalisation, prevention, commissioning

Dhcarenetworks.org.uk, “Personalisation resources,” 

Latest resources on personalisation from the DH, including toolkits, short films, briefings and much more.

Have you got questions on Procurement? Post them between 6-13th November

Join the Public Service Delivery Network's online discussion on procurement

Find answers to your burning procurement questions on the PSDN online forum

Dear Jackie,

In response to the great interest raised by the guide, the authors from Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP will be answering your questions on procurement via the new Public Service Delivery Network online discussion group. You will only be able to post your questions from 6 to 13 November, so hurry to make sure you don't miss out.

Register on NCVO's online communities and tick the box for joining the Public Service Delivery Network Group. Then log in with the password you receive by email and start asking your questions.

For support and further information don’t hesitate to contact Jerrold on jerrold.cheam@ncvo-vol.org.uk or 02075203162.

Community Conversations - Building bridges between people from different backgrounds

In September 2009 Conflict and Change, a voluntary organisation that has developed innovative approaches to building understanding between communities since the 1980s and City Parochial Foundation hosted an event to bring together practitoners who are working on social cohesion and conflict resolution issues in London. At this event a summary document was launched outlining the lessons learned from the work undertaken by Conflict and Change to develop the community conversations model.

You can download the publication in pdf form below:
CPF-Community Conversations - Building bridges between people from different backgrounds.pdf

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Migration & Poverty CPF speaks at European Foundation

Effect (Foundation's in Europe Together)

Special Plenary Session

Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive spoke at the plenary session of the European Foundation's Centre Annual Conference in Rome in mid May. The session was focussed on the link between migration and poverty. It touched on issues including the social and economic impacts of migration, as well as the discrimination and negative attitudes faced by migrants and their descendants.

For the full article please click link below:

Special Plenary Session: Migration and Poverty.pdf

Source City Parochial website

Prostitution and the Olympics

In September, City Parochial Foundation  supported Toynbee Hall (in partnership with Eaves and Open Doors) to host a summit on the possible impact of the 2012 Olympics on prostitution in the five London boroughs hosting the Games. This brought together representatives from statutory and voluntary agencies to share information and to consider what actions need to be taken to ensure women involved in prostitution locally are fairly treated in the run up to, during and after the Olympics. A report of the comments and conclusions is available click here

The summit was an important first step in bringing stakeholders together. Connections were made that will be pursued, further meetings and commitments made. We are supporting the next steps arising out of the summit, as part of our Modern Day Slavery special initiative. More info click here

Documenting irregular migrants

Two new reports have provided a clearer insight into the issues relating to irregular migrants, particularly the issue of regularisation – which would provide a pathway to citizenship for these individuals. The first, which we funded, was a new briefing paper Irregular Migrants: the urgent need for a new approach – launched at the House of Commons and hosted by Jon Cruddas MP. The briefing written by Migrants Rights Network and Migration Work provides an objective review of information on the subject.

More info click here 
 
The second report, commissioned by the Greater London Authority and undertaken by the LSE, looked at the potential impact of regularisation on the London and UK economies. The report includes an estimate of the numbers; factors to take into account when designing a regularisation scheme; assessment of the impact of regularisation on social welfare; and an estimate of the fiscal impact. It estimates that by the end of 2007, the UK was home to 618,000 irregular migrants, of which 442,000 lived in the capital.

More info click here

Source City Parochial Newsletter 

Suicide Prevention Evidence

This page contains the findings of systematic reviews undertaken by the EPPI-Centre Health Promotion and Public Health Reviews Reviews Facility

• There is some evidence that discussing suicide with young people may encourage some of them to consider it a viable option for resolving problems.[1]
• One outcome evaluation on suicide prevention was associated with increased knowledge about causes, symptoms and prevention of suicide in young people and their peers but not with improvements in stress, anxiety and hopelessness.[1]
• A review looking at suicide prevention in young men (aged 19-34) found that it may be more appropriate to frame interventions in terms of developing young people’s coping strategies rather than explicitly on preventing suicide. However, results were fragmentary and seldom separated out findings for young men and young women.[2]
• One systematic review found no evidence to assess the impact of CBT on suicidal thinking or behaviour.[3]
   

References

1. Young people and mental health: a systematic review of research on barriers and facilitators (2001)

2. Young men and suicide prevention: a scoping exercise for a review of the effectiveness of health promotion interventions of relevance to suicide prevention in young men (2002)

3. Inequalities and the mental health of young people: a systematic review of secondary school-based cognitive behavioural interventions (2009)

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ESRC Society Today

Young people and healthy eating: a systematic review of research on barriers and facilitators

The promotion of good nutrition is high on the health policy agenda in the UK. Young people are a particularly important group, as poor eating habits established during teenage years may be maintained into adulthood, creating a number of cardiovascular and other health-related problems later in life. Putting policy into practice means developing and implementing effective interventions for, and with, young people. Our objectives were to provide a summary of evidence to help develop, implement and evaluate interventions for promoting physical activity amongst young people. We had a particular focus on young people at greatest risk for poor nutrition from socially excluded groups and upon interventions targeting ‘structural’ or ‘environmental’ (e.g. access to healthy foods) barriers to healthy eating.

For further details of the review, click here

also available online

Health promotion, inequalities and young people's health: a systematic review or research (October 2008)

Social and environmental interventions to reduce childhood obesity: a systematic map of reviews (September 2008)

Including diverse groups of children and young people in health promotion and public health research: a review of methodology and practice (September 2008)

Schemes to promote healthy weight among obese and overweight children in England (August 2008)

How to build the culture of fundraising throughout your organisation

The latest issue of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal on how to build a culture of fundraising throughout your organisation (pdf).

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SYFAB

toolkit to help people employ their own personal assistants

toolkit to help people employ their own personal assistants

produced by Skills for Care 

New model constitution for charities with income under £5,000

A simplified model constitution has been produced for small charities which have an annual income under five thousand pounds (England and Wales), and is only 700 words long. It is not meant for charities that own a building, employ people or intend to register with the Charity Commission. Piloted in Wales and drawn up with help of nine sector support organisations, it is officially published by the Charity Commission at http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/registration/smallcharity.asp. Also available via the various support bodies. Commission news item http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/modcon.asp. Source 

Charities & Trading article from the Guardian

Another in The Guardian's articles on 'Charities and the law' takes a look at Charities and trading, clearing up a number of common misconceptions in the process, http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/03/charities-trading-questions.

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National Third Sector Survey Full Profile of groups who responded in Hackney

Click here for full profile of groups who responded