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Accountable Care Partnership Survey

Accountable Care Partnership (ACP) also known as Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) is going to be an important way for health and wellbeing providers to work together to commission and deliver services locally.

Sobus is surveying the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to find out the level of knowledge and understanding of ACP / ACO. This survey will inform the work that Sobus will be doing in the new year with the VCS to enable the VCS to better engage and deliver funded services in partnership with H&F ACP / ACO.

Please take 2 minutes to complete our survey here

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ECIL Campaigns Co-ordinator Opportunity

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for campaigning for this new post. You would be running an innovative new project, which will use data collected by a variety of Voluntary Sector organisations to influence statutory bodies. University College London (UCL) will process the information to produce reports on emerging themes and issues, which the Voluntary Sector bodies can then use to run focused and well thought through campaigns.

The post holder will chair a group of Voluntary Sector representatives from across the London Borough of Ealing, helping them to identify and prioritise the reports from UCL. He/ she will assist with planning and developing campaigns, including the training of the representatives, and providing support and resources when he/ she meets decision makers. He/ she may organise events, activities and liaise with the media to raise awareness of issues.

All in all, this is an interesting and absorbing job and, although part-time, it will really make a difference in the lives of vulnerable people in these times of austerity and support cuts. You will need to be educated to ‘A’ level or beyond and have good IT and computer skills, including advanced Excel and data management. You will be an excellent communicator, with both verbal and written skills, good interpersonal skills. The ability to deal with a diverse range of people would be ideal. Experience of leading or being involved in campaigns would be helpful.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required.

Salary: £28,000 FTE, pro rata + optional pension ‘opt-in’ after 3 months
Hours: 7 hours per week
Contract: 2 years Fixed Term Contract
Contact: Lynne Armstrong
Email: lynne.armstrong@ecil.org

 

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Mental Wellness Resources for Addiction

Click through the links below to find out more

In-depth resource on addiction, recovery and their affects on sleep

Disclosing a Mental Health Condition to Others

Disability, Substance Abuse & Addiction

The Comprehensive Guide to Home Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Recovery

Financial Burdens of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

The Guide To Keeping Your Home Through Debilitating Disease

8 Ways to Prevent Relapse

Healing After the Passing of Your Parent: How to Nurture Your Grief Without Drugs or Alcohol

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Free Art Workshops for People with Early Stage Dementia

Daisy Coles is a Sixth Form student who wanted to do more for older people in Hammersmith. For a year and a half, every week at lunchtime she had been visiting the residents of a local care home when she read an article about the science behind how people with Dementia who take part in creative activities reduce their stress levels and  experience greater feelings of well-being. So it was only natural that Daisy, who has 52 hours of volunteer time required to satisfy her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award , wanted to find a way to make it easy to access artistic stimulation such as painting and drawing.  After attending a training seminar put on by the charity Arts 4 Dementia with Dementia Pathfinders, Daisy started organising small art workshops in neighbourhoods where there were few, if any, visual art activities available.  She set about vetting venues, interviewing art facilitators, getting friends to join her and meeting an LBHF Councillor to discuss how the council services could support her idea to increase the provision of art for people with Early-Stage Dementia who live independently. To find out more click here.

The next series of workshops starts on Saturday, 13 January 2018 inside the Hammersmith & Fulham Town Hall.

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What you think of childcare in H&F?

Welcome to our biggest ever consultation on childcare in Hammersmith & Fulham. We want to hear from everyone using childcare for under 12s in H&F. As well as having your say, you’ll be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher. What’s more the five runners-up will each win a £100 voucher. People tell us they love our 16 children’s centres and the many fantastic projects run by schools, charities and private organisations but we know more can be done.

What do you think? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? Do you get what you need when you need it? Are services and activities close enough? This is your chance to tell us. Join our Big Childcare Conversation. It will only take a few moments and then you’ll be in the running to win that £500 John Lewis voucher. The childcare consultation is for parents and guardians of children aged 11 and under and people will be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher.

Deadline: 18th December

Click here to take the survey

 

 

 

 

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Mental Health conditions in the workplace

Stress, anxiety and depression are the biggest cause of sickness absence in our society. In fact, work related stress accounted for 45% of all working days lost to ill health in the UK in 2015/16.

Mental health related absences cost UK employers an estimated £26 billion per year – over £1,000 per employee – on top of the value of lost productivity. It is estimated that by taking a few simple steps to improve the management of mental health in the workplace, UK employers could save 30% or more of these losses – at least £8 billion a year.

Visit our website to find out more about the importance of Mental Health First Aid training and to view the courses we have available.

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Kick It

Kick It is the stop smoking service for the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Kingston upon Thames. Kick It delivers a high quality, evidence based community service and by seeing one of our specialist advisors you are 4x more likely to quit for good. The service is funded by Public Health and provided through Thrive Tribe.

What the service provides…

  1. Get up to £100 worth of free quit medication
  2. See an advisor at your local GP or pharmacy, or even at the local mobile quit van or other locations.
  3. We can tailor our service for young people.
  4. Attend a Kick It programme for 6 weeks and you could be smoke free for a lifetime.

If you are keen to know more about the service and how your service users could benefit from Kick-it then check out our website www.healthyhearts.org.uk or email us at arnas.stuksys@thrivetribe.org.uk or call on 07595 454 010.

 

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Healthy Hearts

Healthy Hearts is the new Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Service for the London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. The Healthy Hearts service provides people at risk of Cardiovascular Disease with a one hour face-to-face assessment near to your home. During this session, a number of measurements are taken, including cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure, along with an assessment of risk factors such as a poor diet and low levels of physical activity.
You will come away with a personalised Healthy Heart Plan which opens the door to a range of FREE programmes designed to reduce your risk of CVD; these programmes include.
Weight Management Groups – Our ten week Lose Weight with Healthy Hearts programme combines theory and practical elements, where we help you lose 5% of your bodyweight. Healthy Cookery Classes – Our six week Cook & Eat classes are designed to teach you how to cook healthy, simple meals on a budget; before enjoying what you make with the group. Physical Activity Clubs – Our Healthy Hearts Active Clubs provide up to six free sessions giving you the opportunity to try new things like walking football, aqua aerobics and chair based exercise. If you are keen to know more about the service and how your service users could benefit from Healthy Hearts then check out our website www.healthyhearts.org.uk or email us at arnas.stuksys@thrivetribe.org.uk or call on 07595 454 010.

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