Library Customer Services Assistant – Vacancies

LBHF have a range of frontline positions available at our Library service that would suit people with a real passion for community.

Salary range: £23,427 – £23,850 pro rata, per annum

Work location: Shepherds BushLibrary, 6 Wood Lane, London W12 7BF

Hours per week: 9 – 36 

Contract type: Permanent and Temporary 

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Closing date: 13 August 2021

Interview date: Week commencing 23rd August 2021

Contact details for an informal discussion: Priya Loomba, Projects and Performance Manager, on 07813145691 or via email: PRIYA.LOOMBA@LBHF.GOV.UK    

Find out more

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Hypertension in Young Adults – Understanding the Silent Killer

NHS Digital data reports that 14% of men and 11% of women in the UK have untreated high blood pressure (hypertension). Young adults make up a minority in these figures but many are still at risk due to poor diet, family medical history, and lifestyle factors that, if not managed, can lead to more serious complications in later life.

For a useful guide called “What young adults need to know about high blood pressure”, Click here  

It contains useful information such as:

  • What young people should know about hypertension – what causes it, important statistics in the UK, the COVID-19 risk factor, and how this condition affects the body in the long term.
  • Managing high blood pressure – How to seek medical help and advice to diagnose this condition, questions to ask your GP, diet and lifestyle changes to make, and risk factors during pregnancy.
  • Essential advice for those struggling to handle the condition mentally, opening up to family and friends, and understanding the non-health side effects (e.g. driving or insurance policy requirements).
  • Links to other useful medical resources and organisations to support people of all ages who are living with hypertension.
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Level 3 ESOL & Literacy – Volunteer/Teacher Training (FREE Training for Current ESOL Teachers)

Course information 

This is a level 3 qualification in ESOL and Literacy. It will give you the practical skills to improve your lesson delivery and therefore enjoy greater progress from your learners. The course has a functional rather than academic focus, with the overall aim being to support you to help those in your community. In addition, you can 

  • Develop your confidence as a teacher 
  • Learn creative ways to create, adapt and use materials for different learner levels 
  • Learn strategies to support learner’s literacy skills – reading and writing  
  • Increase your toolkit of supporting learners speaking and listening skills   
  • Improve your linguistic awareness of the English Language grammar and phonology 

Opportunities for Progression 

Completing this course will support your development as an English Language teacher. Other students have used this course for the following reasons: 

  • As part of their continued professional development (CPD) for voluntary or paid teaching roles 
  • To improve their own English language skills 
  •  As a refresher course  
  • To support their students to prepare for the national ESOL Skills for Life exams in Reading, Writing, and Listening and Speaking 
  •  As a precursor to further teacher training qualifications including: Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training / Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training /Cambridge (CELTA) or Trinity (CertTESOL) 

Who can sign up? If you are currently involved in teaching English, whether teacher or volunteer, or are interested in teacher training, we would love to hear from you! An informal assessment of your suitability and eligibility (identity, address and income) for the course will be taken via our online application process. 

If you are interested in our programme or have any questions, please call 07563 027329, or email tcheeseman@twinuk.com

To view Level 3 ESOL & Literacy Teacher Training Course.docx, sign in or create an account.

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New Funding Available for Local Groups in Parts of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Croydon, Barnet and Hounslow

People’s Health Trust’s Active Communities funding programme is now open in parts of  Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Croydon, Barnet and Hounslow and will close on Wednesday 11 August.

About the programme

Active Communities is a funding programme for not-for-profit groups with an income of less than £350,000 a year, seeking investment of between £5,000 and £40,000 for projects lasting up to two years.

Using money raised by Health Lottery London West, People’s Health Trust has opened Active Communities in parts of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Croydon, Barnet and Hounslow. Projects could be almost anything that encourages strong connections between people and that help people to make their communities or neighbourhoods even better places to grow, live, work and age.

Projects need to:

  • Be designed and led by local people
  • Create stronger connections between people by supporting them to meet up regularly (weekly, fortnightly or monthly, for at least one year)
  • Be for people who experience greater social and economic disadvantage than people living in other parts of the country
  • Be either:

o   small and local, for example, involving residents living in a few streets, an estate, and working in one or more of our ‘fundable neighbourhoods’, or

o   a community of interest – a group of people who have shared experiences, characteristics or common interests and wish to come together to address specific issues that are important to them. They may live across a wider area but they must live close enough to each other to meet up regularly.

Groups can find further info and apply online here: https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/apply-for-funding

 

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