Carers Network offers a variety of support services to carers across Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and the City of London. In order to support local professionals working with carers in these areas, we would like to ask you to complete the following short survey so that we can understand what information would be the most helpful to you and how we can improve and develop in the future.
Please click here to complete the survey
Sobus opened our new Freston Road Hub on 11th December. We are open for business from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
The hub offers; 40+ workspaces for enterprises, charities and social businesses, hot desks, meeting rooms, mailing addresses and reception services. Click here to learn more.
Address: 196 Freston Road
North Kensington
W10 6TT (click here for map)
Phone: 020 7952 2610
Email: reception@frestonroadhub.org.uk (for room booking, mailing address and general enquiries)
or sue.spiller@sobus.org.uk (for office space enquiries)
Calm Mediation is a registered charity which has been providing a restorative justice (RJ) service to victims and offenders since 2005 with the support of the Big Lottery. We achieved the Restorative Service Quality Mark in 2016, and provide accredited practitioner training.
We are seeking a dynamic, resourceful Restorative Service Coordinator to continue to build on this reputation for excellence, working with a variety of organisations in the criminal justice sector.
Post: Restorative Service Coordinator, 22 hours per week (37 FTE). (With potential for this role to expand to additional days)
Pay: £16,054-£17,8387 according to experience (£27-30,000 FTE).
Location: Shepherds Bush London W14
Responsible to: Director
Probation period: 6 months.
Fixed term period: 30th November 2019 (With potential to extend if continued funding is secured)
Benefits: Pension scheme with company contributions. Interest free loan for season travel ticket.
To request an application pack: please email info@calmmediation.org
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Taking place on 15th December 2017, Local Charities Day provides a platform to celebrate the work of small local charities and community groups across the UK. You can find out more about the campaign and get involved by downloading this digital toolkit.
The rules and regulations on data protection are changing and the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will effect all organisations big and small. This workshop will help ensure your organisation has an understanding of GDPR and what you need to do next. Places are limited and to book your place click here
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
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
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.
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.
Female* Mental Health IDVA
Contract: Fixed-Term Contract until 31st March 2018
Salary: £28,000 per annum Inc. Inner London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week according to contract terms
Pension: Workplace Pension
Work Location: Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
The Mental Health IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in working with clients for whom mental health is a factor. They will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women from age 13, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. They will advise women on criminal justice and civil remedies and related matters, support women to attend court where necessary, and coordinate the provision of multi-agency support. Part of the role will to be to establish positive, proactive and innovative working relationships with services providing mental health intervention and partner agencies within Angelou Partnership this will include the creation and delivery of training in partnership with other agencies. The post holder will work across the three boroughs under the guidance of the team leaders and project manager.
The post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, of supporting women involved with Children’s Social Services, substance misuse agencies, housing and mental health agencies, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.
Advance is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.
Closing date: 12pm on Monday, 13th November Interview date: Friday, 17st November & Monday, 20th November
To apply: Download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/
Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to:
Althea King
ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
Unit 6 The Lanchesters
162-164 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 9ER
Registered Charity Number 1086873
