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This is where we’ll post third sector news and important updates that are useful for your organisation.

FUTURE COMMUNITIES 2021 — 2 DECEMBER 2021

2 December 2021 — 09:00 – 16:30
NALC member: £50 — Non-member: £175 (prices exclude VAT and booking fees)
Sponsors: BHIB Councils Insurance, Blachere Illumination and CCLA

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives, our communities and our country in so many ways. As a vital part of local government, local (parish and town) councils stepped up and responded to the crisis and supported their communities and residents. Being at the centre of community effort has further cemented their role in providing local leadership. It is why local councils are pivotal to building back stronger and better and to shaping thriving, resilient future communities.

This one-day online conference will be your chance to hear from high-profile experts and leading figures from local and central government and national organisations.

You will have a chance to discuss and debate the key issues facing your communities, network and share good practice with fellow councillors, clerks and council staff from across England, and connect with sector-specific suppliers in our innovative online exhibition.

The online conference includes:

  • Opportunity to hear direct from the NALC chair
  • Five inspiring and thought-provoking keynote sessions which include a Q&A segment
  • Four practical workshops running simultaneously (repeated twice) providing advice, guidance and insights
  • A dedicated sector-specific exhibition marketplace with information on products and services with 1-2-1 meetings available in real-time
  • Meet the conference headline sponsors (BHIB Councils Insurance, Blachere Illumination and CCLA)
  • All keynote and workshop sessions recorded and available after the event
  • Two coffee breaks and a lunch break to refresh, network and visit the exhibition marketplace
  • Online cafe to meet and connect with other attendees

 

Book here.

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Team Manager – Mind in West Essex

Location – Epping Forest District

Hours – 37.5 hours per week

Salary – £38,890pa which equates to current Agenda for Change Band 7
(+ fringe HCAS)

To read the full job description please click here

Link to HEE website for further information:

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/children-young-peoples-mental-health-services

To apply for this position please download and complete the three-part application
form at the bottom of this page and send it to [email protected] by the closing date
of  5th July 2021.
Interview date 22nd July via zoom

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Supervisor/Practitioners – Mind in West Essex

Location: Epping Forest District

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £31,365pa which equates to current Agenda for Change Band 6
(+ fringe HCAP)

Training: To be eligible for this post the post holder will be required to attend the programme
specific Supervisor course at the University of Reading. Acceptance for this post will
be dependent on passing an interview with both Mind in West Essex and University
of Reading (UoR). The course details are yet to be confirmed but it will be
approximately 25 days part time with about 1/3 face to face and the rest online.
UoR entry requirements click here

To read the full job description please click here

Link to Health Education England website for further information:

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/children-young-peoples-mental-health-services

To apply for this position please download and complete the three-part application
form at the bottom of this page and send it to [email protected] by the closing date of 12 pm
2nd July 2021.
Interview date: July 19th 2021 via zoom

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Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) – Mind in West Essex

Location: Epping Forest District

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary:  £21,892 (+fringe HCAP)

To refer to the provisional time table click here

To read the full job description please click here

Link to Health Education England website:
https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/children-young-peoples-mental-health-services

To apply for this position please download and complete the three-part application

form from the bottom of this page and send it to [email protected] by the closing date of 12 pm
25th June 2021.
Interview date: 12th – 14th July via zoom

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Reflective Practice Session for Senior Managers

A webinar on the challenges of working in the voluntary sector. Appreciation and understanding of the role of the sector, caring for yourselves and each other.

Wednesday 7th July @ 4pm (via Teams) 

Dr Leon Fletcher-Tomenius and Magnus Irvine of Here For You service will facilitate a reflective practice session for managers during a 50 mins to an hour online reflective space.

This will be a space for managers to talk about their recent experience of working through the pandemic and how this has impacted on them with a particular focus on the challenges of the changing environment, understanding of the role of the sector and being reactive not proactive.

hereforyousession.eventbrite.co.uk 

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Ask How I Am: Supporting emotional health among people living with long-term conditions has been coproduced by National Voices and Centre for Mental Health

Mental and physical health are closely related. People who live with long-term physical conditions are twice as likely to have poor mental health as those who do not. It is highly likely that this has increased further during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We spoke with people living with long-term conditions, their family members and the healthcare professionals who work with them, to understand the relationships between having a long-term illness and people’s emotional and mental wellbeing, and to identify ways of improving people’s experiences and outcomes.

The report shows the impact long-term conditions can have on people, their relationships and jobs; what helps; what support is already available and works; and what needs to change to better emotionally support people living with long-term physical ill-health. We are aware that in many places clinicians are supporting people with their mental health, but it is not always the case that emotional wellbeing is brought up.

Read the report here.

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Trauma Informed Network – One Small Thing

This trauma-informed network provides an opportunity to meet and reflect on trauma informed work, and share insights and ideas.

6th July 2-4pm – Online

 

What is it?

A new UK-wide network that provides an opportunity to:

  • Meet and reflect upon trauma informed work
  • Share insights and ideas
  • Collaborate with others
  • Share challenges
  • Find solutions to embedding trauma informed practice

 

Who is it for?

  • Anyone with an interest in working with trauma and in becoming trauma informed
  • Colleagues who are already delivering their core work in a trauma informed way

 

Where and when?

Online: Tuesday 06 July, 2-4pm

Speaker: James Houghton, Change Grow Live

For you if you work in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

 

Register here.

 

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Here For You – a confidential 24/7 helpline

If you work in healthcare, social care, the voluntary sector or not-for-profit sector in Essex or Hertfordshire and need someone to talk to, we are here for you.

You can call us 24/7 to confidentially to talk through any problems you’re facing, whatever they may be.

0344 257 3960 (Also available to those working in Essex and Hertfordshire organisations, but based elsewhere.)

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Time 4 You – Grants for Carers

Over six million people in the UK are carers, looking after a rela-tive or friend. Regardless of how much care you provide or the type of support you give, caring can impact on your health and well-being. 

Caring means something different to everyone; one thing carers tell us all the time is that they cannot keep going without a break.

Essex Carers Support are inviting carers (18+) who live in the Essex County Council area to take part in our project. They would like to talk to you about the importance of self-care and assist you in planning some positive and rewarding time for yourself; something that reflects your own interests and is of your choosing. This can be done individually or, if preferred, can include the person/persons you care for.

Grants up to £100 are available to help you achieve Time 4 You. See Below for examples:

Find more examples on the Essex carers Support website or get in touch for a chat about what you’d do with some ‘Time 4 You’:

Contact

01255 474410 

[email protected]

www.essexcarerssupport.org.uk 

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Project Co-Ordinator job vacancy – Rainbow Services

Do you have experience in community development and a good knowledge of the social prescribing agenda and landscape, in particular across West Essex?

Rainbow Services (Harlow) is leading an exciting NEW 12 month cross sector partnership project across West Essex which will build on the opportunities available to residents and social prescribers supporting them, working in
particular with arts, culture, environment, and advice organisations to pilot innovative activities.

If you feel you could jump straight into this creative post go to our website for more information:

Current Vacancies – Rainbow Services – Harlow

To apply email your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the job specifications to [email protected]

For more information please contact:
[email protected]
Deadline: 5pm 23rd June 2021

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