Save the Date – 29th June for RCVDA’s Volunteer Awards!!!!!
Nomination forms are available here
There are 7 categories which you can nominate your group or individual volunteer to and they will be judged from 1 – 5 using the following criteria:
- Commitment
- Attitude
- Made a Difference
- Role Model
Volunteering Roadshow – Trish is coming to Skinningrove!
Action for Children need Independent Visitors
Let’s Talk Good Finance – 24th April in Darlington
Could social investment be right for your organisation? Attend the next Let’s Talk Good Finance event in Darlington on 24th April 2018 and find out.
In 2018, VONNE and other local partners are continuing to work with Big Society Capital to run Let’s Talk Good Finance events across the region to raise awareness of and demystify social investment. The events will enable organisations to discover if social investment might be right for them, and enable organisations who have used social investment to share their experiences. The events are informal, focused on providing case studies and examples of how VCSE have used social investment and what they learnt and also provides the opportunity to meet and chat to social investors.
The next event will be held at the Forum Music Centre in Darlington on 24th April 2018 2.00-5.00pm
Click on the event link below to find out more and register:
Let’s Talk Good Finance Darlington 24th April 2018 2.00pm-5.00pm https://www.vonne.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=118
Want to Stop Cold Calling? Find out how…..
No Cold Calling Home Scheme
Trading Standards operates a No Cold Calling Home scheme available to all residents of the borough.
The scheme gives residents the choice as to whether or not they receive uninvited doorstep sales calls by displaying a door sticker. The door stickers are worded with reference to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 informing cold callers that if they conduct a personal visit to a home displaying the sticker ignoring the homeowners request for them to leave or not return they may commit a criminal offence.
Residents who register their sticker with Trading Standards will be able to report any incidents of cold calling. There is also an option to register to receive the Trading Standards newsletter.
Trading Standards will, where possible, contact businesses who cold call at a no cold calling home and remind them of their legal obligations. Consideration will be given to taking legal action where appropriate.
To obtain a No Cold Calling Home pack telephone 01287 612489 or email tradingstandards@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk.
Find out more by visiting R&C BC web page
Education, Health and Care Plan – Feedback on Questionnaire
Michelle Underwood, Commissioning Support Project Officer on behalf of NHS South Tees CCG writes, “Thank you for taking the time to fill in the questionnaire for feedback on the Educational, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process last month.
The feedback that was received was used in a workshop week where Health and Local Authority staff looked at current barriers and gaps when getting information to feed into EHCP panels.
All comments from Parents, Carers, Young People and School representatives were printed off and placed on the walls for professionals taking part in the week to be aware of.
Some examples of who were in the room during the week to help make decisions included staff from Paediatrics, CAMHs, Ophthalmology, Audiology, the Local Authority SEND team, Speech and Language Therapy and Paediatric Therapies.
Everyone involved expressed how beneficial the week was. By the end of the week we had developed a number of different documents for Local Authority and Health colleagues to use (keeping in mind comments that were received via the questionnaire). We are hopeful that these new documents, that will be used across both Local Authority’s for continuity, along with a processes for escalation will result in current gaps being bridged.
Once again thank you for time and input into this process.”
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Redcar Sexual Health Clinic has moved
The brand new clinic at Redcar Community Heart opened in March.
Their new address is:
Sexual Health Teesside
Redcar & Cleveland Leisure & Community Heart
Ridley Street
Redcar
TS10 1TD
They can still be contacted on 0300 330 11 22 and online booking and information is still at www.thesexualhealthhub.co.uk
If you have any questions or queries please contact the team at sexualhealth.teesside@nhs.net
Here’s a few reasons why this move is so exciting………………
- It’s closer to Redcar town centre and its transport links (train and bus station) making it easier for patients to gain access
- It’s closer to Redcar and Cleveland College, making it easier for students to access
- It’s in a brand new health and leisure complex, so people using the gym/pool can make an appointment and drop in before or after their session
- Its closer to local children’s centres, youth centres and other amenities
- They will have an additional clinic room (up from 3 to 4) in the new venue
The Contribution of The Voluntary Sector to Mental Health Crisis Care in England
Craig Duerden, Strategic Development Officer at MVDA, has been asked by the University of Birmingham to organise on their behalf a Tees wide focus group to investigate the role of the voluntary sector in mental health crisis care in England. This research has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme and is being co-ordinated locally by Dr James Rees from the Open University. See below for brief background information.
Craig has booked a room in St.Mary’s Centre, 82-90, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2RW on Thursday 3 May 2018 at 10 – 12 noon.
If you would like to attend or would like further information please contact Craig (details below).
The contribution of the voluntary sector to mental health crisis care in England
Briefing on data collection in case study sites
Background
The University of Birmingham has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme to investigate the role of the voluntary sector in mental health crisis care in England. This study will provide a national overview of the range of crisis support offered by the voluntary sector; explore stakeholder views of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different types of voluntary sector crisis services and make recommendations as to what needs to happen for the NHS and Local Authorities to improve how they work with voluntary sector crisis services to ensure that people in a mental health crisis can get the right help at the right time.
There are four elements to this study: the first was to identify the range of the voluntary sector contribution through a national survey and series of national stakeholder interviews and, the second involved exploring variations in access to voluntary sector provision through detailed work in two geographical regions. The last two, and most important elements of this research, involve a detailed study of voluntary sector crisis care provision in 4 case study sites [Teesside is one of these]. This will involve collecting data on how the crisis care system is working from different perspectives and mapping individual service user journeys to understand what the voluntary sector is providing, and to whom, and the nature of the collaboration with the NHS and Local Authority services.
The case study sites have been selected to reflect different contexts for voluntary sector provision – namely urban and rural areas, demographic factors, and the range of voluntary sector provision. All case study sites will be anonymised.
Ethical approval for the first two elements of the study was granted by the University of Birmingham and the ethical approval for the second two elements has now been approved by the Health Research Authority. Approval for the research to be undertaken in specific sites will also be required from local NHS Trusts and voluntary sector organisations, as appropriate.
The research team is led by Dr Karen Newbigging and involves service user researchers as well as academic researchers. Dr James Rees (Open University) is lead researcher in the Teesside site. All members of the research team involved in data collection will have research passports, which involves DBS clearance.
Data collection
In each case study location, data on the range, experience, effectiveness and quality of crisis care provision and the nature of the voluntary sector provision, and the collaboration with NHS and Local Authority services, will be collected as follows:
- Description of voluntary sector provision
If they have not already completed the survey questionnaire developed for the national survey, all voluntary sector providers will be invited to complete this.
- Semi-structured interviews and/or focus group with key 15-20 stakeholders
These stakeholders will include CCG and Local Authority commissioners; voluntary sector providers; service user and carer organisations; NHS Trust managers, mental health and social care practitioners (including hospital and community-based staff: psychiatrists, nurses social workers, peer support workers etc.) involved in providing mental health crisis support; front line staff, notably the police and GPs. The lines of inquiry for these interviews will cover:
- The crisis needs being met by different elements of the crisis care system
- How well the system responds to the diversity of need of the whole population
- How these different elements work together to provide an integrated crisis care pathway
- The quality of current arrangements
- The key challenges faced and how these are being addressed
- The current and likely future pressures on the services.
Craig Duerden
Strategic Development Officer
tel: 01642 357855
email: craig.duerden@mvdauk.org.uk
Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland Safeguarding Children Boards’ Training: April 2018 to June 2018
Up to date information is available by visiting: LSCB Training and, as is the case with all taught courses, applications for the above may be made at: Apply Online for Taught Course
Please contact Denise Skillcorn by phone on: 01642 444336 or e-mail at: lscbtraining@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk if you require any further information on the courses detailed below.
| Apr-18 | Date | Time | Course Title |
| Friday | 20.04.18 | 09.30– 4.30 | Core Level 3 |
| May-18 | Date | Time | Course Title |
| Tuesday | 01.05.18 | 09.30 – 1.00 | Safeguarding Children & Young People from Suicide and Self Harm |
| Wednesday | 02.05.18 | 09.30 – 1.00 | Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence |
| Thursday | 03.05.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Communicating with Children |
| Monday | 21.05.18 | 09.30 – 1.00 | Safeguarding the Unborn and New-born Baby – from conception to 6 weeks old |
| Tuesday | 22.05.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Core Level 3 |
| Wednesday | 23.05.18 | 09.30 – 12.30 | Core Level 3 – Update 2018/19 |
| Jun-18 | Date | Time | Course Title |
| Monday | 11.06.18 | 09.30 – 12.30 | Safeguarding Children & Young People in a Digital Age |
| Thursday | 14.06.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Domestic Abuse – General Awareness |
| Friday | 15.06.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Core Level 3 |
| Monday | 18.06.18 | 09.30 to 4.30 | Child Sexual Abuse – Victims and Perpetrators |
| Tuesday | 19.06.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Safeguarding Children & Young People from Child Sexual Exploitation, incorporating VEMT |
| Wednesday | 20.06.18 | 09.30 – 4.30 | Emotional Abuse |
| Thursday | 21.06.18 | 09.30 – 12.30 | Core Level 3 – Update 2018/19 |
| Monday | 25.06.18 | 09.30 – 1.00 | Fabricated and Induced Illness |