This is a basic level awareness course, aimed at anyone who may come into contact with adults at risk, regardless of whether they do or do not work directly with adults at risk.

All organisations within Kirklees can access the course online at:

Kirklees Safeguarding Adults from Abuse e-learning site

When you visit the web site, choose ‘Sign Up Here’. You will then be asked to fill in some personal details and information about where you work.

There are four days camping, including coach travel and all meals, for only £55 per child. There are some half-price assisted places for Kirklees Priority passport holders.

The camp dates are:

Camp 1 – 25th July to 28th July 2013
Camp 2 – 29th July to 1st August 2013
Camp 3 – 4th August to 7th August 2013
Camp 4 – 8th August to 11th August 2013
Camp 5 – 14th August to 17th August 2013
Camp 6 – 18th August to 21st August 2013

For more information and booking forms visit:

Kirklees Summer Playcamps – Kirklees Council

or call 01924 324558.

This approach to the integration of sexual health services responds to national direction from the Department of Health and aims to provide a high quality, accessible, holistic service, which meets the needs of local people with triage to required level of care. Different levels of service will be provided in both central hubs and in community settings, with prevention as a key priority. The service will provide a leadership role in sexual health within the local area and work with all other relevant clinical and non-clinical sexual health and healthcare providers.

We would like to share with you our vision for the future of integrated sexual health services, receive your views and comments on the market’s capacity and different approaches to delivering this model, and explore the impact, benefits and practicality of a regional approach.

We invite all interested parties to a Stakeholder Information Event on 20th June 2013 from 11am to 1pm at:

To book places at the event and for queries, please contact Miriam Browne on 07891 275893. Further information about the integrated service model is provided in a background document on YORtender (please register to access this). To view the background document, please input the specific Scheme ID number: YORE-979L3Q.

If you need help in registering on YORtender or accessing the document, please contact the YORtender helpdesk on 0844-5434580.

We hope to fund some new and innovative projects again this year, along with existing projects which provide vital support to people in the communities they work in. We are inviting applications for projects that need funding up to £50,000 per year. We fund a wide range of projects from small projects requiring a few hundred pounds to much larger projects operating Kirklees wide. If you’d like to discuss an idea for a new project or find out whether an existing project would be eligible for funding, please contact the team on 01484 225142.

If your project idea is likely to involve funding above £15,000 per year, please contact one of our Funding and Development Officers, Saiqa Iqbal or Matthew Nicholson, in the first instance before completing an application form. They can be contacted on 01484 225142. Larger grants of between £15,000 and £50,000 per year for up to 3 years will now run on a rolling programme with three panels per year.

Dates to be aware of are:

• Panel 1 – deadline for applications 21st June – Decisions made 2nd August

• Panel 2 – deadline for applications 20th September – Decisions made 1st November

• Panel 3 – deadline for applications 13th December – Decisions made 7th February

To find out some more about the different grant schemes or to print off an application form please visit: www.kirklees.gov.uk/communitypartnerships

If you need the application form in a more accessible format, please contact the office on 01484 225142.

We look forward to hearing from you.

(Safeguarding & Protecting Children / How to Coach Disabled People)

Whatever your sport or level of coaching experience, these workshops equip you with the skills to integrate good-practice techniques into your coaching sessions, which means you will be delivering the right material, the correct way, with total confidence.

Safeguarding & Protecting Children Workshops

• Stadium, Business and Leisure Complex, Huddersfield
  Monday 17th June 2013
  6pm to 9pm

• Dewsbury Rams, Tetley Stadium, Dewsbury
  Saturday 14th September 2013
  10am to 1pm

How to Coach Disabled People

• Dewsbury Rams, Tetley Stadium, Dewsbury
  Saturday 14th September 2013
  2pm to 4pm

Basic First Aid

On this Basic First Aid Course you will cover  topics such as CPR, treatment for choking and treating bleeds.

Workshops

• Oakwell Hall, Birstall, Batley
  Friday 12th July 2013
  10am to 1pm

• Stadium, Business and Leisure Complex, Huddersfield
  Tuesday 29th October 2013
  6pm to 9pm

Kirklees Safeguarding

This course is suitable for anyone working or volunteering with children or vulnerable adults.

Workshops

• Stadium, Business and Leisure Complex, Huddersfield
  Wednesday 9th October 2013
  6pm to 9pm

• Stadium, Business and Leisure Complex, Huddersfield
  Thursday 23rd January 2014
  6pm to 9pm

Cost

Pricing structure  for Sports Coach UK courses and  Basic First Aid:

£15 Kirklees Voluntary Sector

£20 Voluntary Sector (outside Kirklees)

£30 Other

Kirklees Safeguarding courses are FREE.

Contacts

For more information or to book on one of these courses please contact Carly Gonzalez:

Email: carly.gonzalez@kirklees.gov.uk
Tel. 01484 234093

Breathing Space offers people with dementia and their family member, partner, carer or support worker a range of creative activities. It’s proven that taking part in creative activites has positive benefits to mental and physical health and wellbeing. Referred participants can take part in weekly group sessions where they can meet people, make friends and have fun. Sessions include music and song, movement, dance and visual arts. It’s a place to revisit forgotten stories, songs, creative skills and movement and explore new and exciting ones. Absolutely no previous experience is needed.

Breathing Space leaflet (pdf)

If you would like more information please contact Moira Wade at Hoot:

Tel. 01484 516224
Mobile: 07880 731767
email: moira@hootmusic.co.uk

The Ping Pong Care Campaign is coming to Leeds.

Free Awareness Event showcasing training and activities for older person settings.

If your work concerns older people, this event is for you.

Know someone that might be interested?

Do you work with older people and want to try something different?

Would you like to encourage well-being and active ageing in older people?

Are you concerned about the mental health of your older residents?

Are you dealing with social isolation in older people?

Are you looking for innovative new ways to encourage community ties?

BRITDOC and Leeds City Council are working together to deliver a FreeAwareness Event including training and a free film screening to Leeds. Network with your local active ageing community at this inspirational event.

Ping Pong Care Campaign - Awareness Event
Venue:  Armley Leisure Centre, Carr Croft, Armley, Leeds  LS12 3HB
Date:  3rd July 2013
Time:  12.30pm to  5pm

Using a feature-length documentary film called Ping Pong as inspiration, the Ping Pong Care Campaign aims to encourage active ageing for over 65s by engaging older person settings across the country.  The film shows people using table tennis to help overcome the challenges of ageing.

Learn how to:

• Host a Ping Pong screening at your venue.
• Use the Ping Pong Care Pack resources to get people playing (limited number available for free).
• Create your own marketing material to engage the wider community.
• Ensure the smooth running of your screening and ensuing games.

What is Ping Pong?
Ping Pong is the funny and emotional film that follows eight octogenarians, who might be old but still want gold, as they prepare for and compete in the World over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia.

Ping Pong Care Campaign

Are you a Sports Coach or Club, wanting to make your sessions more inclusive for disabled people?

Are you someone who works with disabled people, or a parent, carer or volunteer, who would like to be able to coach a sport or physical activity?

FDSO may be able to help!

FDSO is working with Kirklees Council to ensure that staff are adequately trained to deliver worthwhile sports sessions to disabled people. This means we will consider subsidies of up to 100% towards the cost of a sports or disability related course you wish to attend. We will also help you find a suitable course to meet your needs.

FDSO will assess each application on its own merits, but you will need to provide evidence of which groups of people or Club you will be working with.

To apply for a coaching subsidy, please email Fiona Hall at The Federation of Disability Sports Organisations:  fhall@fdso.co.uk with the following details:

• Name
• Organisation
• Coaching Course Requested
• Date, Time and Venue of Course
• Cost of Course
• Subsidy Required
• Why do you want to go on this course?
• How many disabled people will directly benefit from you attending this course?
• (What sessions will you be able to deliver as a result of attending this course?)
• What are the ages of the disabled people who will benefit?

Coaching Subsidies will only be available to people who agree to provide monitoring and evaluation details after the course.

Further details are available from:

Fiona Hall
Federation of Disability Sports Organisations
Tel 01924 372382
email: fhall@fdso.co.uk

Paddock Community Trust IT Tutor / Outreach Worker

18.5 hours per week
(£23,000 to £26,000 dependent on experience pro-rata)

Closing date: Friday 24th May 2013 at 1pm

Paddock Community Trust is a growing charity based in Paddock, Huddersfield which delivers a range of accredited and unaccredited adult and young people training. We are ‘committed to excellence in the delivery of lifelong learning and support throughout Kirklees, particularly in the most deprived areas.’

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following key skills and competencies:

• Understanding and experience of providing outreach support within community settings, ensuring individuals’ needs are met.
• Experience building relationships with partners to broaden the PCT reach and offer.
• Experience delivering credit based learning courses preferably within a community setting.
• Be able to develop lesson plans based around best practice and quality targets, actively contributing to development and ensuring the safeguarding of learners.
• Work with colleagues and independently to create a cohesive learning journey that improves employability and participant progression.
• Competent at evidencing work through reports, case studies and presentations.
• Will hold a teaching qualification and subject specialism within IT at Level 4.
• Confident working independently, managing own time to achieve the funding outcomes.
• A pragmatic and non-judgmental approach to work and the flexibility to adapt to meet learner requirements when necessary.
• Committed to Continuous Professional Development.
• Preferably hold Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and IAG qualifications or can demonstrate that these are embedded within practice.
• Carry out duties in a professional manner that continues to promote the ethos of Paddock Community Trust at all times.
• Driving license essential with access to own transport.

To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter to Christina Simpkin, Paddock Community Trust, Paddock Village Hall, West View, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4TX or email: christina@paddocktrust.org.uk

(Fixed Term Contact for 12 months with the potential for additional hours and contract expansion)

Paddock Part Time IT Tutor Vacancy, May 2013 (pdf)

Paddock Community Trust Tutor

18.5 hours per week
(£23,000 to £26,000 dependent on experience pro-rata)

Closing date: Wednesday 15th May 2013 at 1pm

Paddock Community Trust is a growing charity based in Paddock, Huddersfield which delivers a range of accredited and unaccredited adult and young people training. We are ‘committed to excellence in the delivery of lifelong learning and support throughout Kirklees, particularly in the most deprived areas.’

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following key skills and competencies:

• Experience delivering credit based learning courses preferably within a community setting.
• Be able to develop lesson plans based around best practice and quality targets, actively contributing to development and ensuring the safeguarding of learners.
• Work with colleagues and independently to create a cohesive learning journey that improves employability and participant progression.
• Will hold a teaching qualification and subject specialist qualification at Level 4.
• Experience delivering personal development courses, health and social care or similar.
• Confident working independently, managing own time to achieve the funding outcomes .
• A pragmatic and non-judgmental approach to their work and the flexibility to adapt to meet learner requirements when necessary.
• Committed to Continuous Professional Development.
• Preferably hold Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and IAG qualifications or can demonstrate that these are embedded within practice.
• Carry out duties in a professional manner that continues to promote the ethos of Paddock Community Trust at all times.
• Driving license essential with access to own transport.

To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter to Christina Simpkin, Paddock Community Trust, Paddock Village Hall, West View, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4TX or email: christina@paddocktrust.org.uk

(Fixed Term Contact for 12 months with the potential for additional hours and contract expansion)

Paddock Part Time Tutor Vacancy, May 2013 (pdf)