Carers Northumberland sessions at the cafe

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Do you look after someone?

Carers Northumberland will be at Cafe @ Burn Lane on the third Thursday of each month. Trained advisors will be offering advice and information to unpaid carers on things such as:

  • Benefits and grants
  • Health and social care
  • Housing
  • Legal issues
  • Lasting power of attorney
  • Education, employment and training
  • Emergency care planning

If you have a question or are looking for support in your caring role, call in to speak to the team, or call 01670 320025 or email info@carersnorthumberland.org.uk to book a specific appointment time.

Upcoming dates

  • Thursday 16 May
  • Thursday 20 June
  • Thursday 18 July

From 10.30am – 12.30pm.

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Vacancy: Living Well Coordinator (Social Prescriber)

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Job Title: Living Well Coordinator (Social Prescriber)

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and West Northumberland Primary Care Network

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.00pm (open to job share)

Salary: £27,595.92 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave per year, plus statutory holidays (pro rata)

Location: The Living Well Coordination Service covers the ten GP practices in the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN), two additional GP practices and will also work from Adapt (NE).

  • Do you have excellent listening and communication skills?
  • Are you organised with good administrative and IT skills?
  • Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
  • Do you want to help support West Northumberland residents to improve their health and wellbeing?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, then the Living Well Coordination Service would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting one full-time Living Well Coordinator. This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN).

The Living Well Coordinator will be the named worker for one to three GP practices and will split their working time across these practices, as well as working from Adapt’s office in Hexham. You will also be required to work in other places throughout the North East, as identified in your individual work programme.

The West Northumberland PCN practices are: Bellingham Practice, Branch End Surgery (Stocksfield), Burn Brae Medical Group (Hexham), Corbridge Medical Group, Haltwhistle Medical Group, Humshaugh and Wark Medical Group, Prudhoe Medical Group, Scots Gap Medical Group (Morpeth), Sele Medical Practice (Hexham) and White Medical Group (Ponteland). Adderlane Surgery (Prudhoe) and Riversdale Surgery (Prudhoe) are also supported by the service.

Clients may live rurally beyond these areas.

Please find below the Job Description/Person Specification and application form. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form and return it along with the GDPR consent form.

Completed applications to be returned by email by 5.00pm on Wednesday 1 May 2024.

Interviews will be held Wednesday 8 May 2024.

If you require any further information, please contact Emma Aljoe by email at emma.aljoe@nhs.net or call 01434 600599 (option 4).

Living Well Coordinator job description and person specification

Living Well Coordinator application form

Adapt (NE) GDPR consent form

 

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Cafe Assistant wanted!

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We’re looking for a self-motivated and friendly Cafe Assistant to join the team at our busy community cafe, Cafe @ Burn Lane.

Job Title: Cafe Assistant

Hours: Part-time – up to 16 hours/week Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work

Responsible to: Operations Manager

Base: Café @ Burn Lane, Hexham

Salary: £10.42 per hour, National Minimum Wage

Are you

  • Experienced or have a keen interest in food preparation and baking?
  • Good with people and comfortable to communicate at all levels?
  • A self-motivator with the ability to cope in a pressurised environment?
  • Able to adopt new working systems?
  • Knowledgeable about Health and Safety?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

All the details of this opportunity can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification below.

For an informal chat about the role please call Clare on 01434 600599 (option 1) or email: generaloffice@adapt-tynedale.org.uk.

Please return the application form, along with the signed GDPR consent form to:

Clare Loughlin, Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham NE46 3HN, or email it to: generaloffice@adapt-tynedale.org.uk, by 5pm on Friday 12 April 2024.

 

This vacancy has now closed.

 

 

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Vision Northumberland Hexham drop-in

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Vision Northumberland drop-in event, Cafe @ Burn Lane, Hexham,

Wednesday 31 January 2024 10am – 12pm

  • Do you need the TV volume turned up high?
  • Can you no longer read your favourite book?
  • Are you missing parts of conversations?
  • Unable to read labels when you go shopping?

Call in to meet the Vision Northumberland team at this free drop-in, and and see how they can assist you with your vision and hearing loss. Find out more about the equipment, support and activities on offer to people living in Northumberland. For more details call Vision Northumberland on 01670 514316.

This event has now passed.

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Job vacancies: Social Prescribers

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We are recruiting for one full time and one part time Social Prescriber to work across North Shields Primary Care Network (PCN).

Job title: Social Prescriber

Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and North Shields Primary Care Network

Location: North Shields PCN GP practices – Collingwood Health Group, Priory Medical Group, Redburn Park Medical Centre, Spring Terrace Health Group, Nelson Health Group

Full time post

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with up to two evening sessions per month to support enhanced access – evening session 4pm – 8pm

Salary: £26,281.92 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

Part time post

Hours: 21 hours (3 days). Actual days to be agreed (9am – 5pm) with one evening session per month to support enhanced access – evening access 4pm – 8pm

Salary £14,916.74 per annum

Benefits: 15 days annual leave plus statutory holidays (pro rata)

Social prescribing in the North Shields PCN empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to Social Prescribing Link Workers who support patients to focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing, connecting people to diverse community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

As a Social Prescriber, you will support individuals referred to the service by working in partnership with them to assess their non-medical needs and priorities and link them to suitable resources, groups and services. You will empower clients to access the support they need, which may include accompanying clients to local sources of help, where appropriate.

You will proactively build relationships with clients, offer support and develop collaborative, co-produced solutions to address their issues. You will develop relationships with community organisations and statutory services to maintain up to date knowledge and expertise on local services.

You will be working primarily out of GP surgeries as well as, where appropriate, working from the Adapt (NE) office, visiting clients in their homes and meeting clients in other community settings.

We are recruiting for one full time post and one part time post; please identify on the application form which post you are applying for.

Please find the Job Description/Person Specification, application form and GDPR consent form below. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within your application.

Completed applications are to be returned by email, along with the GDPR consent form, by 5pm on Friday 19 January 2024.

Interviews will be held at the North Shields Health Hub on 30 January 2024.

If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Holly Adair by email – holly.adair1@nhs.net.

Job description/person specification

Application form

GDPR consent form

Applications for this position have now closed

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Christmas and New Year 2023/24

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Our offices will close at 5pm on Friday 22 December, reopening on Tuesday 2 January.

Cafe @ Burn Lane will close on Friday 22 December and reopen on Wednesday 3 January.

We would like to wish all of our members, customers and supporters a happy and healthy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

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Cost of living support

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Local health and social care champion Healthwatch Northumberland has produced a printed booklet with details of organisations that can offer support with energy costs, prescription and healthcare appointment costs, food, and mental health. The booklet is free and you can ask for a copy by getting in touch with Healthwatch Northumberland.

You can also download a pdf version of the booklet, or view all the information on the website.

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Join us for our AGM 2023!

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Friday 24 November, 11.00am – 12.30pm

Please join us for our annual meeting, which this year will take place on Friday 24 November, here at our site on Burn Lane, Hexham.

We will be giving an overview of our work over the past 12 months and our plans for the coming year, particularly our community cafe. We’d like to know your thoughts on the cafe and a short questionnaire is now available in the cafe for you to tell us what you think.

If you would like to attend the AGM please call us on 01434 600599 (option 1) to register for your free place.

This event has now passed.

 

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Information event, Hexham

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Are you neurodivergent?

Join us for an information event, Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham Ne46 3HN

Wednesday 20 September, 11.00am – 1.30pm

It can be a confusing world when you’re trying to get the support, service or activities you need at the right time and the right place. For example, you may have been taught how to live on a budget at school aged 15 but what about when you actually need it at aged 27?

There is no one easy place to get up to date information, or to work out what’s out there, and we want to make this happen! We also want to offer people the chance to meet up in person locally to help work out what they want and need. We want to share information about fun, leisure and social opportunities too.

Come and join us! Meet other neurodivergent people and help work out how to close the gaps around information and support in Northumberland.

Lunch will be provided and travel costs reinbursed.

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Healthwatch Northumberland AGM 2023

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Wednesday 18 October 2023, at East Bedlington Community Centre.

The Healthwatch Northumberland AGM is for anyone who lives or works in the county and has an interest in NHS and social care.

Hear about the work of our local health and social care champion over the last 12 months, plans for the coming year, and how you can get involved. You can also hear from those providing services here in Northumberland.

This free event will start at 10am and end at 12pm when you can stay for a light lunch and a chance to chat to the Healthwatch Northumberland team and other guests.

Register for the Healthwatch Northumberland AGM 2023.

Healthwatch Northumberland has been delivered by Adapt (NE) since 2013. Read more about the services on offer and how you can share your feedback on the NHS and social care services you and your family have used on the Healthwatch Northumberland website

This event has now passed.

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