Our offices will close at 3.00pm on Friday 23 December, reopening on Tuesday 3 January.
Cafe @ Burn Lane will close at 2.30pm on Friday 23 December, reopening on Wednesday 4 January.
Thank you for your support this year. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2023.
Northumberland County Council has a new webpage offering cost of living advice and support for people living in Northumberland.
Here you’ll find information to support you, your family, friends, and neighbours, with the cost of living including payments that you may be eligible for and who to contact for support.
Northumberland Communities Together has a wide network of community spaces, places and people across our county that are here to support you. If you would like to speak to someone, phone the Northumberland Communities Together response hub on 01670 620015 from 9am to 6pm 7 days a week or email NCT@northumberland.gov.uk.
If it is urgent
If you think someone may need immediate support, help or protection ring the emergency response line OneCall on 01670 536400 – 24/7, 365 days a year.
We’re recruiting for a Relevant Person’s Representative to join the Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service team.
If you have answered ‘Yes’ to the above questions, then we would love to hear from you.
Hours: Part-time (22.5 hours per week over three days)
Location: Based in Pegswood with some working from home and working flexibly throughout Northumberland
Accountable to: Project Lead and Director
Rate of pay: £23,595 per annum pro rata (actual £14,157)
Contract: Permanent (subject to funding & legislation)
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays pro rata (actual 15 days)
Training will be provided for the role and personal development support will be provided. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post.
Overall purpose
To provide Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) support to qualifying individuals.
RPR role
A Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) is a person who is appointed to act on behalf of, and in the best interests of, somebody who is subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation. The person subject to the DoLS is referred to as the ‘relevant person’.
Most RPR work is based upon people living in a care or nursing home setting and will include working with people of all ages and from all backgrounds, including those with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs, people with physical and sensory impairment and older people.
The post holder will work in conjunction with other Adapt (NE) staff and will assist in the co-ordination and development of the service where appropriate.
Closing date for applications: 5.00pm Monday 29 August 2022.
Interviews will take place in Hexham on Tuesday 6 September 2022.
For an informal discussion about the above post please contact Chris Barker on 07413 271321 or by email chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org.uk Further information about this role can also be found in the job description and person specification below. Please return the application form below along with the signed GDPR consent form.
We are recruiting for a full-time Link Worker. This is an opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the West Northumberland Primary Care Network (PCN).
Job Title: Link Worker – Living Well Coordination Service
Responsible to: Adapt (NE) and the West Northumberland PCN
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
Location: Office-based at Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham, NE46 3HN
Salary: £22,549 per annum
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays
If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, then the Living Well Coordination Service would love to hear from you.
Our Link Worker will be the initial contact point for the Living Well Coordinating Service (social prescribing), providing administrative, triaging and signposting support to people when they are first referred to the service, as well as holding a small caseload of patients with lower level support needs. The successful applicant will be provided with full training and induction, including NHS social prescribing training.
This is a new role within the team and will be based at the accessible Adapt (NE) site in Hexham, which also houses Healthwatch Northumberland, Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service, transport services and the Adapt (NE)Community Café, Cafe @ Burn Lane.
Please find the Job Description/Person Specification and application form below. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within your application.
Completed applications are to be returned by email by 5pm on Wednesday 3 August along with the signed GDPR form.
Interviews will be held on Friday 12 August (please note that interviews may be held remotely on Zoom/Microsoft Teams).
If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Tania Thomas by email tania.thomas@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 4).
We are also holding two Zoom Q&A sessions, if you would like to find out more about the role before applying. Just join one of the sessions via the link provided.
Friday 22 July 10am – 11am
Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84896647895?pwd=d0tUOWc2K2FmRFpmWkNVUSsxUk5odz09
Meeting ID: 848 9664 7895
Passcode: 570519
Monday 1 August 6pm – 7pm
Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84715175255?pwd=SHpGbndJaHkzdm9POFZlYjFzRmhiUT09
Meeting ID: 847 1517 5255
Passcode: 068915
Job Description/Person Specification
Find out more about the West Northumberland Living Well Service
The 2022 Blue Book of Dementia Support and Services is out now. The Blue Book gives a summary of support for older people and those living with dementia in Northumberland.
Originally a guide for people in West Northumberland, the book now includes services across the county, helping to support more people than ever.
You can view or download The Blue Book below. Hard copies are available at our offices in Hexham at most libraries and from Age UK Northumberland. If you would like a copy in the post please contact Healthwatch Northumberland.
The Blue Book: Dementia support and activities in Northumberland
We have three vacancies across the West Northumberland and Northumbria Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
These are:
The Job Descriptions/Person Specifications for all three roles can be found below, along with the application form and GDPR form. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form.
Completed applications and GDPR forms for all roles are to be returned by email by 12.00pm on Friday 17 June 2022.
Interviews for the West Northumberland PCN Link Worker and Team Leader positions will be held on Wednesday 6 July (please note that interviews may be held remotely on Zoom/Microsoft Teams).
If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about these roles, please contact Tania Thomas by email: tania.thomas@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 4).
Interview dates for the Northumbria PCN Living Well Coordinator role are to be confirmed. If you would like more information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Liz Prudhoe by email lizp@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 1).
West Northumberland PCN Link Worker job description and person specification
West Northumberland PCN Team Leader job description and person specification
Northumbria PCN Living Well Coordinator job description and person specification
GDPR Form (please sign and return along with your application)
Thanks to NHS Charities Together, Newcastle Hospitals Charity and County Durham Community Foundation, local organisations have received funding of £183,000 from the Covid-19 Community Partnership Grants Programme (North East and North Cumbria). This will enable Your Voice Counts, LD:NorthEast, Skills for People and Adapt (NE), together with support from Inclusion North and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, to work in partnership to share their knowledge and develop an equitable model of support for people with learning disabilities across the area.
Dave Woolley, CEO of Your Voice Counts, Lead Partner for the project said “We are delighted to be one of just seven projects in the North East to receive funding from NHS Charities Together. We’re very excited to be working together, and to use our shared expertise to fill some of the gaps in services and support that currently exist”.
Each of the organisations will deliver a project that demonstrates a new approach to addressing health inequalities, improving mental health and wellbeing and reducing social isolation. The projects include delivering a programme of courses and workshops to improve mental health, running sports activities to improve physical health and bring people together, working with Primary Care Networks to address barriers to accessing healthcare and working with local groups to build confidence around supporting people with learning disabilities.
They will then work together to share these approaches and support each other to replicate the projects and activities across the wider area so that everyone has access to the same level of community-based support.
Further information about the work of all the organisations involved in this exciting partnership is available at the websites below:
We’re recruiting for an Independent NHS Complaints Advocate to join the Northumberland Independent Advocacy Service, to provide Independent Health Complaints Advocacy for people living in Northumberland.
We deliver statutory Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Care Act Advocacy and NHS Complaints Advocacy under contract to Northumberland County Council. The service also provides RPR (Relevant Person’s Representative) and Court of Protection Rule 1.2 representatives. More Information at our Advocacy Page.
Hours: part-time – 21 hrs per week
Salary: £12,831 per annum
Based: Hexham (with potential for flexibility around working arrangements)
The role involves supporting individuals to make a complaint in relation to healthcare services. We are looking to recruit a caring, empathetic individual who can listen, understand and support individuals.
A background of supporting individuals / customer service would be an advantage however full training and support will be provided. Please see the Job Description/Person Specification below.
Please return your application, along with the GDPR data consent form by 5.00pm Friday 4 March 2022. Interviews are to be held Friday 11 March 2022.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Chris Barker on 07413 271321 or by email chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org.uk.
Job Description/Person Specification
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in delivering and supporting solutions for primary care patients across the Northumbria Primary Care Network.
We are recruiting for one Team Leader full time post and two Living Well Coordinator full time posts.
Please find the Job Description/Person Specification for both roles and the application form below. Please tell us how you meet the person specification within the application form.
Completed applications, along with the GDPR consent form, are to be returned by email by 12.00pm Friday 4 March 2022.
Interviews will be held remotely via Zoom / Teams on Wednesday 9 March.
If you require any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion about these roles, please contact Liz Prudhoe by email at lizp@adapt-tynedale.org.uk or by calling Adapt (NE) on 01434 600599 (option 1).
Living Well Service Team Leader Job Description/Person Specification
Living Well Service Coordinator Job Description/Person Specification
