Monday 24th September 2012
15th January 2013
Training Opportunities
Youth Work Training
WAYC will be delivering the ABC Level 2 Youth Work training in Rugby
subject to enlisting a minimum number of twelve participants.
There are two options for learners - unaccredited route / attendance at
teaching sessions only (£108 per person) or accredited route (£293 per
person). There is a requirement for people undertaking the accredited route to
have a mentor and a supervisor/observer in their placement. If they do not, we
can provide this at an extra cost (£120 per person).
WCVYS grants are available to help people cover the costs of the training:
please see: http://www.warkscvys.org.uk/content/wcvys-grants
We are now accepting bookings for this course, provisionally taking place at
the Benn Partnership in Rugby: Railway Terrace, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21
3HR. This is located within easy walking distance of the train and bus
stations, with ample free parking available. Alternatively this can also be
delivered at the centre in Binley Woods if those interested are able to
transport themselves to/from this area. Doing so would reduce the cost of the
training.
Please find attached the application form; places cannot be secured until this
form is received by WAYC, including relevant payment. Please read our terms
and conditions carefully before completing the application. All forms and
information about the course are also available via our website:
www.wayc.org.uk
Relate – Basic Counselling for Non-Counsellors
Date: Commencing Thursday 31st January 2013
Times: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Duration: 10 weeks (excluding breaks)
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 28 Regent Place, Rugby, Warwickshire,
CV21 2PN
Cost: £150.00
The aims of the course are to enable:
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The development of awareness of the counselling process
and the skills involved.
Practice and improvement of some of these counselling
skills.
Development of the ability to manage interviews using
counselling skills.
Development of an awareness of ethical issues and the
need for support in activities using counselling skills.
Development of sensitivity to and awareness of the
process of change.
More information can be found by downloading the Flyer and
Booking Form.
The course is accredited by the Open College Network to either level 2 or 3
(although the course will be taught to level 3), and will be delivered over 22
hours. To gain accreditation, participants will be expected to complete a
workbook. The tutor will guide participants through completion of the
workbook, and the extra work involved for the participants will be
approximately 2 hours per week.
(Please note that this course does not prepare learners for professional
counselling careers. It is not suitable for individuals requiring individual
attention, counselling or a therapeutic group.)
For further information and to make a booking contact:
Julie Maxwell, Education & Learning Co-Ordinator
Telephone: 01788 565 675 / 07543 929 076
Email: julie.maxwell@relatewarwickshire.org.uk
Social Media Masterclass – West Midlands
Social Media Masterclass: How to use Social Media in your organisation.
Children England as part of the DfE Overarching Strategic Programme are
delighted to invite you to free workshops on Social Media and Safer Internet.
Social Media Masterclass – 10-1:30 (networking lunch including)
A social media masterclass for charities and voluntary organisations facilitated
by Beat Bullying – how to boost your organisations facilitated by Beat Bullying
– how to boost your organisation’s reach and value through social media and
networking. The masterclass will include:
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Developing a Strategy
Raising awareness, campaigning and income generation
Successful brand integration
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Identifying and working with different sets of stakeholders
Researching your sector and learning from successful campaigns
Understanding the different tools on the market
To book a place on the Social Media Masterclass, please go to the invitation
page.
For
more
information
about
www.childrenengland.org.uk
Children
England,
please
visit
Job Vacancies
Youth Worker in Charge wanted for Binley Woods Youth Club
Tuesday and Thursday evenings term time 7.5 hours week-£3714.24 per year
This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative youth work and developing
new youth opportunities in Binley Woods. Enthusiastic and motivated, you
must have a keen interest in the issues affecting young people and
experience of developing and supporting young people individually and as a
group. Experience of working with people in the community and strong
communication skills are desirable.
You will be involved in working with young people aged 11 – 18. Typical
duties include: engaging with and building positive relationships with young
people, taking the lead from young people in identifying appropriate activities,
leading and working as part of a youth work team and encouraging young
people to become involved in decision making processes within the Youth
group and the wider community.
For
more
information
and
an
application
form,
contact shan@trinitytraining.co.uk or ring 07799 668800; closing date 31
January 2013
Part Time Youth Worker – The Gap, Warwick
The Gap Community Centre are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work
as a part time Youth Worker for a minimum of two evenings per week.
Rate of pay £7.50 per hour
Contact Vicki or Marcos for an application pack on 01926 494200 or email
vickithegap@gmail.com
Deadline for Applications Thursday 31 January 2013
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 6 February 2013
The Gap is an equal opportunities employer.
Opportunities for Young People
The Prince’s Trust xl Award Programme
If you have just left school or if you are aged 16-18, live in Coventry or
Warwickshire and are not at college or in work, then the Prince’s Trust xl
Award Programme may be just what you are looking for.
Join their free 12 week programme for just 1 day each week at the Centre
AT7 in Coventry and you could enjoy a fun activity based programme and at
the same time improve your teamwork, communication skills, confidence and
employability. There will be a wide range of activities and support available
some of which may include:
Climbing with low and high ropes available
Canoeing, trampolining, football, archery
First aid qualification
Problem solving & teambuilding activities
Lunch available every day
There may be an opportunity for some modern apprenticeships at the end of
the programme with Coventry Sports Foundation and/or a sports coaching
qualification. You will get certificates and a nationally recognised qualification
when you finish. A bursary is available upon attendance.
The course will start on Wednesday 30th January at 10am and continue
each Wednesday thereafter for 12 weeks, it will be run from Centre AT7, Bell
Green Road.
If you are interested and would like to find out more please contact either:
Mandy Groves on 07970844893 or Hilary Boyce on 07734044558 or 0121
772 9243 or E Mail hilary.boyce@princes-trust.org.uk
Careers Website Launch
Plotr is a new careers platform website for 11-24 year olds which can be used
by young people to discover inspiration career ideas, advice and
opportunities. It was created through the input of hundreds of young people
and is, as such, tailored to suit the needs of the young people who will be
using the website.
To find out more, please visit www.plotr.co.uk
Prince’s Trust Team Programme
The next Prince’s Trust Team Programme due to take place in the
Leamington Spa area starting on 4th February 2013. The Prince’s Trust Team
Programme will be run by Warwickshire College, based at Warwickshire
College’s Leamington Centre, Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa.
It is a 12 week personal development course for 16 – 25 year olds. Our aim is
to get young people back into training, education and employment. We
achieve this by a number of activities within the community, just a few are:
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One week residential which includes climbing, archery and problem
solving.
A community project, putting teamwork skills into action for the benefit
of the community.
Two weeks work placement.
Career guidance
A final team challenge, working with another group in the community.
A final presentation and qualifications ceremony.
There are up to 12 qualifications or certificates that can be obtained
including a Prince’s Trust Certificate in Employment, Teamwork and
Community Skills and an Edexcel qualification in Personal and Social
Development.
Over two thirds of people that have completed the course go on to a job or
further education, taking with them new friends, skills and ambitions.
If you have any questions please contact the Leamington Team Leader on
07740 419 334 or via email csmith@warkscol.ac.uk . Please use the same
details if you have any referrals in mind, from here I can arrange for the team
leader to meet you and them with more information.
Any benefits do NOT get affected.
Government Consultations
Child Poverty
The Government has published a consultation on how child poverty should be
measured. The consultation aims to create a ‘multidimensional measure of
poverty’. Suggested dimensions include:
• Income and material deprivation
• Worklessness
• Unmanageable debt
• Poor housing
• Parental skill level
• Access to quality education
• Parental health
• Family stability
The consultation is open until the 15 February 2013.
https://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmentalinformation/consultations
/a00216896/measuring-child-poverty
Closing Date 24 January 2012
Ministry of Justice: Judicial Review: proposals for reform
Closing 6 February 2013
Home Office: Alcohol strategy consultation
Closing date 15th February 2013
Department for Education: Consultation on the revised statutory guidance on
children missing education for local authorities
Closing 15 February 2013
Department for Education: Consultation on measuring child poverty
Closing Date 6th March
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Independent review of the Disability
Committee
Closing 14 March 2013
Sentencing Council: Consultation on new guideline for sentencing sexual
offences
Ask Warwickshire Consultation Hub
Ask Warwickshire is not about discarding traditional approaches to
consultation, such as paper-based surveys. The aim is to complement these
methods with new and increasingly interactive approaches. They want to
provide the opportunity for residents to share their views on a range of topics
in a more dynamic, informal way. Rather than distribute surveys to Citizen
Panel members two or three times a year, they want to generate more timely
conversations on topics that are of interest, so that they can develop a better
understanding of the communities’ views and perceptions. Ultimately, they
want to provide the opportunity for all residents to get involved using the
methods they prefer to use, rather than the methods they may have been
limited to in the past.
This website acts as the focal point for the Ask Warwickshire approach. You
will find links to current consultations, petitions and e-petitions, discussion
forums (which we are calling ‘conversations‘) and other engagement
opportunities such as Facebook pages for specific parts of the county. The
vision is to develop an online community to encourage ongoing participation
and contributions to key issues affecting the county
You will also be able to sign up for instant alerts when a new consultation is
posted.
For more information, please go to the Warwickshire Hub website.
Upcoming Events
Quality in the Foundation Years
London - Tuesday 5th March
Birmingham - Friday 8th March
Leeds - Monday 11th March
Quality is at the heart of early education and childcare. With the present focus
on quality for all children in the foundation years but especially two year olds,
this series of one day seminars will bring together key authors of the EYFS
guidance and a national and local perspective on continuous quality
improvement to support practitioners in ensuring delivery of the EYFS and
improving children’s outcomes.
With a focus for those working in delivering the EYFS Framework and who
are committed to quality improvement, our speakers for the day will provide
practical systems and solutions on quality improvement in relation to
implementing the EYFS Framework.
The aims of the day will be to:
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Investigate what quality looks like under the 2012 EYFS Framework
including engagement of parents
Explore what quality looks like for two year olds
Highlight the importance of children’s progress and tracking it with
regards to quality provision
Discuss the relationship between self evaluation and continuous quality
improvement
Share ideas and practical case studies on quality improvement
For further information or to book click here, alternatively you can contact the
Events team by email or call 02075226970
Changemakers: Family Lifestyle Programme
Are you the parent or guardian of a 4-13 year old living in Rugby Borough?
Would you and your family like to learn more about healthy eating and active
games?
Come and join Changemakers your FREE, local, 9 week family lifestyle
programme which encourages your family to make healthy lifestyle choices.
The programme will help your family make healthier choices through weekly
nutrition and physical activity sessions. FREE healthy snacks are provided at
each session and your family receives a welcome pack including a Frisbee
and drinks bottle. They have lots of incentives to keep you motivated and
there is a celebration at the end of the course for families who have
completed the programme.
Would you and your family like to learn more about healthy eating and active
games? They offer free physical activity sessions and free healthy snacks
each week. NEW course starting in January 2013!
To find out more information or to book your free place on the course
please contact Katie May, Family Lifestyle Officer on 01788 533721 or
katie.may@rugby.gov.uk
National Reports
Report on young people
The Prince's Trust has published its annual Youth Index, which gauges young
people's wellbeing across a range of areas from family life to physical health.
The report - based on interviews with 2,136 16-to-25-year-olds - found that
one in ten young people (10 per cent) feel they cannot cope with day-to-day
life. Young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) are more
than twice as likely to feel unable to cope as their peers.
http://www.princestrust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/research/youth_index_2013.aspx
Report on health and wellbeing
The NHS Confederation has published Children and Young People's Health
and Wellbeing in Changing Times: Shaping the future and improving
outcomes. The report examines what action can be taken at a local level in
England to improve the health outcomes for children and young people, and
how this action can be supported at a national level. It calls for the
government to take action to address the lack of policy co-ordination between
different government departments and national bodies now that child health
services are commissioned by eight different bodies in the new system.
http://www.nhsconfed.org/priorities/latestnews/Pages/NHS-leaders-call-onministers-to-lead-joining-up-of-childrens-services.aspx
Funding
Funding for youth violence projects
The Home Office has announced an additional £500,000 to voluntary and
community sector organisations targeting young people at risk of becoming
violent offenders as well as those already involved in gang and knife crime.
Up to £10,000 of further funding will be given to 50 of the existing recipients of
the Communities Against Guns, Gangs and Knives Fund. The Home Office
also announced it will expand its Ending Gang and Youth Violence frontline
team
to
cover
four
more
priority
areas.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/tackling-youth-violence
Details of funding for PCC Community Safety Fund
The Home Office has announced funding proposals for every police force
area for 2013-14. The information includes a table showing the amount to be
allocated to each police and crime commissioner's (PCC) Community Safety
Fund.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/parliamentarybusiness/written-ministerial-statement/prov-police-funding-wms/policefunding-announcement?view=Binary
Young
people
running
community
change
projects
Starbucks Youth Action supports community change projects run by 16-24
year olds. It provides up to £2000 for young people to improve their local
communities in 10 cities across the UK & Ireland. The deadline for
applications is 9am, 4 March 2013.
http://www.ukyouth.org/latest-news-hidden/item/312-starbucks-youth-actionsupporting-community-change-projects.html
Thank you to the National Council for Voluntary Youth
Services for support in compiling this bulletin.