Part Time – Community Support Worker (Essex) Headway Essex – A Charity providing Brain Injury Care and Support is looking for an experienced support worker to provide brain injury information, advice and support to adults with acquired brain injury, their families and carers in Essex. You will predominantly be supporting people who live in the … Read More
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Expressions Of Interest Sought For The Provision Of Day Opportunity Services For Vulnerable Adults
Please see the latest correspondence from Essex County Council on Day Opportunities and Redesign Events. Dear All/ Providers, ECC Day Opportunities Re-design – You Said, We Did “We last contacted you in May 2014 to ask for involvement from you and your service users in the public consultation for Day Opportunities. Consultation with current day opportunities … Read More
Carers Support From Action For Family Carers
Free Counselling For Unpaid, Family Carers Action for Family Carers has received funding to provide a free, confidential counselling service where carers can receive individual counselling sessions from qualified counsellors in Essex. Carers may wish to explore their feelings around: Transitions – going into care, beginning or end of caring role Depression, anxiety, worries or … Read More
Guide Dogs Talking Buses Campaign Asks For All New Buses To Have Audio Visual Announcements.
Guide Dogs – Talking Buses Campaign Nearly two thirds of bus passengers with sight loss have missed their stop at least once over the last six months. Lack of audio visual next stop and final destination announcements is a big part of why people are missing their stops as it leaves passengers with sight loss … Read More
Hearing Help New Monthly Drop In Service For Chelmsford
Mid-Essex charity, Hearing Help Essex, is to open a new drop in service for the hard of hearing in Central Chelmsford. The first session will be held on Friday 3rd October at Sadlers House, 2 Legg Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1AH and run between 10 – 11.30 am. Hearing aid wearers will be able to … Read More
The NHS Summary Care Record – You need to make a choice.
The NHS in England is now using an electronic record called the Summary Care Record (SCR), which is being used to support patient care. Introduction to Summary Care Records All the settings where you receive health care keep their own medical records about you. These places can often only share information from your records by … Read More
Home Library Service from Essex Libraries For Those Who Find Getting To A Library Difficult
Home Library Service from Essex Libraries If you find getting to a library difficult, or the mobile library does not stop close enough, the Home Library Service is available to anyone living in their own home, in sheltered accommodation or in a care home. It is a free service with books delivered to your home … Read More
Chelmsford’s Audio News & Information Service For Blind Or Partially Sighted People – Chelmsford Talking Newspapers
Chelmsford Talking Newspaper – For blind or partially sighted people reading is a major undertaking, even with magnifying equipment, and may be impossible. Many people begin to lose their sight as they grow older and find small print documents such as newspapers particularly difficult to read. As a result they may lose track of local … Read More
The Essex Child Poverty 2014 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Is Now Available
The Essex Child Poverty 2014 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is now available at: Child Poverty 2014 JSNA V 1 0
NHS Mid Essex CCG Consultation
NHS MID ESSEX CCG The Way Ahead – What’s your view? NHS Mid Essex CCG have launched a public consultation seeking views on their five-year plan, the two-year financial recovery plan and a few areas where they are proposing changes that have a significant impact on patients – including immediate care. The five-year plan sets … Read More