Carers

Following on from the success of the WHO International Healthy Cities Conference, Changing Cities to Change the World, Celebrating thirty years of the Healthy Cites movement, held last week in Belfast, we are delighted to announce the Belfast Healthy Cities, ‘Healthy City’ 2018 awards.  There are four award categories, Promoting Health Equity; Healthy Places; Healthy Living and Engaging for Change. The call for entry is open until 5.00pm Monday 12 November 2018. Further information and to submit an online application visit https://awards.belfasthealthycities.com/ The awards will be presented at a high profile ceremony in Belfast on Tuesday 11 December 2018.

This practical and informative session will provide detailed information on the support available within the benefit system for those who have experienced bereavement and that are responsible for funeral arrangements.

Big Lottery Fund information Session for Rural Community Groups in Rural Community Network's offices on Tuesday 29th January 2019 from 10am-12pm.

Are you working with marginalised/disadvantaged communities? Would you like to gain a professionally recognised qualification in Community Development? Join our online webinar for further information on what you need to apply for September 2021! Join us: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/f3b22b99f26e42319bae12148ad95560

Do you want to bring about positive change in your community? Do you have a passion for working with disadvantaged or marginalised communities, to help improve life-chances and tackle inequality and discrimination? Did you know you can study one day per week to gain a professionally accredited degree in Community Development? Come along to our Drop-In Information Session to meet the course team and find out more about the course, including what topics you will study, costs and sources of funding.

Central Access Point – Early Medical Abortion

The MND Association in Partnership with Action Mental Health is pleased to offer a new online programme dedicated to supporting carers of people living with Motor Neurone Disease in Northern Ireland.

Registration is now open for our two Safeguarding Workshops, catered to INGOS, on 18th and 19th March. See instructions below to register for tickets.

As part of Headway’s 40th Birthday celebrations and challenge events we are encouraging people to engage in the ultimate personal development event of FIREWALKING.

The assessment and eligibility process is one of the most important elements of the care and support system. The assessment is the key interaction between the local authority and an individual. It should not just be seen as a gateway to care and support, but should be a critical intervention in its own right, which can help people to understand their situation and access support when they require it.

The Care Act 2014 makes taking a person centred approach to care planning a legal requirement on local authorities. Person centred care and support planning puts people in the heart of their care and offers them the opportunity to take control and ownership of the process and outcomes of their plan

The Care Act provides a single legal framework for charging for care and support. It enables a local authority to decide whether or not to charge a person when it is arranging to meet a person’s care and support needs or a carer’s support needs. The new framework is intended to make charging fairer and more clearly understood by everyone.

Deferring payment can help people to delay the need to sell their home (or other assets) and provide peace of mind during a time that can be challenging (or even a crisis point) for them and their loved ones as they make the transition into residential care.

The local authority must inform the person which, if any, of their needs may be met by a direct payment and provide appropriate information and advice on how to use and manage direct payments.

The aim of the duty to provide independent advocacy is to enable people who have substantial difficulty in being involved in these local authority processes to be supported in that involvement as fully as possible, and where necessary to be represented by an advocate who speaks on their behalf.

Information and advice is fundamental to enabling people, carers and families to take control of, and make well-informed choices about, their care and support and how they fund it. Not only does information and advice help to promote people’s wellbeing by increasing their ability to exercise choice and control, it is also a vital component of preventing or delaying people’s need for care and support

Integration has been a cornerstone of public policy, particularly across health and social care for many years. The Care Act 2014 now makes integration, cooperation and partnership a legal requirement on Local authorities and on all agencies involved in public care.

This course provides an introduction to, and an overview of, part one of the Care Act 2014 and its statutory guidance. The course is designed to help those involved in care and support services to understand and implement the Act.

Everyone whose needs are met by the local authority, whether those needs are eligible, or if the authority has chosen to meet other needs, must receive a personal budget as part of the care and support plan, or support plan.

The local authority is under an ongoing duty to keep the person’s plan under review generally, and to ensure that their needs continue to be met; they will review the plan periodically, involving the person and agreeing any necessary changes.