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A day in the life of a Community Connect development officer
29 January 2018 - 2:17pm
Ever wondered what it looks like? Its not all cups of tea and cake!
I will spare you the details of the chaos that occurs before my working day officially starts; all I will say is that I have a 16-month-old son who is very strong willed and neither getting dressed nor teeth brushing are on his list of priorities.
Only the lonely
21 December 2017 - 10:24am
We have all heard about the impact of loneliness and social isolation; equating to the damaging effects of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We have reports and studies coming out of our ears.
We know it’s a huge issue but what are we doing about it?
Since October this year I started working on a relatively new service, Community Connect, as a development officer.
Do you have trustees or senior staff with previous convictions?
13 November 2017 - 1:38pm
Next summer will see the final piece of legislation of the Charities Act 2016 come into force, meaning people with certain convictions are disqualified from working as senior managers, financial directors or volunteering as trustees in charities across England and Wales unless a waiver is applied for and granted by the Charity Commission.
Where have all the disabled people gone?
11 September 2017 - 2:59pm
Unexpected things happen at funerals.
Certainly you do not expect to be considering how the VCS can respond to the austerity inspired changes to the rights and benefits for disabled people whilst paying your last respects, but hey, I suppose stranger things have happened and all that. So, sat at the wake of a relative the other week I got talking to relations of my wife whom I had never met before, and before long the subject of Politics arose.
The strength in Community Connect
2 August 2017 - 3:04pm
As a way of keeping up to date with the transformational changes taking place in Adult Social Care, I’ve read the ‘Strengths-based social work practice with adults’ roundtable report
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