We are looking for an energetic, flexible, and outgoing individual with experience of working with young people to deliver our exciting new project Fit for the Future. No two days are the same at LRSN, so if you are looking for fun and variety in your working day, and you are passionate about supporting young people you may be just the person we are looking for.

Employment Type: 20 hours per week (including occasional evening and weekend hours).

Contract Type: Permanent.

Location: Home based, with requirement to travel.

Number of Vacancies: 1

Salary: This is a paid post with competitive salary.

About LRSN:

LRSN’s vision is that no one in Lincolnshire’s agricultural and horticultural community should face difficulty alone. LRSN has provided emotional and practical help to Lincolnshire’s agricultural and horticultural community for over 20 years. We are Lincolnshire’s listening ear, we understand and can relate to the problems faced by the agricultural and horticultural community in times of crisis, stress, and change. Our services are directed towards offering a hand of friendship and support without judgment, and an understanding that we all experience difficult times. LRSN walks with and empowers people to address the challenges that create barriers to them fulfilling their potential; helping them to get back on track together.

About the Role:

We are looking for an individual with experience of supporting young people to take up the exciting and newly created post of Emotional Wellbeing Worker within the LRSN team. The Emotional Wellbeing Worker will engage young people and young adults aged between 16 and 35 years, from within the farming, horticultural communities, and allied industries in our new Fit for the Future project. This is an exciting new project which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people within farming and horticultural communities, and allied industries.

Experience and Skills:

This is a highly rewarding opportunity for an individuals with experience of working with young people and/or young adults to join our life-changing organisation.

Do you have:

• Experience of working with young people aged 16-35 years, and of delivering high quality services in a rural environment.
• Experience of delivering 1:1 support and working with young people/adults with emotional and well-being support needs.
• Excellent communication skills.

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Why Work for LRSN?

We know that it is important to find a job where you feel valued and that you make a real difference. LRSN is a listening organisation, and we live through our values; we listen, we care, we serve others, we value people, and we reach out. Compassion, understanding, and empowerment are at the core of our services, and we always work to leave a positive and lasting legacy after our direct support has ended. We are a small and friendly charity with fantastic staff and volunteers, and we look forward to welcoming the new Emotional Wellbeing Worker to our team.

Application Process:

The full application pack is available by emailing lou.gaunt@lrsn.co.uk.

Once you have received the application pack and would like to apply, please submit your current CV and a letter of application to Lou Gaunt, email lou.gaunt@lrsn.co.uk  by 4pm on Monday 18^th November 2024.

Please note that applications received after the given deadline will not be considered.

If you have any queries relating to this vacancy, please contact our Head of Charity, Amy Thomas, by emailing amy.thomas@lrsn.co.uk

Tommy Whitelaw’s Tour of Lincolnshire.

The Personalisation Team are pleased to announce that Tommy Whitelaw will be touring Lincolnshire for three days in November.

About Tommy Whitelaw

Tommy is the Person-Centred Voices National Lead for Scotland’s Health and Social Care Alliance and promotes person-centred approaches and ‘Intelligent Kindness’ across all areas of care and support.

For five years Tommy was a full-time carer for his late mother, Joan, who had Vascular Dementia. His work is driven by that experience and led by the values and principles of the ‘What matters to you’ and ‘Intelligent Kindness’ movements. These identify active listening, kindness and person-centredness as a key to providing inclusive support and care to all individuals, as well as creating healthy working environments.

The impact of Tommy’s work with organisations across the UK is well-evidenced. Those who have worked with him have reported the benefits of embedding person-centred approaches in their organisational structures, processes, and service delivery, seeing improved outcomes both for staff and the people they support.

Tommy is travelling across the county over three days and will do several 1 hour sessions to staff and volunteers across the system.  Please note that the venue does not dictate who can attend, just because we are using Lincoln hospital for example, doesn’t mean only ULHT staff can attend.  All sessions are open to all.   

‘You make a difference’ workshops for team leaders and managers – 4th November at the Showroom Lincoln. Sign up here.

Tommy’s Talk Tour – 4th November at Lincoln County Hospital; 5th November at Horncastle, Skegness and Boston; 6th November at Spalding and Grantham.

Please note that ALL of the sessions are FREE TO ATTEND and open to EVERYONE, but only register for the one location that is most convenient to you.

To register to attend one of these sessions, click on the link below. 

We are expecting these sessions to fill up quickly and some have very limited capacity, so it is essential that you register early.   

To find out more, visit the It’s All About People website here!

Personalisation Team

The Personalisation Team are seeking people from across the health and care system in Lincolnshire to become personalisation trainers and to promote personalisation and strengths-based approaches via a train the trainer model. The role would suit someone with ambitions of working in training roles in the future and could use this experience for personal development.

(Please note this role will form part of your current role and will not have any financial recompense therefore MUST have your line managers consent before any application can be accepted)

• Have you attended Personalised Care and Support Planning or Shared Decision Making training and thought ‘I would love to do this’?
• Have you listened to the Podcast with Cat (Cardiac Rehab Nurse) and Amy (Midwife) and been inspired to become a trainer to your peers?  (Listen here to learn more about the role)
• Are you motivated by personalised and strengths based approaches and want to inspire others?

If so then read on:

Role:

• Deliver Personalised Care and Support Planning and Shared Decision Making training to peers across the health and care system in Lincolnshire; at least 1×3 hour session every quarter (co-delivery with a partner)
• Deliver any additional training as identified by the Personalisation team, eg Health Inequalities, Strengths Based Approaches etc..

Responsibilities:

• Complete a training programme which includes shadowing and being supported by experienced trainers and the Workforce Development Lead for personalisation
• Be passionate about personalised and strengths based approaches when delivering training
• Be able to inspire and motivate others by demonstrating the Five Foundations of Our Shared Agreement

Benefits:

• Receive support and resources from the Personalisation team
• Increase own knowledge, skills and confidence in personalisation and Our Shared Agreement which will positively impact your own work
• Engagement with other trainers and peers from across the system
• Enhance own and others personal and professional development

If this sounds like something you are interested in and you are someone who:

• Has experience and interest in personalised approaches?
• Has experience and interest in training and development? (not essential)
• Want to inspire others to work in a more personalised way
• Is a confident communicator who is able to hold the attention of the room (face to face or virtual)

Then please complete the expression of interest form and email to the personalisation team on lhnt.itsallaboutpeople@nhs.net alternatively email Alisonx.smith@lincolnshire.gov.uk to arrange an informal chat.

Lincolnshire Rural Support Network

We are excited to have secured funding to develop and deliver a new project aimed at young people in the farming community.

We are looking for energetic, flexible, and outgoing individuals with experience of working with young people to deliver our exciting new project Fit for the Future. No two days are the same at LRSN, so if you are looking for fun and variety in your working day, and you are passionate about supporting young people you may be just the person we are looking for.

Employment Type: 20 hours per week (including occasional evening and weekend hours).

Contract Type: Permanent.

Location: Home based, with requirement to travel.

Number of Vacancies: 2

About LRSN:

LRSN’s vision is that no one in Lincolnshire’s agricultural and horticultural community should face difficulty alone. LRSN has provided emotional and practical help to Lincolnshire’s agricultural and horticultural community for over 20 years. We are Lincolnshire’s listening ear, we understand and can relate to the problems faced by the agricultural and horticultural community in times of crisis, stress, and change. Our services are directed towards offering a hand of friendship and support without judgment, and an understanding that we all experience difficult times. LRSN walks with and empowers people to address the challenges that create barriers to them fulfilling their potential; helping them to get back on track together.

About the Role:

We are looking for individuals with experience of supporting young people to take up the exciting and newly created posts of Emotional Wellbeing Workers within the LRSN team. Emotional Wellbeing Workers will engage young people and young adults aged between 16 and 35 years, from within the farming, horticultural communities, and allied industries in our new Fit for the Future project. This is an exciting new project which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people within farming and horticultural communities, and allied industries.

Experience and Skills:

This is a highly rewarding opportunity for individuals with experience of working with young people and/or young adults to join our life-changing organisation.

Do you have:

• Experience of working with young people aged 16-35 years, and of delivering high quality services in a rural environment.
• Experience of delivering 1:1 support and working with young people/adults with emotional and well-being support needs
• Excellent communication skills.

For further information and to apply please follow this link.

Lincolnshire Mental Health, Dementia, Learning Disabilities and Autism Alliance

Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Community Transformation Programme

NHS health and care system partners in Lincolnshire have allocated funds to work in partnership with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations.

They would like to hear from you if you are a VCFSE sector organisation that would like to bid for funding to support us in delivering the following ambitions this winter 2024/25 in Lincolnshire: supporting adults who may have a mental health or social care need to self-care or access alternatives when they do not require a GP appointment, A&E, emergency ambulance services or other physical health urgent care services:

• Support adults with their mental health needs, including carers, through additional support to help them with their needs, especially if this means we can reduce the demands on our local NHS mental health services.
• Additional interventions to those already provided by Wellbeing Hub, Night Light Cafes and Community Connectors within their Integrated Place Based Team (IPBT) localities due to increased demands, or specific needs over the winter period. (You can find out more about IPBT’s here https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/our-services/adults/integrated-place-based-team-ipbt)

If you think your organisation may be able to help people in your community over the winter months (Nov 2024 – end March 2025).

They need to hear from you!

Please complete the below application form for funding grants, which are available in two categories:

1. Option 1 – Funding proposals up to £10,000 for winter pressures projects from VCFSE Organisations in Lincolnshire
2. Option 2 – Funding proposals up to £10,000 for warm spaces per IPBT area from organisations within the VCFSE who currently host a commissioned Community Connector / Wellbeing Hub.

You can access the application form for Expression of Interest here.

If you need support to complete this application, please contact members of the Lincolnshire mental health team who will be pleased to assist you in your application:

• Sara Brine – Head of Mental Health Transformation sara.brine1@nhs.net
• Janice Smalley – Contract Manager janice.smalley@nhs.net

Deadline for applications: 4^h October 2024

A Q&A session is planned on the following date to give interested VCFSE sector organisations an opportunity to ask questions about the funding available and the bidding process.

Tuesday 10th September 2024 at 12:30 Link to the event is here: Click here to join the meeting

We have worked with partners across the voluntary, community and faith sector to write an anti-racist statement, and an invitation to work together, in response to the protests across the UK.

The voluntary sector in Lincoln and Lincolnshire have been sadden by the events unfolding around the UK since the 29 July 2024 which has left streets damaged and neighbourhoods carrying the heavy weight of anxiety and fear. As a sector, Lincolnshire’s voluntary organisations and partners, will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities to celebrate and cherish diversity and friendship. We are encouraged to see thousands of people across the country showing that our society rejects xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia and that through these grey clouds of darkness there have been rays of inspiring positivity. Stories of calm, community spirit, and gratitude. Stories of care, clean ups and cookery. Stories of solidarity, unity and social justice. We understand that feelings and emotions will not disappear upon the end of demonstrations and there is work to do to rebuild trust and learn from these events, and many others that have led us to this place. We will commit time and resources, over the next few years, to hold space for learning and unlearning, for reflection and for recognition on our role, individually and professionally, to explore the tensions and challenges facing communities to be antiracist. Not just ‘not racist’. We invite community partners and those with influence locally to come forward to join us on this journey to rid our society of racism and hatred. To grow connection not conflict.

Join us, email: hello@localmotion.org.uk

Statement and invitation on behalf of: Sue Fortune, Chair of Involving Lincs, Paul Gutherson, Managing Director at Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team (LVET) and Ben Rollett, Chair of Voluntary Community Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Alliance in partnership with LocalMotion Lincoln.

It’s All About People podcasts are conversations with some of Lincolnshire’s champions of personalised care and person-centred ways of working – and you could be one of them!

Listen to recent episodes here or via your usual podcast app, or ask your smart speaker to “play the It’s All About People podcast”.

If your organisation or project can show how it meets one or more of the principles below and would like to be involved in a podcast, please contact us: hello@lvet.org or message via social media.

• We are prepared to do things differently, are open to change and learn by doing
• We understand what matters to our people, are non-judgmental and ‘make no decisions about you without you’.
• We work together for the wellbeing of everyone – we involve the people we support and their families, and we look after our staff and volunteers.
• We have conversations with and not about people, we actively listen, offer information and choices, and are open and honest.
• We make the most of what we have available – we recognise strengths and opportunities, and actively enable people, their families and communities to mutually support health and wellbeing.

Impactasaurus – Dan Reynolds Free Webinar – Additional Tickets Released!

We are really excited to be able to offer you a FREE online event with Dan Reynolds who joined us at our conference. There was high demand for this opportunity and we are thrilled that he has offered our members a free webinar on the 7^th of October at 2 pm.

Dan will demonstrate how to use the Impactasaurus Tool to measure your Social Impact in your soft outcomes.  

Impactasaurus is a user-friendly online tool designed to help charities measure and report on their soft outcomes. By creating tailored questionnaires and tracking beneficiary progress, charities can gain valuable insights into their social impact. Measuring impact not only enables organizations to showcase their effectiveness and drive meaningful change but also helps attract funding. Completely free to use, Impactasaurus simplifies impact assessment, empowering organizations to maximize social good. Join us in harnessing the power of data with Impactasaurus.

Find out more and register you place by clicking the Eventbrite link here!

Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team and Lincolnshire Community Foundation

Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team, working in partnership with Lincolnshire Community Foundation, are proud to announce the launch of an innovative Food Need and Provision Mapping and Fuel Need Project. The launch will be held online on the 15^th of July at 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm. Click the Eventbrite link to register to join the meeting. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-and-fuel-needs-and-food-provision-mapping-tools-launch-tickets-942057668847

Using the comprehensive Lincolnshire Visual Intelligence System (LVIS) mapping tool, devised and created by Lincolnshire Community Foundation the user is able to identify where food need and fuel need is greatest and overlay this with the locations of current food provision across Greater Lincolnshire. Find out more about LVIS here.  

The platform is designed to support local, statutory and non-statutory organisations, and the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, in identifying gaps in food provision, where need is greatest and to work together to develop effective strategies and planning for future food provision. This in turn will alleviate pressures on Fuel Need allowing household finances to be directed elsewhere.

The mapping project, which leverages data from various, reliable, open sources, gives a detailed visual representation of food insecurity hotspots and existing food resources. It will revolutionize the way we address food insecurity in Lincolnshire.  It clearly shows where food and fuel needs are greatest and where food providers are currently operating, allowing for the most effective allocation of resources and support to communities across the county.

The project is a fantastic example of partnership working where Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team and Lincolnshire Community Foundation have worked in collaboration with Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership and Fareshare to co-create this freely available resource.

Chris Haydon, from Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership said, “We’re really pleased to have sophisticated, ultra-local level data available to underpin our map of food provision across the region. It will help us to put each provider into some local context as well as potentially helping us to pair up similar areas, to share their experiences. Beyond that, seeing any under-served but in-need villages and towns might inspire local communities to think about what they can do to help.”

The mapping tool will be free to use and accessible to all organizations involved in food provision, from small VCFSE’s to local government agencies, enabling a coordinated approach to tackling food insecurity.

Sue Fortune, CEO of Lincolnshire Community Foundation, quoted, “I’m pleased that Aaron Bailey, our Data Research Officer, has been able to assist colleagues at Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team by creating this additional resource that can be used to identify existing and emerging need in relation to food and fuel poverty.  More importantly, partners will be able to interrogate the data and develop effective means to support those in need.”

Paul Gutherson, Managing Director of LVET, said, “This project is a great bit of collaboration between Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team and Lincolnshire Community Foundation. It helps us to better understand not only where need is at its greatest but also where voluntary, community, faith and social enterprises are providing support for people in food or fuel need. As this develops we hope to be able to add more richness to the picture painted by this tool, including the type of support available. It is exciting and potentially useful to so many people including commissioners, funders, VCFSE groups as well as people looking for support.”

For more information about the Food Need and Provision, and Fuel Need Mapping Project or to access the tool, please visit https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/ or https://lvet.co.uk/ .  Or contact Teri Dimbleby at teri.dimbleby@lvet.org or Claire Edwards claire@lincolnshirecf.co.uk

About Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team

Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team [LVET] is a collective of voluntary, community, faith-based and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across Lincolnshire, who have a focus on health, care or wellbeing. Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team (LVET) is a CIC, jointly funded by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and Integrated Care System (ICS) as the conduit between statutory services and the voluntary and community sector.  Lincolnshire is a big county, with different challenges and opportunities that impact on people’s lives.  LVET works with the VCFSE sector to make the most of those opportunities available and to make sure that challenges are recognised, understood and tackled by all who can influence change. 

About Lincolnshire Community Foundation

Lincolnshire Community Foundation is the County’s leading independent grant maker.  We were founded in 2002 to improve the lives and wellbeing of ordinary people throughout Greater Lincolnshire and seek to achieve our mission through building long term endowment, grant making, social investment and providing practical advice and support: we listen, convene, collaborate, co-create and fund.  The Foundation has distributed over £21M to over 4,000 charities, community groups and organisations throughout the County as well as supporting individuals affected by flooding, the cost-of-living crisis, those who are unemployed etc.  Grants have helped tackle issues such as child poverty, loneliness and isolation, food poverty, homelessness, access to services, addiction and unemployment.

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