PKAVS Voluntary Sector News highlights training, events, and recruitment opportunities for those working or volunteering in the local voluntary sector. If your organisation or group wishes to place an advert, contact helen.mackinnon@pkavs.org.uk.
PUSH is a charitable organization, which promotes Person Centred
Planning as we work for inclusion for people with learning disabilities. We
are a small, dedicated and friendly team of staff and volunteers who work hard
to help people with learning difficulties, their families, carers and support
staff.
PUSH runs an information and enquiry service for issues relating to learning disabilities in Perth and Kinross and works within the community by linking with other organizations to enable support people with learning difficulties to take up opportunities for employment, social activities and learning.
PUSH offers training and awareness sessions to community groups, schools and organizations. We also provide training to individuals who may be interested in social care but don’t know what to expect and also to professionals who may want to learn more about Person Centred Planning and Employing someone with a disability.
We are looking for:
Volunteers - anyone willing to give up their time to help people with a learning disability or work in our office.
Donators - Visit and register for free at the following website and shop at many well known retailers, a percentage of your sale will be donated to PUSH. It costs you nothing other than the products you buy: http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/PUSH
New members - We run several groups and are able to help and offer support with a variety of issues.
Employers - willing to give a person with a learning disability a job, support will be provided.
People – who have an interest in learning difficulties and may have questions.
If you are interested contact stephen@pushinfo.org
Indigo Project Solutions has been commissioned by Disability Information Service in Perthshire (DISIP) to conduct research into the needs of people who have recently been diagnosed with a long-term debilitating illness or disability, and into the services required by people who have been living with a long-term illness or disability for a while. To complete the questionnaire, click link on the link above.
CVS training offers voluntary organisations the chance to get
expert advice on a range of topics that will help you to help even more people.
As well as using our own training and development team, we sometimes get outside
consultants in and all this at no cost to you!
CVS Perth & Kinross are
offering training in different ways in 2008. We shall still continue to offer
courses of general interest to the voluntary sector, but also offer bespoke
training to organisations with specific training needs.
In addition, since trainers Bob Gillespie and Colin Carr have now qualified as PQASSO Mentors (PQASSO stands for Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations), they will be delivering two sets of 2-day Implementing PQASSO training to those organisations receiving 20% or more, or £15,000 or more, of their annual income from / via Perth & Kinross Council (P&KC). P&KC are setting as a funding criterion that organisations with that level of funding from them must implement a quality assurance system, and PQASSO is their chosen system.
Look out for further details of training courses in the next edition of the Bulletin Board, on the PKAVS web site (www.pkavs.org.uk) and in e-mails from Bob or Colin. Other dates have been booked for training on Tuesday 14th August, Friday 26th October and Tuesday 4th December, but courses have not yet been decided. Rates for all-day courses will be £40 per person and for half-day short courses will be £20 per person.
If your organisation would like training for staff, volunteers and/or Management Committee or Board, please check the list of courses currently offered by CVS Perth & Kinross by clicking on the “CVS Training Courses” link above. Alternatively, telephone the CVS team on 01738 567076 for help.
Free Tax Credit Training from One Parent Families Scotland
One Parent Families Scotland is running another programme of training sessions for staff working with low-income families and lone parents. These half-day modules are intended for staff requiring an introduction to tax credits, including updates on recent changes and common problems faced by recipients. This training is suitable for staff who have limited or no knowledge of the topics – if you also require training at a more advanced level please ask if we can provide it or suggest other options.
This training is funded by HM Revenue and Customs in order to help staff in local family support and childcare organisations provide more effective advice and support to parents using their services. The modules have been devised by One Parent Families Scotland based on experience from our Lone Parent Helpline and our local support and childcare services.
Each training day starts with a morning session on “Introduction to Tax Credits”. This gives a basic overview of how the tax credit system works. Afternoon sessions will cover either “Childcare support within Tax Credits” that looks in some detail at the childcare element of Working Tax Credit or our new session on “Overpayments, Appeals and Complaints”. This training is for individuals who have some experience of the tax credit system and who represent clients.
Morning sessions run from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and afternoon sessions from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm. Trainees can attend both morning and afternoon sessions if required, although each session is a complete presentation of a topic. All training is supported by a full information pack and trainees receive an attendance certificate for each module.
LOCATIONS AND DATES
October 23rd 2008
AM: Tax Credits – The Basics PM: Childcare Support with Tax
Credits
Venue: Perth Museum & Art
Gallery, George Street, Perth
November 6th 2008
AM: Tax Credits – The Basics PM: Childcare Support with Tax
Credits
Venue: Motherwell Heritage
Centre, High Road, Motherwell
November 20th 2008
AM: Tax Credits – The Basics PM:
Childcare Support with Tax Credits
Venue: The 101 Project, 101 Whitfield Drive, Dundee
December 2nd 2008
AM: Tax Credits – The Basics PM: Overpayments, Appeals and
Complaints
Venue: Waterside Hotel,
19 Ness Bank, Inverness
December 4th 2008
AM: Tax Credits – The Basics PM: Overpayments, Appeals and
Complaints
Venue: Burnbank Centre,
Burnbank Shopping Centre, Hamilton