Monthly Bulletin October 2017 Please press control and click on the heading to jump to the article Parent & Child Additional Needs & Disability Carers Health and Wellbeing Domestic Abuse Groups Housing and Finance Training and Employment Training for professionals Useful links reports and surveys What’s on? October November Volunteering/ Job Opportunities Parent & Child
West Norfolk MIND are now running drop-in sessions as part of their young persons’ Supporting Transitions and Resilience Service (STAR). STAR provides emotional support for young people aged 17-25 who live in west Norfolk 31st October 28th November !9th December 3pm-5pm A of Mind King’s Lynn Saunders Yard Lynn#PE30 1QH Further information or tel 01553 772 952 Wellbeing Socials October 2017 Wellbeing Associates Workshops & Socials Date and Time: What and Where: Wednesday 4th October 5.00pm – 7.00pm Thursday 5th October 10.30am – 12.00pm Monday 16th October 5.30pm – 7.00pm Wednesday 18th October 11.00am – 12.30pm Thursday 26th October 3.00pm- 4.30pm Thursday 26th October Wellbeing Art Workshop Providence Street Community Centre, King’s Lynn, PE30 5ET No booking necessary, but priority will be given to people who have booked Coffee and a Catch up Chives Brasserie, 11 High Street, Hunstanton, PE36 5AB Coffee and a Catch up Sainsbury’s Café, Hardwick Industrial Estate, Scania Way, King’s Lynn, PE30 4LR Coffee and a Catch up Reeds Café, Nelson House, Bridge Street, Downham Market PE38 9DS NEW Coffee and a Catch up Swaffham Community Centre The Campingland Swaffham PE37 7RB Coffee and a Catch up
Training events are free! However, if you need supply cover, your agency will need to fund this. And a cancellation policy applies. Please complete a and return it to us by email at: West – Please note without a booking form we will be unable to book you onto the training. Training Courses We currently have some spaces on the following courses: 5th October Physical Harm - Lynn Innovation Centre 11th October Identifying Sexually Harmful Behaviour in Children & Young People Workshop South Lynn Community Centre 17th October Effective Participation at a CP Conference – Green Britain Centre Swaffham 18th & 19th Oct Reflective Supervision Two Day Course – Lynn Innovation Centre 1st November Graded Care Profile – Britain Centre Swaffham 17th November Safeguarding Children with Disabilities – Green Britain Centre Swaffham 29th November Emotional Harm – Green Britain Centre Swaffham Also available 13th & 14th Nov CSA Two Day Conference – Dunston Hall, Norwich. Booking for these events is via the NSCB online booking system: Confirmation of places will be given by return email. Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board – 01603 224228 Sensory OT and Me During the National Occupational Therapy Week, you are invited to a free event on Monday 6th November From 12 noon to 3pm In the Vancouver room at the Dragonfly Hotel Beveridge Way, Hardwick Narrow, King's Lynn PE30 4NB This free event is a chance to meet your local independent, sensory trained, occupational therapist who is providing interventions for children and young people who are experiencing a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties in the local West Norfolk area. Over lunch you will have an opportunity to explore and consider the contribution Sensory Based Occupational Therapy, and Sensory Integration Therapy can make within the wider multidisciplinary approaches to children and young people’s needs.