PAVO Training Courses January - March 2017

Training Programme (January - March 2017) 

Preparing a Sustainable Fundraising Strategy
Thursday 12th January 2017 (full day)

Cost: £20 (PAVO members), £40 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £60 (All other/individuals)


Aims
This course will help organisations understand the importance and benefits of adopting a structured approach to fundraising in order to develop a sustainable income base.


Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will:
• understand what a sustainable funding strategy is and why they need one
• learn how to explore and extend their fundraising options
• be able to construct a realistic and sustainable fundraising strategy

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Working together for Service Delivery
Friday 13th January 2017 (half day)

Cost: £10 (PAVO members), £20 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £30 (All other/individuals)


Aims
To provide participants with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions about whether and how to work with other third sector organisations to deliver services.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the benefits and obstacles of joint working

• Identify some of the key practical considerations for joint working

• Assess the merits of different consortium structures

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Developing Trading Opportunities

Thursday 16th February 2017 (half day)

Cost: £10 (PAVO members), £20 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £30 (All other/individuals)

Aims

This course will offer an insight into how to develop trading opportunities

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• assess their potential for trading goods or services

• understand the processes involved in developing a trading idea

• develop a competitive advantage

• know where to go for further information, help and advice

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Staff Supervision and Appraisal

Wednesday 22nd February 2017 (full day)

Cost: £20 (PAVO members), £40 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £60 (All other/individuals)
Aims
To provide participants with the confidence to deliver effective supervisory relationships and staff appraisals


Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the benefits of supervision and appraisal to staff and the organisation

• Recognise the difference between supervision and appraisal

• Develop and implement appropriate systems for supervision and appraisal

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Financial Management

Thursday 9th March 2017 (full day)

Cost: £20 (PAVO members), £40 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £60 (All other/individuals)

Learning Outcomes

· Understand the concept of financial management and controls

· Be able to implement simple management techniques and controls within their organisation

· Be able to produce appropriate reports for their governing body

· Feel confident in ensuring their organisation works to good practice standards

· Know where to go for further information and support.

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Demystifying Commissioning

Thursday 16th March 2017 (full day)

Cost: £20 (PAVO members), £40 (Non PAVO members/Third Sector), £60 (All other/individuals)

Aims
To provide participants with an understanding of the commissioning process and how they might be involved.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• understand the commissioning process for social care services

• assess the areas where third sector providers can be involved

• understand tendering, and how it fits within the commissioning cycle

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Changes to the Third Sector Broker Service for Powys

Changes to the Third Sector Broker Service for Powys

Background

For the last three years PAVO has been providing an independent Third Sector Broker service in Powys operating out of ‘Powys People Direct’ (Powys County Council’s single point of access contact service for individuals needing support from social services). 

The Third Sector Broker Service handles referrals or requests from Powys County Council (PCC) and Powys teaching Health Board (PtHB) to obtain support from Third Sector organisations for people who may be in need of services such as befriending, shopping, advocacy, home adaptation, community transport, or support with specific health related concerns such as Dementia.

Additionally, the Third Sector Broker service participates in local GP surgeries, brokering access to Third Sector support for frail/elderly patients across the whole of Powys as part of the health board’s ‘Virtual Wards’ service model.

Since it was established the number of referrals into the Broker Service have risen exponentially and continue to increase; coming from social services, health board, Third Sector organisations, GP surgeries and also people self-referring to ’Powys People Direct’. This growth in referrals partly reflects a growing awareness and confidence in Third Sector services by public sector staff; a confidence which the Broker Service has helped to develop through its work.

Besides helping individuals gain access to crucial Third Sector services, the Broker Service is also progressively identifying areas of unmet need or gaps in service provision; evidence which is used to help inform the planning of public sector service commissioners and Third Sector service providers.

What is Changing?

Both PtHB and PCC Social Services are currently moving more towards community based services, provided by integrated health and social care teams based in local communities, along with multi-disciplinary teams based in community hospitals or other settings.

This process is already underway and will continue to develop further during 2017 and beyond, as the local authority and health board seek to strengthen their approach towards early intervention and the prevention of individuals’ circumstances deteriorating to a point where they need higher level services.

Additional learning Needs Reform

Additional learning needs regional events

 

Following the introduction of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill the Welsh Government will be hosting a number of regional events where you can find out how the Bill will affect you.

 

This is an opportunity to have your say about the proposed new system for supporting learners with additional learning needs (ALN) in Wales, and find out more about the wider ALN transformation programme.

 

These are free events open to parents and professionals from across the education, health and social services sectors.   More details and an agenda will be available in the New Year. For dates scroll down.

Free Accredited Skills Development for Young People

New for 2017! Young people under 25 will be offered funded places on Wales' Tall Ship.

The Wellbeing of Young People under 25

What does wellbeing mean to the young people you work with? A group have come together to gather the 22 most important issues to young people. This survey will help inform the way forward for services in Powys.

We encourage all young people to take a few minutes to watch the film and fill in the survey


Wellbeing Survey for young people under 25

New - especially for smaller third sector organisations

PQASSO Essentials pilot

PQASSO helps third sector organisations take a systematic look at what they do, identify areas where they are doing well and not so well, and decide exactly where improvements are needed.

PQASSO covers all aspects of an organisation's work including governance, planning, leadership and management, managing people, managing money and outcomes and impact. Once an organisation has implemented PQASSO it can apply for the PQASSO Quality Mark, the external accreditation for PQASSO, which shows that the organisation has achieved the PQASSO quality standard at a particular level.

PQASSO Essentials is intended to help smaller, third sector groups and organisations that:

• May never have reviewed their whole group or organisation and that want to do a basic 'health check' to know which areas they need to develop and strengthen
• Want to start to introduce and embed quality and continuous improvement in their work
• Need a framework to support the development of their group or organisation, and 
• Want to be more effective and efficient in how they work.

Find out more about the PQASSO Essentials pilot and register to take part.

To find out more about PQASSO and PQASSO developments in Wales please contact Heledd Kirkbride, PQASSO Engagement Officer at heledd.kirkbride@ncvo.org.uk or 07890 637865 | 029 2043 1716.

Third Sector Partnership Council Survey

The Third Sector Partnership Council (TSPC) Working Group has commissioned a survey to gather the views of TSPC network members on the strategic, cross-cutting priorities for influencing during the fifth Welsh Government. Feedback will help the TSPC Working Group to choose the two most popular issues to focus on for 2017/18.

I would be grateful if you could please forward this e-mail to your networks to ask members to take five minutes to complete a:

Survey on Priorities for the TSPC for 2017/18.

The survey is open from 12 December 2016 – 13 January 2017. The results will be analysed and considered by the TSPC working group in spring 2017 and progress will be reported through TSPC networks and via WCVA’s website and Network Wales magazine.

You can also read my blog about taking stock and forward planning for the Third Sector Scheme 2017/18.

Please get in touch directly if you would like to discuss further one-to-one.



Many thanks,

Judith Stone

Assistant Director Policy, Partnerships & Engagement / Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Polisi, Partneriaethau ac Ymgysylltu






Mae Gweithgor Cyngor Partneriaeth y Trydydd Sector wedi comisiynu arolwg i gasglu barn aelodau o rwydweithiau’r Cyngor Partneriaeth ar y blaenoriaethau strategol, trawsbynciol ar gyfer gwaith dylanwadu yn ystod y bumed Lywodraeth Cymru. Bydd yr adborth yn helpu Gweithgor y Cyngor Partneriaeth i ddewis y ddau fater mwyaf poblogaidd i ganolbwyntio arnynt yn 2017/18.

Byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe baech yn anfon yr ebost hwn ymlaen i’ch rhwydweithiau i ofyn i aelodau dreulio pum munud yn cwblhau:

Arolwg ar Flaenoriaethau’r Cyngor Partneriaeth yn 2017/18.

Mae’r arolwg ar agor rhwng 12 Rhagfyr 2016 a 13 Ionawr 2017. Bydd gweithgor y Cyngor Partneriaeth yn dadansoddi ac yn ystyried y canlyniadau ym mis gwanwyn 2017 a bydd y gwaith a wneir ar hyn yn cael ei adrodd drwy rwydweithiau’r Cyngor Partneriaeth athrwy wefan WCVA a’i gylchgrawn Rhwydwaith Cymru.



Gallwch hefyd ddarllen fy mlog ynghylch pwyso a mesur a chynllunio ymlaen ar gyfer Cynllun y Trydydd Sector 2017/18.



Mae croeso i chi gysylltu’n uniongyrchol os hoffech drafod hyn ymhellach.



Diolch yn fawr,

Judith Stone

Assistant Director Policy, Partnerships & Engagement / Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Polisi, Partneriaethau ac Ymgysylltu

Positive Pathways Powys

                                                Fancy winning an ipad?

Positive Pathways Powys is a group made up of secondary schools in Powys, Powys County Council, Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO), Careers Wales, NPTC Group of Colleges, Cambrian Training and Welsh Baccalaureate representation.

The group has been set up to ensure that all young people in the county are informed of the opportunities available to them after they finish compulsory education.
There are a number of avenues available to pupils when they finish Year 11, 6th form, college, apprenticeships, university, work experience, training, gap year, international placement, volunteering or armed forces.

To do this, the group will work together to provide opportunities to improve pupils knowledge of the post 16 options available to them so that they can make informed decisions about their lives. One of the first projects will be a Careers Festival at the Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd on March 8th 2017.

Positive Pathways Powys are looking for a logo to represent the group and we are asking secondary school pupils in Powys to design this for us.  The logo will be used in a variety of ways: posters, letterheads, banners so will need to be recognisable whatever size it is used at.
The pupil who designs the winning logo will be presented with an iPad at the formal launch of the group at the Careers Festival on the 8th March 2017.

Guidelines
• Please don’t include any of the group’s logos in your design
• Artwork should be submitted on A4 paper
• The logo will need to work in colour or black and white
• It will also need to be scaleable – the logo will be reproduced at a variety of sizes, including on           letterheads and banners.


How to enter?
Please forward a hard copy (ie on paper) of your artwork to Jayne Bevan at Powys County Council, Powys County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5LG by 31st  January 2017 together with the following information.

Name: ,.…………………………………………………………………………
Address:
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Date of birth: …………………..………………………………………………………

Which secondary school do you go to? ………………………………………………………..

I confirm that this is my own work.

Signed ………………………………………………………………………………….

Dated …………………………………………………………………………………

Hoffi’r syniad o ennill ipad?

Grŵp sy'n cynnwys Ysgolion Uwchradd ym Mhowys, Cyngor Sir Powys, Cymdeithas Mudiadau Gwirfoddol Powys (PAVO), Gyrfa Cymru, Grŵp Colegau NPTC, Cambrian Training a chynrychiolaeth Bagloriaeth Cymru yw Grŵp Llwybrau Cadarnhaol Powys (PPP).

Sefydlwyd y grŵp i sicrhau bod holl bobl ifanc y sir yn gwybod am y cyfleoedd dysgu sydd ar gael iddynt ar ôl iddynt orffen eu cyfnod o addysg orfodol.

Mae nifer o wahanol lwybrau ar gael wedi i ddisgyblion orffen Blwyddyn 11, gan gynnwys y 6ed dosbarth, coleg, prentisiaethau, prifysgol, profiad gwaith, hyfforddiant, blwyddyn allan, lleoliad mewn gwlad dramor, gwirfoddoli, neu’r lluoedd arfog.

Er mwyn gwneud hyn, bydd y Grŵp yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd i wella gwybodaeth y disgyblion am yr opsiynau ôl 16 sydd ar gael iddyn nhw fel eu bod yn gallu gwneud penderfyniadau gwybodus ynglŷn â'u dyfodol. Un o’r prosiectau cyntaf fydd Gŵyl  Gyrfaoedd ar Faes y Sioe Frenhinol yn Llanelwedd ar 8 Mawrth 2017.

Mae Grŵp Llwybrau Cadarnhaol Powys yn chwilio am logo i gynrychioli’r grŵp ac rydym yn gofyn i ddisgyblion ysgolion uwchradd Powys i’w ddylunio drosom ni.  Bydd y logo’n cael ei ddefnyddio mewn sawl ffordd: posteri, penawdau llythyrau, baneri ac ati, felly bydd angen iddo fod yn hawdd ei adnabod, beth bynnag fydd ei faint. 

Bydd ipad yn cael ei gyflwyno i’r disgybl sy'n cynllunio'r logo buddugol, yng nghyfarfod lansio ffurfiol y grŵp yn y Ffair Gyrfaoedd ar 8 Mawrth 2017.

 

                                                                

Canllawiau 

• Peidiwch â chynnwys unrhyw un o logos y grŵp yn eich dyluniad.

• Dylech gyflwyno’r gwaith celf ar bapur A4

• Bydd angen i’r logo weithio’n iawn mewn du a gwyn yn ogystal ag mewn lliw

• Bydd angen gallu newid ei faint – bydd y logo’n cael ei ddefnyddio mewn sawl ffordd wahanol, gan gynnwys penawdau llythyrau a baneri, a’i faint felly’n amrywio

Sut i fynd ati i gystadlu?

Anfonwch gopi caled (ar bapur) o'ch logo at Jayne Bevan yng Nghyngor Sir Powys, Neuadd Sir Powys, Llandrindod, Powys LD1 5LG erbyn 31 Ionawr 2017. Cofiwch anfon y ffurflen yma gyda’ch ymgais.

Enw: ..................................................................................... 

Cyfeiriad: 

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Dyddiad Geni: …………………..

I ba ysgol uwchradd ydych chi’n mynd? ……………………………………………………………………..

Fy ngwaith fy hun yw hwn, ac nid wyf wedi cael unrhyw gymorth i wneud hyn.

Llofnodwyd ..............................................................................................

Dyddiedig .............................................................................................

Last Reminder

Following requests from the network we are inviting you to

“2017 – What is in store for the new year?”

Wednesday 21st December, 10am – 1pm

PAVO, Unit 30 Ddole Road, Llandrindod Wells.

There will be a festive welcome, mince pies and presentations from both a national and local perspective, a chance to discuss what you hear and to give your views.

Speakers include: Geraldine Murphy, Children in Wales. Following the national Families First and Flying Start joint conference Geraldine will be updating us on the wider perspective .

Book now to reserve your space

To Book please call: 01597 822 191 or email : Darren.smith@pavo.org.uk

Minister's statement on Autism services

Rebecca Evans Minister for Social Services and Public Health

The Welsh Government is fully committed to working to improve the lives of children and adults with autism, their families and carers in Wales. We are aware of the challenges that people with autism and their families face every day and that it is crucial we ensure they have the support they need, when they need it.

We have today published a refreshed Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Strategic Action Plan. This responds to what people with autism, their families and carers have said is important to them. The aim is to ensure that adults and children with autism, along with their families and carers, have their needs understood in order to secure the support they require to achieve their own well-being outcomes and lead fulfilling lives. It clearly sets out the Welsh Government’s ambitions for both raising awareness of autism and ensuring public services work together to deliver effective care and support services for adults and children with autism.

To read the full statement: 

English:  http://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2016-new/58768805/?lang=en

Welsh:   http://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2016-new/58768805/?skip=1&lang=cy

Tros Gynnal - Temporary Service Manager

North, Mid and West Wales 

TEMPORARY SERVICE MANAGER £33,106 (pro rata)

Tros Gynnal Plant is looking for a temporary Service Manager to cover North, Mid and West Wales from 01.01.17 – 31.05.17.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to oversee a number of advocacy services and to contribute to the senior management of a dynamic organisation.

For more details and an informal discussion, please contact Sarah Durrant on 01545 571865. 

Place of work and number of hours to be agreed. Secondment requests will be considered. 

CLOSING DATE for receipt of completed applications forms: 12 DECEMBER 2016, 12:00hrs

INTERVIEW DATE: 21 DECEMBER 2016

Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability or racial origin. Tros Gynnal Plant welcomes applications from Welsh speakers.  Application pack from www.trosgynnal.org.uk, email: hr.admin@trosgynnalplant.org.uk or telephone:  029 2039 6974. 

Play Radnor - Development Officer Vacancy

Play Radnor wish to appoint a Play Development Officer. Utilising the capacity of the new Play Hub development in Llandrindod Wells the Play Development Officer will help communities to bring about social change and improve the quality of life for children, young people and families in the area.  

More information can be found attached - Job Advert Development Officer.

Exciting Opportunity for Research Assistant

We are looking for a Research Assistant to help us with our work. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding researcher. The vacancy is now open on the Cardiff University website – www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs. The vacancy reference is 5469BR.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Research Associate Dr Daria Luchinskaya and the programme director Michael Trickey. The Programme works closely with UK and Welsh think tanks such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Health Foundation, the Public Policy Institute for Wales and we are planning to add more organisations to this list in the future. The Programme’s goal is to produce independent and high quality evidence and analysis which can be trusted and informs public policy and debate in Wales about public services and public finances. The Research Assistant will have opportunities to contribute to publication in high quality journals and achieve a significant impact on policy decisions. Hosted by Cardiff Business School, Wales Public Services 2025 is a unique partnership between Cardiff University and five national bodies.