SANDWELL ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE

Presenting our new Television!

safss1986 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:06:19 +0000

Thanks to the law firm Irwin Mitchell, SAFSS Out-of-School are the proud owners of a brand new HUGE flat screen television!

Mandy Luckman from Irwin Mitchell LLP presents the new television to Neelam Pallen (Manager) and Rajvinder Shoker (Chair of the Board of Directors) from SAFSS.

Irwin Mitchell have been supporting SAFSS for a number of years and heard of the demise of our old television.

“The charity plays an invaluable role in supporting parents, carers and guardians in addition to the person who as a disability” says Rajbir Somel of Irwin Mitchell’s International Travel Litigation Group (ITLG), who has recently joined SAFSS Board of Directors. “We hope the television will go someway towards enhancing the lives of those for whom SAFSS cares.”

Photographs taken by and included with permission from Paul Thomas Photographic Limited www.ptpimages.co.uk

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Daytrip to Blackpool

safss1986 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:25:36 +0000

This year SAFSS annual day trip will be to Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Thursday 29th July 2010. All SAFSS families and staff are invited to attend.

Any child or adult who uses our services can attend the daytrip free of charge and can also bring a main carer who is free of charge. For any additional seats SAFSS are charging a flat rate of £7.00.

For further information and a booking form please contact Kam or Amar on (0121) 558 2198

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SAFSS awarded PQASSO Level 3

safss1986 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:16:49 +0000

SAFSS have been awarded the PQASSO Quality Mark at Level 3. The PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations) Quality Mark, highlights SAFSS’ commitment to efficiency, effectiveness and quality. The Mark was set up by the Charities Evaluation Service (CES) and enables the voluntary and community sector to assess performance.

Mark Davis (SCVO), Neelam Pallen (SAFSS) and Carole Harte (SCVO)

For more information about PQASSO visit: http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/index.cfm?pg=329

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SAFSS at the Compass Jobs Fair

safss1986 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:56:05 +0000

Hardeep Sandhu – Children’s Care Co-ordinator with an applicant at the Compass Jobs Fair

Thanks to everyone who came and met us at the Compass Jobs Fair. We spoke to over 100 people and managed to pre-screen 30 people for Care and Playworker positions here at SAFSS. So far we have recruited 3 new workers! We will keep you posted on any developments!

Aerial shot of the Compass Jobs Fair.

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Come and meet us!

safss1986 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:37:30 +0000

SAFSS will be at the Compass Jobs Fair, today, Monday 8th March 2010 at the ICC, Birmingham. Come and meet our staff at stand 14 and find out about the range of care vacancies that we have.

We are particularly interested in meeting individuals who are interested in working in domiciliary care (in both Birmingham and Sandwell) and Playworkers.

We look forward to meeting you!

Filed under: Domiciliary Care Service, Services for Adults, Services for Children, Vacancies

Getting on your bike

safss1986 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:05:10 +0000

One of our young men, Mohammed* who has mild-moderate learning difficulties stated in his support plan that he wanted to be more active in the community, to take part in more physical activities and wanted to learn to ride a bike. Our Adults Co-ordinator, Arathi and Mohammed’s worker Steven*, have been working with Mohammed to develop opportunities to make this happen and to meet his support plan.

Mohammed and Steven have recently joined the healthy walks programme, Sandwell Strides, as Mohammed enjoys walking and they also regularly play basketball. Linking in with the Cycling Programme at Sandwell PCT Mohammed has had his first cycling lesson and will now be cycling and having lessons regularly. His aim is to ride around the cycle routes in Sandwell with Steven.

Mohammed has also started attending a gardening club once a week and wants to start travelling around on the bus and metro.

SAFSS services for adults with disabilities are based on individual need and the individuals support plans. We can tailor our culturally-sensitive services to create opportunities for adults which can include care on an individual basis or in a group setting.

If you would like to know more about our services for adults please contact Arathi on 0121 558 2198 adults.safss@btconnect.com

*names have been changed for confidentiality reasons

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SAFSS Annual Review Online

safss1986 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:52:08 +0000

At our AGM on the 10th December 2009 the Board of Directors presented our new Annual Review for 2008-09. We are pleased to now offer this as a pdf on our website.

Alternatively, if you would like a copy of our latest annual review sent to you in the post please contact Claire on devmgt.safss@btconnect.com

SAFSS Annual Review 2008-09

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SUPPORT SAFSS

safss1986 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:49:23 +0000

SAFSS are registered with easyfundraising.org.uk. This website has more than 2,000 retailers offering hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes and for every purchase made, SAFSS receive a donation.

Our page can be found at: http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/Register/?char=6057

For further information please contact Claire on devmgt.safss@btconnect.com

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Dignity Champions

safss1986 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:41:37 +0000

All SAFSS staff are to sign up to The Department of Health’s Dignity Challenge. The initiative, led by Manager Neelam Pallen, will see all SAFSS staff and Board Members signed up by the end of the financial year.

The DOH initiative aims to stimulate a national debate around dignity in care and create a care system where there is zero tolerance of abuse and disrespect. Individuals sign up to become a Dignity Champion and make a statement about how they individually will challenge dignity in care.

To become a Dignity Champion sign up on www.dignityincare.org.uk or for more information please see

http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/dignityincare/

We look forward to reporting back to you on our progress with our Dignity Challenge. For more information on how SAFSS is participating in this challenge please cotact Neelam Pallen safss@btconnect.com or (0121) 558 2198

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Praise for Therapeutic Massage Training

safss1986 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:26:50 +0000

During December more of SAFSS Domiciliary Care Workers were trained in Therapeutic Massage by Una Peplow, Senior Physiotherapist from Sandwell PCT.

Una was impressed with our staff, so much so that she gave our Co-ordinators the following feedback “I would like to say the attitude and approach to training taken by your staff at my talk on Wednesday was inspiring. They showed interest throughout, were respectful, asked sensible questions and offered thanks at the end of the session. I will (sic) all my talks were accepted with this exemplary behaviour. Offer my thanks to all concerned.”

Our Care Workers will continue to work closely with Physiotherapists to support South Asian children and young people with disabilities in the home environment.

For more information about our domiciliary care service please contact Hardeep Sandhu on (0121) 558 21498 childrens.safss@btconnect.com

Posted in Domiciliary Care Service, Services for Children