Cumbria Mental Health Group

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On the 23 June 2010 I attended an excellent conference “Lifting the Lid on Stress” A National Mental Health Conference on the subject of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Southend Mind.
Presentation and Workshop documents

For more details on PTSD visit http://www.mind.org.uk/search?q=ptsd&x=4&y=1

For more information on Living and Coping with PTSD, visit www.ptsduk.co.uk

Cumbria Mental Health Group would like to hear from people interested in a temporary job as Development Worker.

This post is to support Mental Health Service Users and Carers becoming involved in our work for the greater part of Allerdale and Copeland District Council areas.

Enjoying meeting the mental health community is vital.

Knowledge of the working of statutory and voluntary mental health services in West Cumbria would be desirable.

We are a charity contracted to encourage and enable Service Users and Carers to influence the way in which services are planned and provided.

The post is part time, 22 hours per week.

Salary £15,000 – £19.370 (pro rata) plus mileage allowance.

Post will be based in Whitehaven or Workington – arrangements to be confirmed.

Start date –As soon as practical.

Due to a recent successful grant application from Comic Relief we need to look at our strategy which has created the above temporary three month vacancy.

Job satisfaction is from helping others make a difference.

Ring 01539-737012 or 07836-200253 for discussion and application pack or email jim.bradley@cmhg.org.uk

Closing date 12 July 2010

Posts in this Category are about Mental Health and Older People and Dementia.

The lead for this Portfolio is Sarah Roberts.

Please make your Posts in the relevant Locality Category (ie: Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, Furness, South Lakes. If it is a Cumbria Wide comment, issue, news, report etc then Post it in Cumbria.)

Posts in this Category are about Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System.

The lead for this Portfolio is Evelyn Bitcon.

Posts in this Category are about Mental Health and the Benefits System, Finance, Personal Budgets etc.

The lead for this Portfolio is Jess Stam.

Please make your Posts in the relevant Portfolio Category (ie: Criminal Justice System, Financial Inclusion, etc)