Please see link for latest government school guidance;
Care Network Offer Of Responsive Support Services for Covid-19
For those who are self-isolating or social distancing due to being categorised as vulnerable, CNC will deploy an emergency response service as follows:
- Staff and volunteers calling people, who are self-isolating and would benefit from a regular wellbeing call
- Community Navigators to provide a triage service into the voluntary sector – we will be holding and updating details of local voluntary sector and community capacity to help wider system manage capacity and need.
- Staff to provide support with shopping up to that value of contactless payment, for clients who have no other means to access food.
- Volunteers or staff able to drop off medical supplies or prescriptions
- Outreach telephone support to migrant communities (please contact: [email protected])
- Care Network to move to 7 days cover until social distancing measures are recalled. Monday – Friday: 9am-5pm, with volunteer wellbeing support available between 8am-8pm. Weekend support: 10am-4pm, with volunteer support as above
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough – The process for delivering responsive food shopping or the delivery of medical equipment or supplies is:
- Client to call: 01223 714433 with food shopping list, they will need: to confirm why self-isolating or social distancing and that they cannot access food shopping via any other route. How much food they have left and when they would ideally like the food shop to be done. Confirm if they have a contactless bank card that they are happy for CNC staff member to use.
If calling to request delivery of medical supplies / equipment please provide: recipent name, contact details, what assistance is required, where this to be collected from. Any other relevant information - CNC will identify if can meet need, call back client to confirm name of staff who will be coming to support (for shopping) or name of volunteer (for medical supplies etc). If we are not able to help we will seek permission to source support elsewhere
All social distancing infection control procedures will be followed at all times – please see attached.
Telephone and Wellbeing Support – Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
For wellbeing support calls, referrals can be made directly by client or other professional, with prior consent of client to share their contact information. Please call 0330 094 5750. Volunteers can provide a light touch approach and schedule calls to check and chat. We have a team of wellbeing support staff who can upport people who are experiencing negative impacts on their wellbeing due to self-isolating and social distancing.
Primarily the support will be to enable people to still feel in contact with others, where needed information will be give to support people with reframing techniques so that they can improve resilience as well as discussing self-care. Volunteers and staff will be able to refer clients for shopping support should it be required.
Triage Service into Local Voluntary Sector Cambridgeshire
Please call our Community Navigators teams on:
Fenland: 01354 695208
East: 01353 659639
Cambridge City: 01223 300460
South Cambridgeshire: 01954 212100
Huntingdonshire: 01480 423065
We can facilitate this for Peterborough also if required
Dear Colleagues
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership have created a temporary jobs page on the LEP website that you may wish to bring to the attention of your students. The page compiles vacancies with organisations who are trying to recruit additional staff in order to continue to operate during the current Covid-19 situation across the East Anglia region.
Vacancies include those at supermarkets, such as Tescos, Morrisons, Aldi and East of England Co-op; food producers such as Bernard Matthews; various vacancies in the care sector, and fruit and crop picking and packing. https://newanglia.co.uk/employment-opportunities/
Coronavirus Information for Single Parents
We know many single parent families are worried about the impact of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, on their families. This page collects together information that is especially helpful to single parents.
You can also read:
- our coronavirus FAQs page for answers to common questions.
- the latest government guidance.
- the latest NHS advice.
For practical advice, you can contact our expert advisers on our Single Parent Helpline. Our helpline will continue to operate as normal and information on the opening hours is available here. Please understand we are receiving a lot of calls so it may take a long time to connect you.”
https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/coronavirus/
MindEd is a free learning resource about the mental health of children, young people and older adults.
“MindEd for Families – children and teens
Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Do you just want some hints and tips on parenting? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to best support your family, and how to take care of yourself. MindEd for Families is written by a team of specialists and parents, working together. You do not need to register to use these resources.
For Older People
Are you concerned about the mental health of an older family member, parent or grandparent? Or are you concerned about your own mental health as you get older? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to take care of yourself, and your family. MindEd for Families is written by a team of specialists and older people, working together. You do not need to register to use these resources.”
https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/
COVID-19 Information in Community Languages
www.nhs.uk/coronavirus is the definitive source of up-to-date guidance, in plain English
Written Information:
Doctors of the world – written information in 36 languages with more being added
https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/
Public Health England (a smaller range of languages and Easy Read)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
Roma Support Network has this video on their website https://youtu.be/lL1blJJeITk – but also refer to DOTW .
Migrant Information Hub – COVID-19 Information for Migrants in Yorkshire and Humber: migrantinfohub.co.uk/multilingual-resources includes brief key stay at home messages in different languages
Spoken information:
Ask Doc BAME Health organisation in Greater Manchester has developed spoken covid-19 advice based on NHS England advice. New languages shared via Twitter @askdoc1. You are more than welcome to share these resources.
Bengali
French
https://youtu.be/0AY_BzKh2RQ
Turkish
https://youtu.be/3JcVuSWGq34
Spanish
https://youtu.be/oIsQcL-NU6Q
Mirpuri
https://youtu.be/xWUySSQDHSw
Mandarin
https://youtu.be/A9yHzkv_Xeo
German
https://youtu.be/C2tlEt7d8lk
Farsi
https://youtu.be/ttUeLYFwxfY
Urdu
https://youtu.be/_4Z38vtMVDc
Punjabi
https://youtu.be/DU_Ztmp93Ho
Peterborough City Council have produced these spoken versions of the current stay at home advice in different languages (and they have been shared by Bradford Council too)
- Arabic – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Chinese – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Farsi – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- French – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Gujarati – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Latvian – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Lithuanian – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Polish – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Portuguese – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Punjabi – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Romanian – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Russian – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Shona – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Slovakian – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Spanish – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Swahili – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Tefug – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
- Urdu – Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health message
Race Equality Foundation Blog about BAME people and COVID-19
https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/health-care/coronavirus-information-and-resources/
Muslim burials of COVID-19 deceased:
An infographic has been produced with guidance around Muslim burials for those who passed away due to COVID-19. This includes guidance on who should attend and social distancing. Please share. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0bb66_ff668e1de96244dc8c45b6f85d302b86~mv2.jpg
Easy Read and BSL Information about COVID-19:
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101/resources/5080 Hand washing guidance in Easy Read, Larger Print and BSL
https://www.easy-read-online.co.uk/erdocs/easy-read-online/ Easy Read version, including the recent Stay at Home rules
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
BSL Self Isolation advice from Public Health England: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101/resources/5094
Free to access Easy Read and British Sign Language interpreted information and video from Braford Talking Media
Bradford Talking Media have produced easy to read and British Sign Language interpreted material, audio files and video resources about social distancing, Covid-19 symptoms, social isolation and looking after your mental health during isolation. They are free to access and can be used to support service users and their families who have hearing impairments, learning disabilities or anyone who needs information in an easy to read format. https://www.btm.org.uk/resource-category/accessible-information-about-coronavirus/
Information for other groups of people
NHSadvice on coping with stress and ten tips to help if you’re worried about coronavirus
Mental Health Foundation advice on looking after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
Age UK Coronavirus information huband practical ways you can help older people
Campaign to end Loneliness blog on Coronavirus and Social Isolation
Mental health charity’sMind’s guide to Coronavirus and your wellbeing
Alzheimer’s Society has produced information about COVID-19 for people affected by dementia https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/coronavirus-covid-19
Maternity Action have produced some useful COVID-19 FAQs about rights and benefits during pregnancy and maternity https://maternityaction.org.uk/covidmaternityfaqs/
The Children’s Commissioner has produced some resources for children: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/coronavirus/
Public Health England has produced information about COVID-19 and Domestic Abuse https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-and-domestic-abuse
NHS England/Improvement’s guide to caring for people with Learning Disability, Autism or both during the COVID-19 outbreak https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0031_Specialty-guide_LD-and-coronavirus-v1_-24-March.pdf
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Coronavuris (COVID-19): Closure of education settings: information for parents and Carers
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications
DWP Partnership update 16/04/2020
DWP Partnership news wc130420
COVID-19 CountywideCommunity Reference Group Meeting Presentation
COVID-19 Countywide Community Reference Group – Meeting 2.0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board
community volunteers safeguarding trainingCambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board
Identifying Child Abuse 2020 (1)Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board
Safeguarding Children from Neglect – For ParentsCambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board
Toolbox of information and resources – adults safeguardingCambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board
Toolbox of information and resources childrens safeguardingCambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board
What is Abuse (2020)Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board
Your role as a Carer (2020)
CQC Guidance on DBS Checks and other recruitment checks
https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/all-services/covid-19-interim-guidance-dbs-other-recruitment-checks
SCIE Coronavirus Advice for Social Care
https://www.scie.org.uk/care-providers/coronavirus-covid-19
Family Action – Family Hotline
FamilyLine Launch 4pp A5 -
Rainbow Saver handout during closure
Rainbow Saver handout during closureRainbow Saver if referring
Rainbow Saver info needed if referring
Food:
Morrisons telephone shopping has launched new services:
Morrisons Customer Services team have set up a dedicated elderly and vulnerable phone line for those customers to place an order over the phone.
They can choose from a Food Box (please see the link) https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/boxes
or place an order from a selection of 45 essential groceries for doorstep delivery. You can add pet food etc to the order. (this is not online at the moment).
The order is then matched to a local store who picks the order and delivers it directly to the customer the following day.
This will be available in all stores from today!
If you have friends or family in need of this help and are unable to shop instore, please ask them to call 0345 611 6111 and select option 4 to order a Food box or 5 to place an order for Doorstep delivery.
The order will take 24 hours to process, and payment will be taken through a contactless card by the delivery driver. No contact with the driver will be made and the machine will be placed on a wall etc for people to put their cards into.
This service is available 8-4pm Mon-Friday excluding bank holidays.
Pet Care
Coronavirus: Government clarifies guidance on exercise (9 April 2020) – National Autistic Society
We are really pleased that the Government has listened to the voices of autistic people and their families and amended national guidance on how often some people can leave their home during the coronavirus outbreak.
The rules originally said that no-one could leave their home for exercise more than once a day, and they had to stay close to home. We told the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) that going outside for exercise is very important to the health and wellbeing of many children and adults on the autism spectrum. Sometimes, autistic people may need to go to quieter places, away from other people, even if these places are further away from their home. They may also need to be accompanied by a carer or support worker who is not someone they live with.
People got in touch to tell us that they were worried about this. Some said they had been stopped by the police for going out with carers, or judged by members of the public for going out too often. We shared these experiences with the Government, along with other charities and campaigners. Lawyers acting for two families with autistic children also challenged the Government on this.
The Government has now published new guidance making clear that, if you’re autistic or have a learning disability, you can leave your home more than once a day and travel beyond your local area if this is important to your health. If you need carers with you, they don’t have to stay the two metres apart from you that is usually required by social distancing. However, it is still important to be careful and only go out when you really need to, to reduce the chance of getting ill or infecting other people.
We have told the Government that they must now make sure that the police know what the guidance says about autistic people, so that people aren’t challenged inappropriately or made to feel unnecessarily anxious.”