Transport for Wales (TfW) currently have a voluntary unpaid vacancy for an Accessibility and Inclusion Panel Member, which is three hours a month, based in Pontypool and comes with free rail travel across TfW:

https://comeaboard.co.uk/ce0523li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=55383415pc&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=867157Hlk7

It is a good opportunity for an individual with lived experience to become involved, please see below for a brief overview:

“We are currently recruiting an Accessibility and Inclusion Panel member. Our Accessibility and Inclusion Panel is made up of up to 20 individuals with lived experience of all facets of disability and protected characteristics, providing representation of intersectionality within the disabled, deaf, neurodivergent and older people's communities.

Influencing TfW’s multimodal policies and infrastructure, panel members advise the business on how to best support customers with protected characteristics, as referenced within the equalities act 2010, to use our services safely, effectively and sustainably”

If you are interested in being part of this panel to ensure the voices of people are heard, please use the link above to find out more

Date: Thursday, 14^th November

Time: 10am – 11am

E-mail ctmsafeguarding@rctcbc.gov.uk to book onto this session

As part of Safeguarding Week, which takes place from 11^th – 15^th November, the ‘Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse’ is hosting an online session on ‘Improving the response to Child Sexual Abuse: The Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway’.

The Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway is an interactive online resource that sets out how to respond to concerns of child sexual abuse at key points: From first concerns and early help safeguarding through to child protection and criminal justice. It focuses on meeting the needs of children and their families and is designed to empower professionals to understand the role they, and their colleagues, can play to best protect and support children. What is unique about this pathway is that it doesn’t just tell professionals what to do, it helps them to understand how to do it.

The Response Pathway is designed for professionals working with children, each with their own safeguarding responsibilities and is particularly helpful for social workers, teachers, police officers, health professionals and those in the voluntary sector who work with children and families. It has been developed to supplement, not replace, existing statutory guidance and is carefully grounded in the principles of Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.

If you are a practitioner seeking to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in your response to concerns of child sexual abuse, this is a session that you can’t afford to miss as it will provide you with the most up to date evidence-based guidance at the touch of a button in helping you to do the right thing with confidence.

Beth Melhuish    07385 039608

 Communications & Engagement Officer, Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board

Online Information Session: Fibromyalgia

Are you waiting for a diagnosis, have a diagnosis or care for someone with fibromyalgia, then this event will help you understand more about the condition, it's symptoms, impact and management. There will be an opportunity for questions. Everyone is welcome!

Register at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/online-information-session-fibromyalgia-tickets

Room opens at 09.50am presentation starts at 10.00am. Please be on time. 

Our online information sessions are for adults with arthritis, MSK or related conditions e.g. fibromyalgia, lupus, gout. Also, for health care professionals and carers supporting people living with arthritis. They offer a chance to learn about managing arthritis and related conditions, hear from guest speakers and find out more about the support provided by Versus Arthritis in local areas.

Advocacy Support Cymru is hiring.

• Paid Relevant Persons Representative
• 2 posts available (37 Hours & 30 Hours)
• See current vacancies 
• To apply for these roles click here (37 Hrs) and here (30 Hrs)