The 2011 Census needs YOU! Help run the Census
Vacancy: Census Area Managers in Kensington and Chelsea
Employer: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census
Salary: Paid at £18.19 per hour
Employment period: 45 week contract, August 2010 to June 2011
Closing date: 2nd May 2010
On behalf of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Capita is now recruiting for Area Managers to help run the 2011 Census.
What does the role involve?
Area Managers will be responsible for managing
and co-ordinating the census operation in a large target area . Their primary focus will be to ensure the maximum number of people return their census questionnaires. They will need to establish links with local authorities and community groups and engage with specific target populations. He or she will be the primary contact for all local mediaenquiries in their area and will act as local media census spokesperson, when appropriate. Media handling training will be provided. Area Managers will also be responsible for managing and monitoring a team of up to 15
Census Co-ordinators who in turn manage teams of up to 15 field staff.
What is the census?
In England and Wales the census is planned and carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A census in England and Wales is run every ten years. Every household is asked to complete a census questionnaire. This information is used by ONS to provide population estimates which government, local authorities and other organisations use to fund, plan and deliver public services such as healthcare, education, housing and transport.
To apply go to www.censusjobs.co.uk
For further information please contact Melanie Marshman , Royal Borough of Kensington
Tel: 020 7361 2262 or E-mail:
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DUTY OF CANDOUR - PLEASE ASK YOUR MP TO SIGN EDM NO 1163
Tom Brake, MP has tabled this EDM calling for a statutory Duty of Candour with patients/families over incidents that cause harm in healthcare. Please urge your MP and any others you know to sign this EDM. As you know, no such duty currently exists and, to make matters worse, the new registration regulations for the Care Quality Commission make it a statutory duty for healthcare organisations to report such incidents (anonymously) to the National Patient Safety Agency, whilst explicitly omitting any corresponding duty to be open and honest with patients! Ministers have promised to review this bizarre situation, and so a large number of signatories to this EDM can really make a difference.
To see the text of the EDM and signatories so far, click here
For a sample letter that you can use to write to your MP click here
To see AvMA's briefing on the need for a Duty of Candour click here
(Re-posted by K&C LINk on behalf of AvMA)
Vote NOW! Three clicks of your mouse can really make a difference!
Please find the link below to the K&C LINk application for a ‘Bright Ideas Grant.’
Background:
We are hoping to secure £2,750.00 in additional funding to support our ‘dignity champions’ programme. This training and awareness raising programme will benefit all our sub-groups – disability, mental health, older people and cancer. We also hope to use the funding to target some of the ‘easy to ignore’ groups in the borough including people experiencing domestic violence, homeless people and ex-offenders.
The success of our application depends purely on us being one of the top scoring ideas on the site on Thursday. Voting closes at 12pm this Thursday, March 18th. We reckon that based on current voting we need approx 200 votes at five stars to secure the funding.
How to vote:
1) Please click on http://big.dh.gov.uk/node/248 or copy and paste this address in to your web browser
2) Anyone & everyone can vote by scrolling to the bottom of this page and under ‘Add your rating’ please click on the appropriate rating twice e.g. five stars if you think this is an excellent idea. (hopefully you do as you all helped to design it) Please note that you may need to click the star twice so that it reads e.g. ‘you rated this idea 5 star’ under the stars. This is confirmation that your vote has worked.
There is no need to register/log-in unless you want to leave a supportive comment.
All support would be very much appreciated. Three clicks of a mouse can really make a difference to this project and to the ability of LINk members to shape the services we receive!
Feel free to re-post this web address on your Facebook, Twitter pages etc.
Have your Say! LINk Membership Survey - complete by 23rd April
Tell us what you think of K&C LINk!
We would like you to take this opportunity to tell us what we are doing right, and what we can improve! Please take a few minutes to complete the K&C LINk Membership survey so we can find out your experience and views of being a LINk member.
There are only 10 questions and an optional equalities data page. Feedback from this survey will be used to make recommendations for changes within your LINk.
Please click on Kensington & Chelsea LINk Survey to complete the survey.
