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Vacancy: MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER

NHS Mental Health Practitioner NHS Scale Band 6, Point 21 – 29, £26,302 - £32,225 Location: Wakefield and Leeds Fixed term contract until 31st March 2018 Download Mental Health practitioner Job description Download Mental Health Practitoner Person Specification To apply please use this link – Mental Health Practitioner - Touchstone Closing date – 19th August at 12pm

2020-04-17T10:18:14+01:008th August 2016|News, Partnership|

Sadee Smile success

Touchstone has been successful in securing funding from Leeds City Council Public Health to run the BME type-2 diabetes project, Sadee Smile, for another two years. This will build on the successes of our Sadee Smile pilot,. We will continue to work with Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust to deliver this project. Touchstone’s multi- lingual team of staff will deliver a series of structured 8 week education programmes, which we

2020-04-17T10:18:07+01:008th August 2016|Diabetes, News|

Cook 4 Life course for men in East Leeds

Free 6 week Cook 4 Life Sessions for Men Cooking on a budget Simple healthy recipes Cooking tips (how to save money) Improve skills and knowledge Fun cook and eat sessions Starting Thursday 11th August 1pm till 3pm at East Leeds Health For all 41-47 Cromwell Mount, LS9 7ST (opposite Freshways) Please Call Wendy on 0113 2484880 for More information. We can also arrange cook 4 Life sessions for established groups.

2020-04-17T10:18:06+01:004th August 2016|Events, News|

Evaluation of community diabetes course

Seeking to improve diabetes awareness in the South Asian community (where the condition is particularly prevalent), Touchstone joined in partnership with Leeds Community Health NHS Trust to deliver Sadee Smile - an 8 week course to help people understand and manage the condition. 11 courses were run in a variety of venues around Leeds, by staff who were able to communicate with participants in their native languages. When the course

2020-04-17T10:18:04+01:002nd August 2016|Case Study, Diabetes, Downloads, News, Partnership|

Asthma – don't forget your inhaler

NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has teamed up with Sacred Heart Primary School in Leeds, to produce a number of short video clips and two nursery rhymes to remind children not to forget their asthma inhalers during the summer holidays. According to Asthma UK, a national charity which aims to stop asthma attacks and ultimately cure asthma, has said there has been a rise in the number of

2020-04-17T10:17:38+01:0027th July 2016|News|

Touchstone to run LTC Self Management Sessions

Touchstone, in partnership with Leeds Community Healthcare, QISMET and Sheffield’s School of Health and Related Research have been successful in securing funding for a 6 month project to run structured education sessions to support people living with Long Term health conditions in Leeds. Sessions are aimed at adults (18+) who are within 12months of having been diagnosed with a Long Term Condition, or who haven’t accessed any structured education before.

2020-04-17T10:17:25+01:0021st July 2016|News, Partnership|

Tour De Touchstone 3: Rio's Revenge

Touchstone Support is fundraising for Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Get ready for some more FUNdraising action with Tour De Touchstone 3: Rio's Revenge! On the 22nd July 2016, everyone will be invited to compete in 7 wacky events at each Touchstone site in the hopes of winning our First Place prize! Our nominated charity for this year is Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers who do

2016-07-14T09:01:58+01:0014th July 2016|Events, News, Partnership|

Stress Control Classes for Farsi Speakers

ایاشما از استرس یا مشکلات دیگری مانند افسردگی یا اظطراب رنج میبرید؟ کلاس کنترل استرس به شما کمک میکند که با استفاده از جدید ترین تکنیکهای درمانی بتوانید با این مشکلات برخورد کنید. کلاس کنترل استرس یک برنامه شش هفته ای هست که هر جلسه به مدت یکونیم ساعت میباشد. در طی کلاس شما با توجه به صحبتهای متخصص یکسری تکنیکهای جدید را یادگیری خواهید کرد. این کلاسها جنبه بحثی

2020-04-17T10:17:23+01:0013th July 2016|News|

Leadership Masterclass with Richard McCann – 22nd September

#LeadershipMasterclass with Richard McCann - @iCanInspire Richard McCann is a Sunday Times No1 Bestselling author. His first book, ‘Just a Boy’, has sold close to 400,000 copies and has been translated around the world. The BBC has made a film about him and he has an extraordinary life story. Brought up on the ‘At Risk’ register until his mother was murdered by the notorious Yorkshire Ripper, Richard went on a downward spiral.

2020-04-17T10:17:06+01:009th July 2016|Events, News|

Partnership In Action – Touchstone Community Support Team and Leeds South Community Mental Health Team

Back in March 2016 we welcomed Minja and Zellany, 2 Creative Practitioners from the South Community Mental Health Team temporarily to the Community Support Team. The aim is to create new alliances and partnership working across the CMHT and CST, develop new ways of working to supporting colleagues with caseloads and enable clients in their recovery. They were tasked to identify resources within the locality, strengthen the relationship between NHS

2020-04-17T10:17:03+01:008th July 2016|Blog, News, Partnership|