Who is this session for?

•  Does your child have additional needs?
• Are you feeling isolated and stressed?
• Would you like to learn new ways of helping YOURSELF to cope with the day to day stresses of life with a child with additional needs?
• Would you like the chance to meet other parents in similar situations to yourself?

Then this session is for you..

NHS Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees Commissioning Groups are running a practical, relaxed session on helping you with new ways of managing how you feel and how you cope day to day.

This is NOT a behaviour management course, this is about you as a person, not as a mum or dad or carer, but you as an individual.

The session will last for 3 hours in total. There will be time to mix and meet people, time to learn practical things that will help you develop new coping mechanisms, and time for a relaxing drink and a chat.

To book onto a session please ring Janette Darwin 01422 261300, or email her on Janette.darwin@swyt.nhs.uk you can also book online the URLs of each event are below Just click and reserve your place

 Numbers are limited so please if you cannot attend let them know as soon as you can. Dates and times are below

Your facilitator for the session is Christine Mclean, who is a very experienced author, speaker and coach for the NHS and local government on resilience, managing change, and the development of inner strength to manage life’s ups and downs. She is a nurse and midwife by background and is passionate about helping people develop useful coping skills in difficult times.

She has been commissioned to design and deliver this especially to support parents of children with disabilities.

Dates, times and venues for each session:

Comments from parents who have attended previous sessions:

 ‘Gave me space and a structure to think differently’

 ‘Helped me realise that I am doing my best and I am a good mum’

 ‘Helped me have more confidence in myself’

 ‘Gave me chance to think about me and how I develop coping strategies when things get tough’

Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees Commissioning Groups are involving patients, carers and stakeholders in decision-making about local health services.  They have already held a number of events during 2014 about the the Care Closer to Home programme in the North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield areas and what a new model of healthcare might look like.

Following this engagement with patients, carers, the public and key stakeholders, they have developed an integrated service model. It includes service specifications which outline how they want community services to be delivered and what outcomes the new model of service will need to achieve.

The existing contract for community services is coming to an end so both CCGs have started a procurement process to agree who will deliver the new community services.

An update event is being held on:

Thursday 12 February 2015, 10.00am – 12.00pm at the Textile Centre of Excellence, Red Doles Lane, Huddersfield HD2 1YF 

Or

 1.30pm – 3.30pm at Batley Town Hall, Market Square, Batley WF17 5DA

At the event they will review how people’s views were used to develop the new models of care and service specifications; and identify how engagement with local people will continue throughout the process to establish the new community services model.

 It is likely that local organisations may be involved in the tender process in some way for example they may be a partner or sub-contractor of one of the organisations. We are therefore asking all attendees to consider whether they may have a potential conflict of interest.

A conflict of interest can occur in many circumstances for example:

• If you or one of family members work for one of the organisations
• If you are involved with the organisation in any way for example you sit on the board are a fundraiser or part of one of their patient / carer groups
• Where you would receive some benefit from the organisation being awarded the contract

If you wish to attend the event can you please complete the closer care to home booking-form-12215 and return to Zubair.mayet@nhs.net  by Monday 9 February.