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Request help for yourself or someone else

  • Extremely vulnerable residents in Brighton & Hove with no other support can now tell the council directly if they need help during the coronavirus pandemic by filling in an easy to use form. People can also fill in the form for someone they know who is in this situation and can’t get online themselves. The form asks for details of who needs help and what support is required. The information is treated in strictest confidence and used to help people as quickly as possible. The council asks that everyone who can use the online forms does so in order to keep phone lines free for those who have no alternative.

COVID-19 Vulnerabity Index

  • British Red Cross has developed a COVID-19 vulnerability index at Ward and Local Authority level. This covers demographic, clinical, economic and social vulnerabilities as well as other health needs and geographic isolation. Access to:

Information on what the index includes | Interactive map at Ward level | Interactive map at Local Authority level
Ward level CSV download | Local Authority level CSV download

 

Safeguarding

  • Temporary changes to the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) ID checking guidelines, including the introduction free checks, are being made as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Children and Young People

Online Tutoring

Below is guidance from South West Grid for Learning and CEOP for the Virtual School’s 1-1 tutors around using Skype, much of which is generic rather than application specific, and so can be adapted.  Some of these guidelines would apply to learners, not just teachers:

  • Only send documents via Skype not via email to students.
  • Please have a separate Skype account, don’t use your personal one
  • If using screen-sharing please ensure nothing else is minimised on your computer that is personal
  • Do not hold the tuition sessions in your bedroom and don’t allow the student to be in their bedroom either
  • Ask anyone else in your house to be mindful that you are holding a session and to keep noise levels down
  • Be in a well-lit environment with no personal photos or information visible
  • Only organise times of sessions with carers, no contact to be made directly with the student via any form of social media/mobile or email other than the Skype session itself
  • Please notify your organisation (preferably via a monitoring form) if other people are present in your house whilst your sessions are taking place
  • Tutor to notify their organisation of the name of the account they are using. It would be an extra safeguard to also notify of the name of the account used by the learner.
  • Be mindful that sessions might not last the usual length, due to unforeseen circumstances - there is a need to be flexible with students.

It is also recommended that organisations have a ‘code of conduct’ or similar for students as well as for staff.  These should be shared with parents/carers.  This may need to be adapted to reflect the technologies being used.

It is very important that organisations are confident about the technology they are using (e.g. see this article about Zoom) from a security/safety point of view.

 

Technology

Service Updates

  • Brighton & Hove Buses
    Coronavirus service disruption update - services are currently operating an enhanced Sunday service, with earlier journeys on most routes. Special timetables from 5 April now available.
  • Cascade Creative Recovery
    Our weekly creative groups have been successfully working online for a couple of weeks now and our Covid 19 facebook page is working well in signposting, providing information for substance misuse, online fellowship meeting list,  food access, mental health and general light-hearted stuff too. Anyone can join in on the page.
    We're sure that there are a number of people struggling around this time. It may be that  some people who may not have felt like it is, or ever was an issue, feel like they're drinking or using a substance too much due to these times and anxieties.  Anyone can use our facebook page where we are offering our support to these people as well as our usual recovery community.
  • Cranks DIY Bike Workshop
    Cranks is still  open but we are running on an appointments only basis, for viewing our for sale bikes and if you need to fix your bike. The easiest way to book an appointment is to phone the workshop on 01273 693477 so we can explain how we are working and ask you what you need. We cannot take on major overhaul jobs but we'll do our best to get your bike safe to ride if we can. Some of our for sale bikes are listed on Gumtree and Facebook. Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or find us on Facebook if you want us to send you a link.
  • National Careers Service
    We are a Government-funded organisation providing free support with: careers advice, redundancy, CV tailoring, job searching, and training / courses. Usually the service operates out of local job centres, however due to the current circumstances we are offering telephone appointments. The national number is 0800 100900, however we have a direct booking line number for the South East, which is 01329 559169. We hope that with your help we are able to reach out to the community and provide support to those in need. Facebook page.

Please see our Coronavirus Covid-19: Latest information and what you can do hub page for more information.