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ODEL Service User Involvement Officers Stuart Hughes and Karen Kelly with Greenbank residents, Gemma Meredith (who is also a volunteer at the Old Courthouse Café in Flint) along with Vicky Evans, Social Enterprise Development Officer with the ODEL Involve team.
A team of people who have previously benefited from housing related support are now helping others to move on to live successfully and independently within the community.

Flintshire County Council are working in partnership with 'ODEL Involve', part of the Pennaf Housing Group, to provide a low-level support service for anyone in the county who has received housing related support.

The services signposts people to a wide network of voluntary organisations and support agencies and also provides opportunities and help to access local volunteering, training and employment opportunities.

The ODEL Involve Team, who are based at the Old Court House Café in Flint, includes people who have themselves previously received housing based support and who know first-hand many of the issues faced as people move on to live independently.

"Problems don't simply go away when a person leaves supported accommodation and the ODEL Involve! Team are here to make sure that people don't have to face problems on their own," said Vicky Evans, Social Enterprise Development Officer who works with the ODEL Involve! Team.

"We can arrange to meet people here in the office in Flint, or in their own local area to save any transport costs and there's a 24 hour answer phone which ensures we'll get back to support people as soon as we're able," added Vicky.

Two of the ODEL Involve Service Involvement Officers, Stuart Hughes and Karen Kelly, visited the Greenbank Villas supported living scheme in Flint recently as part of a 'getting to know you' awareness-raising event.

"Joining the residents at Greenbank Villas breakfast club was a great way to build rapport and also to empower residents so that they know there will also be people to call on as they move on to live independently," said Louise Blackwell, Community Development Officer for Clwyd Alyn Housing Association who manage the scheme.

"We'd like to thank the Greenbank residents who provided a great welcome and enjoyed the bacon butties as well as really helpful discussion with the ODEL Involve Team. We'd also like to thank our partners at Flintshire County Council for funding this innovative initiative.

"ODEL stands for 'Opening Doors - Enhancing Lives' and the ODEL Involve Team are here to support anyone in Flintshire who has received housing related support in the past and who would like assistance in finding where best to access the help they need," Louise added.

The Leader of Flintshire County Council, Councillor Aaron Shotton, said: "Flintshire is proud to support this innovative scheme that utilises the skills of people who have experienced homelessness to help others and improve services in the county. ODEL contributes to Flintshire's strategic planning at Board level and has assisted with monitoring of services. There is real value in the contribution at this level and together we are transforming services for those people that find themselves at risk of homelessness."

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Former service users help support others

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ODEL Service User Involvement Officers Stuart Hughes and Karen Kelly with Greenbank residents, Gemma Meredith (who is also a volunteer at the Old Courthouse Café in Flint) along with Vicky Evans, Social Enterprise Development Officer with the ODEL Involve team.

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Brought to you by Personal Career Management in association with Guardian Jobs
How to use social media in your job search
Most employers and recruitment agencies today are using social media to source the right candidates, which means it should be a big part of your job search strategy.

On-line social network sites have become an essential forum to advertise your skills

and allow you to establish your social brand, network with people online, identify job opportunities, and turn those leads into real-life job opportunities.

Your CV is normally only seen by those to whom you have either sent it directly, or by recruiters who have paid for access to the candidate database of a recruitment website, so

by using social media sites in your job search you can increase the visibility of your professional profile and be seen by the wider world. It puts your skills and experience into the public domain and provides opportunities to network online with professionals from all kinds of different employment sectors.
LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a valuable tool in your job search as businesses, recruiters and head-hunters will use LinkedIn to search for candidates for particular jobs and then approach them directly.

If you are actively job searching it is essential that you have an up to date LinkedIn profile. Your LinkedIn profile is pretty similar to writing an online CV. However, the digital technology aspects of LinkedIn, offers some other useful features including Endorsements. Companies often use positive feedback from customers to persuade other potential buyers. LinkedIn takes this idea and allows you to include personal testimonials. Ask people you know, whether it is your manager, colleagues, customers, suppliers or friends to write a few positive words about your work capabilities on your LinkedIn page. You can make suggestions for the kind of thing you would like them to write. But the fact that another individual has taken the time to write positive things for and about you will be viewed by others as an indication of credibility and authenticity.

LinkedIn is not a replacement for a conventional CV but it has become a very useful, if not essential, complement to it. If you are, or aspire to be, in a professional role then you must join, as recruiters who receive your CV will check to see if you are also on LinkedIn. If you are not, they will assume that you are either technologically outdated or perhaps have got something to hide.

Twitter
Twitter is a public platform for people to post and exchange short messages. People use it to interact with other people or organisations they find interesting or useful, including attaching links or photos that they want to share with their Twitter community.

Businesses use it to promote their services, expertise and entice people to visit their website. When using Twitter in your job search, be professional! Twitter is a very informal medium but do remember that if you are trying to attract the attention of recruiters and others in your field, then you must represent yourself in an attractive and professional light.

You don't have to tweet yourself - you can just follow companies or topics and retweet. You can use your own tweets to show your interest in a particular career and tweet about current affairs in the sector you wish to work in.

Your Twitter profile should include a professional looking photo, an appropriate bio and a link to your CV, LinkedIn profile or website. Twitter is much more informal than LinkedIn or conventional CVs, but you should not underplay your skills and expertise.
Facebook
In April 2016, Facebook reported that they had 1.59 billion active users. This astonishingly successful social networking website allows users to create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages within its community framework. You can also join groups, organise events and share photos and videos.

Although it's a very informal medium and largely used by people for connecting with friends and family, it is increasingly being used by organisations for more commercial reasons. Many organisations use it to communicate with staff, customers and the wider public sometimes to get their comments and views. Some companies are also using it to recruit and vet potential candidates. On Facebook the boundaries between the personal and the professional can be very blurred, so make sure that you are always aware of what information about you can be accessed and by whom.

From a career perspective Facebook can be useful as it's an easy way to ask your personal connections for information and advice about your career or job search and can also provide a resource of information on both individuals and companies. The informal nature of the site, and its interactivity, means that you can often obtain information and communicate with employers in a way that may not be possible elsewhere.

A word of warning though! While social networking sites present excellent opportunities for recruitment, it also means that employers, both current and prospective, have become extremely sensitive to their employees' web-presence.

Before you post any information in your own name on the web, consider whether you would be happy to have this information published in a national newspaper where your family, friends, current and future employers could see it. If not, then change it.
Here are some of the benefits of using social media in your job search

You can apply for advertised roles easily and quickly

You are more visible to recruiters who are using social media to advertise their jobs and source candidates

You can build your network and engage with a wider audience across multiple social channels

You can create positive PR by presenting testimonials, endorsements and presentations of your work onto your social media accounts, blog and/or website

You can speak to recruiters, head-hunters and prospective employers throughout your job search by engaging with them across all channels in real time

Here is a summary of our top tips:

Ensure your social media profiles state that you are actively job seeking and the type of role you are interested in, make sure you use keywords so recruiters can find you

Follow relevant companies and individuals in your industry or network

Get involved in LinkedIn Groups related to your industry and let me know the type of role you are looking for

Initiate conversations with individuals and companies on any interesting topics related to your industry

Keep your personal updates and professional updates on separate social media accounts

Personal Career Management offer Guardian Jobs readers a free career review to assess your needs and to see which programme is right for you. If you're looking for help exploring your career options, reaching your career goals, and help with a practical job search strategy, call Personal Career Management directly on 01753 888 995 or fill in their online contact form.

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http://www.adviceuk.org.uk/turn2us-benefits-calculator/

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Here's some links to online safety information:

CEOP: https://ceop.police.uk/
Action Fraud: http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Get Safe Online: https://www.getsafeonline.org/
Think U know: Resources for different age groups, parents and carers- can be used to run age appropriate online safety sessions
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
Common Sense Media:
Age appropriate information and online safety advice- inc. books, movies.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Antivirus software:
CNET  has links to the latest antivirus software:
http://download.cnet.com/s/free-antivirus/free/

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How to use social media in your job search- DWP video

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How to use social media in your job search- DWP video

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If face to face support isn't available (NB: if a job seeker is receiving job seekers allowance or has a work coach they should always go back to them in the first instance to ask to be put onto a digital skills course)

GCFLearnFree: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics/technology/

BBC Webwise- http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/0/ - Useful resources but no longer updated.

Digital Unite:
https://digitalunite.com/guides/computer-basics

YouTube Tutorials - various.

Open University courses such as: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/succeeding-digital-world/content-section-overview

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University of Edinburgh information.

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How do you tell when information you find on the internet is reliable? Advice is provided to help you evaluate web content and decide if it's suitable for your research and study purposes .

Using the internet for research

Before using information you find on the internet for assignments and research, it is important to judge its accuracy and to establish that the information comes from a reliable and appropriate source.

Consider the following criteria and ask yourself the following questions:

Audience

Who is the website's intended audience? Academics? The general public? School children?

Does it appropriately address the target audience?

Is it relevant for your assignment or research?

Authority

Is the author identified? If the author has chosen to remain anonymous, ask yourself 'why?'

Is the author a person you recognise as an expert in his field?

If not, is there enough information provided to establish the author's credibility?

Is she qualified to write about the subject?

Can you find references to her elsewhere?

Is the author affiliated to an academic institution or credible organisation?

If the information is part of a journal or other online publication, you should try to establish the authority of that publication:

Is the name of the publication obvious?

Are contact details and 'about' information provided?

Do you recognise the name of the publisher?

Does it look like a professional publication?

Is there associated branding?

Is the publication referenced elsewhere?

Accuracy

Is it free from spelling errors?

Is the text well-written and grammatically correct?

Has the content been through an editing process or been peer reviewed?

Has the author included a bibliography?

Are the sources cited reliable and can they be verified elsewhere?

Are research methodologies adequately explained?

Objectivity

Does the author present objective arguments or make it clear when he is expressing biased opinions?

Are other points of view explored?

Is it a personal website? Does it express personal opinions?

Is the website part of a commercial organisation, a political party or an organisation with a specific agenda? If yes, question the motives for publishing the information.

Does the website promote a biased viewpoint?

Currency

Can you tell when the information was published?

Is the information up to date?

How frequently is the website updated?

Are the links up to date and working?

A good website will show when it was 'last updated' or give a clear indication of the timeliness of the information. Working links indicate the website is being maintained and updated regularly.

The URL

Look at the URL (web address) of the website. The domain name can help you establish if the information has been published by a credible source.

For example:

You still need to apply the same criteria mentioned above to establish reliability, and don't forget to check the information is up to date.

Reliable sources

The Library provides access to a variety of reliable online resources. Key places to start your search for academic material online include:

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Lots of videos on interview tips/job search tips etc.

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Welcome to Department for Work and Pensions YouTube channel. The videos featured here illustrate some of the work we do. We provide a variety of videos -from benefit explainers, case studies, job tips and more - to support those who use our services.

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How many times a day do you check into your social feeds? How many times do you hit refresh in one visit? Our need to be social can backfire on social media, when we accidentally activate the comparing mind, which is a source of much unhappiness. Of course, this can happen offline, too. But the toll looms larger online, with of all those perfectly curated images of people's lives inviting us to compare our insides to other people's projection of their outsides.

For teens and tweens, who are actually hardwired for self-consciousness, the constant comparing and curating, which used to end with the final bell of the school day, when kids could go home and put on their sweatpants, is a twenty-four-hour-a-day job. Socializing and social comparison begins first thing in the morning and ends last thing at night. Predictably, psychology research consistently shows that social media is making kids unhappier and more narcissistic.

The sheer volume and instant nature of digital media means that when we log in, we are drinking from a fire hose of emotional stimulus. We can be anywhere in the world and be met by friends' posts that trigger joy, resentment, sadness, laughter, grief, jealousy, and more-all within moments. None of us, adults or children, are wired to take in that much emotional content at once without reacting.

Research also reveals that social rewards and punishments feel the same online and off. If someone interacts with us in a positive way online, we get the same neurochemical rewards in our brain as we would in person. When we (or our children) are rejected or ignored online, we get the same feeling of rejection as we would in person. More interestingly, the sense of emotional attack activates the same part of the brain as physical attack does. Emotional pain is just as painful, just as real, as physical pain, whether it comes from the virtual world or not.

None of us, adults or children, are wired to take in that much emotional content at once without reacting.

So, can we teach ourselves, and the young people around us, to approach social media feeds with mindfulness, even occasionally?

Mindful Social Media

Yes, social media is contributing to a new era of adolescent (and adult) social stress, but when we accept that it is here to stay, we can also see it as a new opportunity for connection and mindfulness, if we build it. Mindfulness tells us there is insight to be found in anything when we approach it with mindfulness, and that even includes social media.

Try this social media mindfulness practice to explore what your favorite sites are communicating to your subconscious:

1. Find a comfortable, alert, and ready posture. Shrug your shoulders, take a few breaths, and bring awareness to your physical and emotional state in this particular moment.

2. Now open your computer or click on your phone.

3. Before you open up your favorite social media site, consider your intentions and expectations. As you focus on the icon, notice what experiences you have in your mind and body.

4. Why are you about to check this site? What are you hoping to see or not see? How are you going to respond to different kinds of updates you encounter? By checking your social media, are you interested in connecting or in disconnecting and distracting?

5. Close your eyes and focus on your emotional state for three breaths before you begin to engage.

6. Opening your eyes now, look at the first status update or photo, and then sit back and close your eyes again.

7. Notice your response-your emotion. Is it excitement? Boredom? Jealousy? Regret? Fear? How do you experience this emotion in the mind and body? What's the urge-to read on, to click a response, to share yourself, or something else?

8. Wait a breath or two for the sensations and emotions to fade, or focus on your breath, body, or surrounding sounds.

9. Try this practice with one social media update, or for three or five minutes, depending on your time and your practice.

Noticing how social media makes you feel can help you discover how to use it more mindfully. As you become more aware of the emotions you're actually inviting into your day when you visit social media sites, you'll be able to make better decisions about how often to visit those sites.

And, keep in mind, the science of social media is more complex than we might think. For example, research shows that the more we look at others' carefully curated social media status, the worse we tend to feel. But, the opposite is also true: if we look back at our own updates, we often see the positive aspects of our life presented and tend to feel better. So consider scrolling through your own updates sometimes, as you look at everyone else's.

Technology does not define us, despite social media trying to put us into categories and reduce us to a series of likes and interests. Examining and changing our own relationship to technology opens the door for us teach through example and to practice new ways of making technology foster community and wellness.

This article was adapted from Dr. Christopher Willard's book Growing Up Mindful .

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How many times a day do you check into your social feeds? How many times do you hit refresh in one visit? Our need to be social can backfire on social media, when we accidentally activate the comparing mind, which is a source of much unhappiness. Of course, this can happen offline, too.

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Access:
http://www.getonlineathome.org/
http://happus.eu/
http://www.nsapccare.co.uk/

Free WiFi in the local area:
https://www.wifimapper.com/

Help for job seekers:
http://safer-jobs.com/advice.cfm
Careers Wales: https://www.careerswales.com/en/
National Careers Service *NB: England https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/getajob/Pages/default.aspx
My world of work (Scotland)
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/

Resources:
SE Wales Job Centre Pinterest Account- lots of links to useful websites on all topics relating to job search https://www.pinterest.com/sewalesjcp/
Help section Universal Job Match
https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/Help/Faq.aspx

Tips for job seekers:
http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/02/27/5-best-job-search-tips-organise-job-search

http://www.totaljobs.com/careers-advice/unemployment-advice/tips-for-unemployed-jobseekers

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http://www.careerexperts.co.uk/job-searching/top-job-search-sites

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Digitial Communitities Wales - Digital Footprint Webinar

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www.mysupermarkt.com - compare the prices of your  weekly shop
Moneymadeclearwales.org - great site for financial inclusion
Gocompare.com - comparison site
Comparethemarket.com - comparison site

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