Programme Manager – Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme for Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield (North West Region)   We are looking for a Programme Manager to join the team to oversee operations of the North West region Sickle Cell Children and Young Person’s mentoring programme. The Peer Mentoring programme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people with Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD).     Post: North West Programme Manager – Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme   Base: Flexible working (1 ..read more

Mentor – Sickle Cell Children and Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme The Sickle Cell Society is looking for mentors to join the team and support in delivering the Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme. It aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people with SCD across London.   Post: Mentor – Sickle Cell Children’s and Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme Base: Flexible home working, and other locations to meet the needs of the young person.   Accountable to: Lead Mentor Manages: N/A   Hours: Sessional Basis Salary: £1 ..read more

Mentor – Sickle Cell Children and Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme The Sickle Cell Society is looking for mentors to join the team and support in delivering the Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme. It aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people with SCD across London.   Post: Mentor – Sickle Cell Children’s and Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme Base: Flexible home working, and other locations to meet the needs of the young person.   Accountable to: Lead Mentor Manages: N/A   Hours: Sessional Basis Salary: £1 ..read more

Our successful children and young people’s peer to peer mentoring scheme, for 10-24 year olds in East London, has received funding to roll out across London. This is great news for young people across the city who are in need of support as they navigate living with sickle cell. Right now, we are taking registrations of interest for referrals to the new service. The registration form can be completed by a healthcare professional. Eligibility criteria for the scheme : You must be: – A Child or a Young Person aged between 10-24 – A London resident – A patient under the care of a London based GP P ..read more

Michael was diagnosed with the HbSC genotype prenatally. Growing up with the benefit of a paediatrician nurse as a mother he learnt to understand the triggers of crises and how to manage his condition and general wellbeing. In adulthood Michael has sought to understand more about how Sickle Cell affects people differently and the various ways the condition can be handled and managed. Michael has a BSc in Financial Economics and an MSc in Real Estate. To date he has spent his career working in the property development field focusing on the financial viability, acquisition and delivery of reside ..read more

As most of you will know, the Sickle Cell Peer Mentoring Programme has been successful in terms of its engagement with children young people and parents, clinicians, commissioners, including the demand and uptake not just from City and Hackney but from most boroughs across London. We were also fortunate to have had the opportunity for the programme to be published in the British Journal of Haematology in Spring of 2019 outlining the outcomes of the model on children and young people. Our mentors were at the British Society of Haematology Conference in Glasgow in April 2019 to present their wor ..read more

My Sickle Cell has always been – and will likely always be – very private and I have therefore always had a great fear of discussing it publicly. It took me years to admit to myself, let alone others, that I even have Sickle Cell. However, the challenges of education and adulthood eventually pushed me to speak out about my own experiences in the hope that I would find help, support or guidance on how to cope. There will, of course, always be conversations which I find uncomfortable but now that I have started to find my voice I hope that – with time – those conversations become easier. If I ha ..read more

To book your first session email: mentors@sicklecellsociety.org Or call: 07377170152 The post Free Mentoring appeared first on Sickle Cell Society ..read more

Do you know or live with anyone between the ages of 10-24 who have Sickle Cell in East London? The Sickle Cell Society are excited to be relaunching our Mentor Programme in East London and we would love for you to join us via MS Teams for the launch. Sign up here The post Mentor Programme Relaunch appeared first on Sickle Cell Society ..read more

Mentor – East London Children & Young Person’s Mentoring Scheme The Sickle Cell Society is looking for a Mentor to help run the Children and Young Person’s Mentoring Scheme. This person will have responsibility for co-ordinating the scheme, liaising with the other 3 mentors, tracking numbers and sources of referrals, promoting referrals by working in partnership with the NHS and any local patient/family. Post: Mentor – East London Children’s and Young Persons Base: Flexible home working, and other locations to meet the needs of the young person. Accountable to: Lead Mentor Manages: N/A Hou ..read more