Salary: £14,500 per annum (37.5hrs per week)

Location: Truro, Cornwall

Job Type: One Year Contract

Kernow Positive Support (KPS) provides information and a range of support services to people living with HIV, their partners, families and carers, as well as combining self-help and volunteer support services. Supporting people throughout the county of Cornwall.

We are currently looking to recruit the above. Experience in administration required. The post undertakes to support people living with HIV, appropriate training will be given. Candidates are required to have a car and clean driving licence.

This new and exciting post working with a small and dedicated team of people will ensure that Kernow Positive Support (KPS) maximises all administrative duties and that KPS services develop and run effectively and efficiently. Including assisance in funding and local promotion activity and working within the local community to enable KPS and its sustainability, and to offer a full service to anyone who needs HIV/AIDS support within the county of Cornwall.

The post will based at our KPS Reource Centre in Truro, and support our two other locations based at the new Royal Cornwall Hospital Sexual Health Centre 'The Hub' - KPS Office Drop-in and KPS Trebullom (Respite & Retreat Centre, Altarnun). Appropriate training will be given. Currently, the post is for one year only, and subject to an extension if further funding is secured by the post holder which will give the successful candidate an exciting opportunity to develop the post for the future.

For further information on the above please contact:

KPS, P. O. Box 85, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1ZN  

Tel: 01208 264866

Email: office@kpsdirect.com

OUTabout presented a Benefit Night 'EXTRAVAGANT EASTER' for Kernow Positive Support (KPS). The OUTabout production crew held a show of songs, dance, monologues, performance poetry, live music. Hosted by the fabulous Queen of Arts 'Miss Amy Arthouse' at Penzance Arts Club on Easter Sunday 4th April 2010.

The event was over-subscribed and an outstanding sucess. The programme proceeds and donations were presented to Kernow Positive Support at their resource centre in Truro. Jeff and Jay (pictured below) assisted in the counting the money raised.

On behalf of the clients, volunteers, staff and trustees KPS would like to say a huge thank you to OUTabout, their production crew and all those who attended this event for their kind generosity. The £668.61 raised will go directly to our ‘Bill Sloan Hardship Fund' (formerly The Peace of Mind Fund) that assists in contributions towards important utility bills whereby, many of our clients are on benefits and/or low income. You can download a copy of the letter of thanks in Acrobat PDF here.

You can take a look at the OUTabout website by clicking here or clicking on the Extravagant Easter Poster above.

Through this grant awarded through the AIDS Support Capital Grant Scheme Kernow Positive Support (KPS) are now proposing to complete the range of services we provide to the HIV community by establishing a National Residential Retreat, Respite, Education and Training Centre, including a temporary accommodation solution for those within the Southwest peninsula with housing related needs (Known at this time as ‘The Project').  This will be the first facility of its kind in the UK. Through our work with people with HIV we have recognised a need not only for people to have the opportunity to come to terms with this debilitating illness by attending a respite and retreat centre, there is also a need to improve HIV awareness through training opportunities to the public and professionals alike. For further details about this exciting project click here to download an Acrobat PDF Document. You can also read about this project in the December 2009 - World AIDS Day edition by clicking on Our Newsletter adjacent. Alternatively take a look at KPS Trebullom by clicking on the button adjacent.

Take a look at our computer generated 3D virtual tour of the Project. There are two short walkthroughs of the Ground Floor and First Floor by clicking on these highlighted links. The .wmv files may take a while to download (approx 12Mb). We hope to be able to have these as streaming files shortly.

For further details about respite and retreat click here.

Latest @KPS

It is with great sadness Kernow Positive Support (KPS) announced the untimely death of one of our founding trustees William Vincent Sloan (Bill). Bill, although living with HIV for over 18 years was diagnosed with an aggressive and untreatable cancer of an unknown primary in early November 2008 and passed away at his home in Bodmin on the 28 th November 2008. A special edition of @KPS is dedicated to his memory and a tribute to Bill and the legacy he leaves behind appearin our special tribute edition of @KPS (see back issues of our newsletters).

KPS arranges regular monthly 'Women's Support Meetings' for all women affect/infected by HIV in Cornwall. This new exciting initiative gives those who are affected by HIV an opportunity to meet one another in a confidential and safe environment and is facilitated by a KPS registered counsellor. If you would like further information on forthcoming meetings please contact the KPS Resource Centre on 01872 262221 during normal office hours. People who registered with the G.U.M Clinics in Truro and Derriford, can also obtain full details about these meetings by contacting the clinic health advisors. So, if you would like to come along, get in touch...

KPS Peer Support meetings

KPS arranges regular monthly 'Peer Support Meeting' for all those living with HIV in Cornwall. This initiative gives those who are HIV-positive an opportunity to meet one another in a confidential and safe environment. Our meetings are held at the KPS Resource Centre in Truro where refreshment and a light lunch is provided. If you would like further information on forthcoming meetings please contact the KPS Help line on 01208 264866 and/or via our office on 01872 262221. People who registered with the G.U.M Clinics in Truro and Derriford, can also obtain full details about these meetings by contacting the clinic health advisors. So, if you would like to come along, get in touch...

KPS has also booked the following dates for further Peer Support Meetings:

Check with the KPS Office on 01872 262221

You can find out more about this support initiative by clicking here.

Click here for the 2008/9 Kernow Positive Support's definative Annual Report & Accounts that are now available online NOW in Acrobat PDF format. The document and financila details are also available on the Charity Commission for England and Wales Website by clicking here. Our 2009/10 draft financial statement is available upon request.

KPS has revised our regular Drop-in Advice and Support Clinic (by refferral and/or appointment) for those affected/infected every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am - 4.30pm at the KPS Resource Centre. The clinic is held in walking distance from the GUM Clinic. Please call 01872 262221 or 01208 264866 for further details.

If you would like further information this new and exciting initiative from KPS please contact the KPS Help line on 01208 264866. People who registered with the G.U.M Clinics in Truro and Derriford, can also obtain full details about our new Support and Advice Service by contacting the clinic health advisors and/or your HIV specialist Link Social Workers. So, if you would like to come along, get in touch...

Every Tuesday and Wednesday 10am - 4pm (KPS Resource Centre)

You can find out more about the Post Graduate Centre Drop-in initiative by clicking here.