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Dear Colleagues, The attached ad was published in the Western Mail yesterday. Please pass this information on to all those you think would be interested in the two part-time research posts. Many thanks, Roiyah PS. Please note we already have a RA in post to cover North Wales. 2 Part-Time 2 Research Assistants One to cover South East Wales (based at UWIC), and one to cover West Wales (based at the University of Wales, Swansea) £19,340 - £23,182 pro rata April 2006 - December 2008 (1 day per week) The Wales Equality and Diversity in Health and Social Care (WEDHS) Support Service has recently been established with grant funding from WORD. WEDHS represents a collaboration between the universities of Glamorgan, Bangor, Swansea, Cardiff and UWIC and a key aim is to promote understanding about the needs and empowerment of BME populations in Wales through the development of multi-disciplinary research projects and a range of evidence-based support services. We welcome people who are educated to degree level and have experience in the areas of equality and diversity or community development. Secondments are welcomed. These posts are flexible, part time and fixed term. Starting salaries will be at the bottom of the indicated salary range. Secondments are welcomed. Interviews will be held the week commencing 27th March 2006. Please see attached ad for contact details. About WEDHS Together with nine research and development networks, the Wales Equality and Diversity in Health and Social Care Group (WEDHS) is one of five infrastructure support services recently established with funding by the Wales Office of Research and Development (WORD). WEDHS' vision is to become the partner of choice and first point of contact for all key stakeholder groups, offering a range of support services to enhance equality and diversity in the health and social care sector and to improve the health and social care of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people living in Wales. We will achieve this through the development of multi-disciplinary research collaborations and the establishment of a support service rooted in the following core activities: * literature reviews and information synthesis exercises * outreach and community development work * information sharing and dissemination * publishing best practice guides and other information resources * developing joint agendas, research collaborations, consultation and information sharing with key stakeholder groups, including WORD-funded networks and support service groups and BME patients, service users, and groups in Wales. WEDHS' programme of work is being steered by a team of academics from the University of Glamorgan, University of Wales, Bangor, University of Wales, Swansea, UWIC, and Cardiff University. Regional hubs will be established in North Wales, West Wales and South East Wales. The WEDHS Central Office is based at the School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan. Over the next three years, our key outputs will be shaped by cross-sector partnerships, service user, community, and public engagement programmes, and the implementation of multi-targeted promotion and dissemination strategies. In addition to being an important support service within WORD's emerging R&D infrastructure, WEDHS will also be useful and accessible to academics, researchers, medical and health professionals within Wales NHS, BME patients, members of the public, those in the voluntary health and equalities sectors, the local authorities and those in social services. Contact Information WEDHS Central Office Dr Roiyah Saltus School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. Telephone: 01443 483194 Email: [log in to unmask] WEDHS North Wales Regional Hub Dr Charlotte Williams Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK Telephone: 01782 584349 Email: [log in to unmask] WEDHS West Wales Regional Hub Professor Joy Merrell School of Health Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, University of Wales, Swansea, SA2 8PP Telephone: 01792 518575 Email:[log in to unmask] WEDHS South East Wales Regional Hub Dr George Karani School of Applied Sciences, UWIC, Cardiff, CF5 2YB Telephone: 029 20416855 Email: [log in to unmask] Dr Kamila Hawthorne Cardiff University Department of General Practice, Health Centre, Maelfa, Cardiff, CF23 9PN Telephone: 029 2054 1133 Email: [log in to unmask] Copies of the WEDHS Feasibility Study can be downloaded from WORD's website: http://www.word.wales.gov.uk/content/networks/study-reps-e.htm/. If you wish to join the WEDHS email discussion group, please sign up at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/WEDHS.html/. General enquires: [log in to unmask]