Become a member of the NBN Eastern Region (NBNER)
The NBN Eastern Region is a membership
organisation for paid and unpaid support brokers and support
planners in East Anglia. If
you join the NBNER you sign up to a code of practice and a
set of principles, so that membership becomes be a badge of quality
and ethical practice.
The NBN believes in collaboration between brokers, so that paid and unpaid, independent and employed brokers should be facilitated to work together to best support their communities.
The NBN believes that having genuine choice is
integral to the Personalisation agenda and the changes happening
within social care. To
this end, the NBN supports there being a diverse and transparent set
of options for support brokerage available to disabled people,
including the option to broker for themselves.
Essential to the ethos of the NBN is the notion
of collaboration. Any
network is only as strong as its members and the network’s success
depends on the contributions of each member
Different types of Membership
Brokers can join in four ways, as Independent
Brokers, Associate Brokers, Unpaid Brokers or as Friends of the
NBNER.
Independent
Brokers are likely to be self-employed people.
Associate Brokers
are likely to be employed within the social care/voluntary/user-led
sectors.
Peer brokers
are likely to be volunteers, peer-brokers, DIY-brokers, and family
brokers.
Friends of the NBNER are people who are not themselves brokers, but who wish to contribute to the network. Friends of the LBN may also be provider services who can show that they are able to offer services in a personalised and accountable way.
Organisations (including Local Authorities) can
join the NBNER, but only via specific, named brokers.
All paid-broker members must have successfully
undertaken the
Benefits of Membership
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National quality standards for independent brokers to work under and a chance to advertise their services on the website.
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becoming part of a regional and national network
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Sharing information & best practice
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Discounted access to specialist seminars and ongoing training.
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Access to support and supervision from your regional co-ordinators
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Being part of an influential, stronger, demonstrable voice for change and good practice
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As membership grows, it is anticipated that the network may be able to attract discounts for services such as insurance
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Working across Local Authority boundaries
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The ability to pool resources to bid for funding and tenders
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The ability to pool resources to provide better services for our individual clients
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The flexibility for the network to grow and respond to new challenges and opportunities
How to Join
For full information on becoming a member of the NBNER please email Tony Phillips at tony@realife.org.uk or call for a chat on 01223 883149 or 07764 922385
