Join Our Team as a Learning Disabilities Co-Trainer - Expert with Experience
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Location:
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Position available across all SeeAbility regions (Oxfordshire, Bristol, Devon, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent) |
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Salary:
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£12.12 per hour + Benefits
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Hours:
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Various- Part time
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Contract:
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Bank
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Job Summary
SeeAbility is a charity that supports people with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss in the UK. We are looking for someone to be part of our team as an Oliver McGowan mandatory training expert. You will have professional or lived experience of autism and be confident speaking in front of groups.
You will support the training of colleagues in health and social care so they better understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. You will work closely with other trainers – for example, people with lived experience – to deliver sessions that are open, honest and easy to understand.
What you will do
- Share your experience of a learning disability as part of training sessions
- Work with others to deliver the Oliver McGowan mandatory training
- Make sure the training is respectful, clear and includes different points of view
- Talk with people in the sessions and answer their questions
- Help others learn how to give better support to people with learning disabilities and autistic people
What Skills you will need
- Personal experience of learning disability
- To be comfortable talking in groups and sharing your story
- To believe that everyone should be treated fairly and with respect
- A friendly and open approach
- To work well with others as part of a team
- Ability to travel as part of your role
- Ability to be part of a training session for 3 hours at a time
About us
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!
We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assists people with a disability to find paid employment for the very first time.
SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.
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