Oliver McGowan expert with lived experience co-trainer
Location: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (travel across the area, home based for administration)
Salary: £14.53 per hour
Contract Type: Casual
Position Type: Casual
All applications by Midday on Wednesday 28th May 2025; however, we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date
We are looking for new Oliver McGowan Experts with Lived Experience Co-trainers to join our Connections team in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. We are looking for applicants who have lived experience of a learning disability.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity in a new role as an Oliver McGowan Expert with Lived Experience Co-trainer to join our team covering Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The job is to train people who work in health and social care about learning disabilities. This will help health and social care staff to better understand the needs of people with learning disabilities.
About you
You will need to have a learning disability. You will need to talk in front of groups of up to 30 people and be able to understand what they are saying to you. We will give you training to do this.
You will need to:
* learn what you need to do to give the training
* be ready and organised for the work you do, and
* be able to organise your time.
The training will be delivered as part of a team, you will never be doing this work on your own.
How will you make a difference?
You will be helping health and social care staff understand how to better listen and communicate with people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Professional Development?
You will have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and you will make a real difference.
* Paid holiday
* Supportive working environment with a good work/life balance
* Support with continuous development
Equality and Diversity
VoiceAbility believes in being an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners. It treats everyone with equality and encourages everyone to meet their full potential.
VoiceAbility is a Disability Confident employer. This means that if any applicant tells us that they have a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role, they will be offered an interview.
There are 2 ways you can apply for this job:
You will find it helpful to look at the Job Description which tells you about the job.
Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match what we are looking for.
Closing date for applications; Midday on 28th May 2025.
Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the things we are looking for.
Want to know more about VoiceAbility and the role?
Please call Martine Marshman, Connections Facilitator, on 07950 031064 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays or email her on olivermcgowan@voiceability.org.uk
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