Join Our Team as a Learning Disabilities Co-Trainer - Expert with Experience
Location: Position available across all SeeAbility regions (Oxfordshire, Bristol, Devon, Hampshire, Surrey, and Kent)
Salary: £12.12 per hour + Benefits
Hours: Various - Part time
Contract: Bank
Job Summary
SeeAbility is a charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, and sight loss in the UK. We are seeking an Oliver McGowan mandatory training expert with professional or lived experience of autism and confidence speaking in front of groups.
You will support training health and social care colleagues to better understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism. You will collaborate with other trainers, including those with lived experience, to deliver sessions that are open, honest, and easy to understand.
Responsibilities include:
* Sharing your experience of a learning disability during training sessions
* Delivering the Oliver McGowan mandatory training
* Ensuring training is respectful, clear, and inclusive of diverse perspectives
* Engaging with participants and answering questions
* Helping others improve support for people with learning disabilities and autism
Required Skills:
* Personal experience of a learning disability
* Comfortable speaking in groups and sharing your story
* Belief in fair and respectful treatment for all
* Friendly and open demeanor
* Ability to work well as part of a team
* Willingness to travel for work
* Capacity to participate in 3-hour training sessions
About Us
Founded in 1799, SeeAbility, formerly The Royal School for the Blind, is one of the UK’s oldest disability charities. We support individuals with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, and sight loss through person-centered support, specialist eye care, and employment initiatives. Our mission is to enable people to live ambitious lives and achieve their potential.
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Benefits include discounts, cashback, Blue Light Card discounts, 10% off monthly bus travel, competitive pay reviews, employer pension scheme, referral bonuses, paid DBS checks, season ticket loans, and a commitment to safe recruitment practices.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds and providing reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
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