Learning Disability Skills Specialist

Experienced Learning Disability Skills practitioner, with background in delivering training sessions to small groups of adults required. This is a permanent, part-time post based at our Newcastle Hub. Sessions are delivered both on site and in the wider community.

The sessions are designed to teach independent living and employment skills, health & wellbeing management to adults with intellectual (learning) disability and are ASDAN accredited. These are adults with conditions from birth impacting cognitive development with high associated sensory and physical co-morbidity. Conditions such as Down's, Prader-Willi cerebral palsy, Sotos and Williams Syndromes.

• Experience teaching or training small groups of adults with additional needs within community (not home-based) settings.
• Experience delivering travel training sessions.
• Experience of planning and delivering differentiation, and strong understanding of Easy Read format

• Qualifications:
  
  training, coaching or teaching qualification (upper secondary, FE/Adult Ed)
• Enhanced DBS with full barring check for Adult Services: on the update service
• Recent Safeguarding Adults Level 1 or 2 training

We will consider applicants from military backgrounds where a significant element of responsibilities has involved coaching or training groups of service personnel.

Please note that these roles are not suitable for workers from 'care' settings: we do not deliver any personal care, CQC-regulated services.

Please note that these roles are not suitable for teachers/TAs trained and working at primary or lower secondary level. We deliver Adult Services, the majority of our Clients within the 25 - 45 age range.