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Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Facilitating Trainer (Hampshire)
Service:
Lived Experience Training
Job Reference:
OMT2FT/Aug24
Location:
Hampshire
Contract:
Fixed term of 12 months
Hours:
16 hours per Week
Salary:
Band 2 / Scale Point 20 / £30,252 per annum pro rata (i.e., final gross salary will be £13,081 per annum).
Incentives:
Generous holiday allowance and stakeholder pension
Closing Date:
9.00AM, 9 August 2024
Interviews:
During week beginning 12 August 2024
Lived Experience Training is a project which supports autistic trainers and trainers with learning disabilities to design and deliver autism training with the aim of improving services and communities for autistic people and people with learning disabilities as well as empowering our trainers to improve their confidence and work skills.
Tier 2 Oliver McGowan training is training focused on educating professionals within health and care services about autism and learning disabilities. The majority of sessions are delivered by trainers with lived experience of autism and learning disability, with support of a facilitating trainer.
You will be responsible for:
- Supporting co-trainers with lived experience of autism and learning disability to train for and deliver Oliver McGowan tier 2 training.
- Supporting co-trainers to ensure that they are able to attend training sessions, including support to plan travel, ensuring that rooms or training materials are adjusted for their needs (as necessary).
- Working with the wider Lived Experience Training team to ensure that registers and feedback for sessions are properly administered.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of barriers faced by autistic individuals and individuals with learning disabilities and a commitment to ensuring that these are overcome.
- An ability to balance the needs of supporting co-trainers with the needs of trainees.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience of delivering face to face training in the health and social care, or similar, environment
If you have queries about the job, please telephone James Parmenter on 07787 250627 or email LET@impact-initiatives.org.uk
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and the successful applicant may be subject to a DBS check.
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Expert with Lived Experience Co-Trainer (Hampshire)
Service:
Lived Experience Training
Location:
Hampshire
Contract:
Casual Worker Agreement (Zero Hours)
Hours:
No contractual weekly hours.
Salary:
£14.97 per hour.
Closing Date:
9.00AM, 9 August 2024.
Interviews:
During week beginning 12 August 2024.
We are looking for autistic individuals and individuals with a learning disability to become Oliver McGowan tier 2 expert with lived experience co-trainers. In this job you will use your experience to help train professionals from health and social care services about learning disability and autism and how they can improve services for these communities.
You will be provided with ‘trainer training’, which will teach you how to deliver Oliver McGowan Tier 2 training, and you will be supported by a facilitating trainer to ensure that you are able to prepare for and deliver the training sessions.
Please note, for this job vacancy we are accepting just CVs on their own (so you don’t need to send us a covering statement as well). To apply, please send your CV to recruit@impact-initiatives.org.uk.
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