Learning Disability Skills Specialist 29.5 hours Newcastle

Connected Voice; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Connected Voice in Newcastle is seeking a part-time Learning Disability Skills Specialist for 29.5 hours per week to deliver training sessions to small groups of adults with learning disabilities. Role includes teaching independent living and employment skills, health and wellbeing management, delivered on site and in the wider community, with ASDAN accreditation.

A teaching or coaching qualification, Enhanced DBS with update service, and safeguarding training are required; we welcome applicants

Qualifications

• Experience teaching or training small groups of adults with additional needs within community 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

Responsibilities

• Deliver training sessions to small groups of adults with learning disabilities.
• Sessions are delivered both on site and in the wider community.
• Teach independent living and employment skills, health & wellbeing management.

Job description

Learning Disability Skills Specialist 29.5 hours Newcastle

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.