Learning Disability Skills Specialist (Part Time)

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS' NETWORK NORTH EAST; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Journey Enterprises in Newcastle is seeking a part-time Learning Disability Skills Specialist to deliver training to adults with learning disabilities. The role includes on-site and community sessions, focusing on independent living and employment skills, with ASDAN accreditation.

The ideal candidate will have experience teaching groups with additional needs, delivering travel training, and creating differentiated materials in Easy Read formats.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching or training small groups of adults with additional needs within community settings.
• Experience delivering travel training sessions.
• Experience planning and delivering differentiation with strong understanding of Easy Read format.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training sessions to adults with learning disabilities in community and on-site settings.
• Teach independent living and employment skills with ASDAN accreditation.
• Plan differentiated lessons and adapt materials for Easy Read formats to diverse learners.
• Sessions are delivered both on site and in the wider community.

Education

Training, coaching or teaching qualification (upper secondary, FE/Adult Ed)

Job description

Learning Disability Skills Specialist (Part Time) at Journey Enterprises

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Type: Employment

Hours: Part time

Based: Newcastle

Salary: £19,885 Per Annum

Salary Type: Fixed Salary

Location: Tyne and Wear

Role description: Officer

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 and Qualifications required

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.