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Training Workshops Manager

We are looking for a Training/Workshops Manager with a deep understanding of how working with families and the principles of Positive Behaviour Support can transform the lives of people with learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge. 

Join a small and friendly UK-based charity dedicated to improving quality of life for children, young people and adults with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging, and their families.

This is a hybrid-working role offering flexible working hours.

Position: Training/Workshops Manager

Location: Chatham, Kent/hybrid or remote

Hours: Part Time - 25 hours per week (days/times to be agreed)

Salary: £33 - £35K depending on experience pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date:  9am 14th October 2024. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

The Role

Join a small team who have a big impact.  The voice of family carers is at the centre of what the team does, and they are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of the children, young people and adults with severe learning disabilities by:

Championing their rights
Providing timely information and support
Raising awareness and understanding
Promoting and sharing best practice

There are a bank of five workshops, each developed through co-production with families and co-delivered by a qualified practitioner and a family carer. The workshops are pivotal to sharing best practice about support for people with severe learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge with both professionals and family carers.

You will:

Ensure that all workshops and training sessions are co-designed, co-developed, and co-delivered by both qualified practitioners and family carers with lived experience, ensuring that the content is relevant, practical, and grounded in real-world experiences.
Oversee the delivery of these workshops, ensuring they are of high quality, engaging, and accessible to diverse audiences.
Promote and secure bookings for workshops, leading to income generation.

About You

You will be an experienced trainer, with the skills to manage and develop a programme of five workshops, co-delivered by a bank of trainers. You will have experience of co-production with families and the skills to establish and develop relationships with a range of external stakeholders and you will be comfortable with autonomy, with the initiative to drive forward the programme of workshops.

You will have:

Knowledge/experience of issues affecting children and/or adults with learning disabilities and behaviour described as challenging
Experience working in co-production
Experience in workshop design

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K.

About the Organisation

The charity was set up in 1997 by Vivien Cooper OBE, the parent of a child with severe learning disabilities who displayed a range of challenging behaviours. At the time, there was no support for families like Viv’s and no adequate provision to support her son – other than almost three hundred miles away!

Crucially, families remain at the heart of the organisations work. It is their experiences that shape everything; from the direct support provided through to the family support service, to the training delivered for families and professionals, through to the rich evidence base the team bring from working with families to challenge the system and to “speak truth to power”. 

As an equal opportunity employer, the organisation would particularly welcome applications from people with an ethnic minority background or those with a disability, as they are currently underrepresented in the workforce.

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You may also have experience in areas such as Trainer, Facilitator, Workshop, Workshop Trainer, Education, Education Lead, Training Lead, Training Coordinator, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour Trainer, Social Care Training, Learning Disability, Disability, Programme, Programme Facilitator, SEN, SEN Trainer, SEN Training Manager.

Please note NFP People are advertising this role on behalf of our client