Kent and Medway Learning Disability Community of Practice is pleased to announce the 2015 Conference based around the theme of making reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. This inclusive event will occur on 17th June 2015 on the Chatham Maritime campus of Canterbury Christchurch University.

The Keynote speaker will be Prof Chris Hatton who works for University of Lancaster, and affliations with IHaL and the NDTi. Chris is active on social media blogging and tweeting.

The Community of Practice is looking for local people to present local good practice around the theme of reasonable adjustments, and to share their work on the Conference page. If you are interested in this, please download the below form and return it to kandmldcop@gmail.com before 4th May 2015.

To register for a free place, please click on http://ldcop15.eventbrite.co.uk

As always the community of practice will be looking to innovative ways of sharing the learning from the day. A twitter hashtag is already set up #ldcop15 so all those who want to join the conversation.

As Christmas approaches, it’s a good time to begin getting dates in the diary for the 2015.

Heike Guilford – Director of The Coaching Nurse is staging a conference in Canterbury for local leaders and aspiring leaders, with some local and national reputed speakers.

Click on the flyer below for more details 

Have good Christmas and look out for some exciting opportunities withe the Community of Practice in 2015.

Canterbury Christ Church University is looking for more learning disability placements for their mental health nursing students, and interested parties are invited to contact Cathy Bernal, Professional Lead for Learning Disability, for further discussions.

Services providing support to adults with a learning disability in day or residential settings that would like to help our students to learn about their clients’ needs are welcome to get in touch. There is no need for your service to employ nurses, or even to have a particular interest in mental health – just a desire to help equip nurses of the future to work more effectively with people with learning disabilities. Students are allocated to these placements in the first year of their programme for eight weeks,  and are customarily visited by a lecturer at least once during their placement.

Evidence suggests that our existing placements find supporting our students as rewarding and stimulating as students find this experience enjoyable, so please don’t hesitate to contact Cathy:

cathy.bernal@canterbury.ac.uk

01227 782793.

Thank you!

Cathy Bernal

Professional Lead for Learning Disability

Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability

Canterbury Christ Church University