The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) are leading on a new project aiming to bring families and professionals together with an interest in improving local support and services for people with severe or profound learning disabilities, and their families. Please read attached leaflets for more detail.

Forward Together is focused on three areas – Kent and Medway; the Black Country; Salford and Manchester to set up regional networks, members of which will be invited to bi-annual Community of Practice meetings to identify and address local issues. Please see attached flyers and if interested in becoming involved, please use the QR Code in the flyer or use these links:

For family carers: https://forms.office.com/e/R1qnhHcbpS

For professionals: https://forms.office.com/e/T6A7ec7YXt

The University of Surrey are seeking a talented research fellow to support a NIHR Health & Social Care Delivery Research Programme. The study is aimed at understanding and addressing inequalities in cancer diagnosis for people with learning disabilities. This is a fixed term (18 months), part-time post (0.6FTE), based in Surrey in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Exeter and Queen Mary University in London. Informal discussion with Dr Anna Cox (a.cox@surrey.ac.uk) or Professor Katriina Whitaker (k.whitaker@surrey.ac.uk).

Check out details in the link!
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=057024