On 4th December 2024, the Community Conference was hosted at Canterbury Christ Church University with support from Kent Surrey Sussex Applied Research Collaborative.
Please see the film that the events team at Canterbury Christ Church created.
Category: learning disability
Free Webinar – Ethical Issues in sharing online images of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
This Webinar, on 20 February 1-3.30pm, is an invitation to discuss how we can collaborate to develop ethical guidelines for online sharing with people who lack capacity for informed consent. With Professor Máire Messenger Davies, Chaired by Professor Nicola Grove and including Taylor Anderson (CBF), Ben Simmons (Bath Spa Uni), Julie Calverley (NAC-Wellbeing), Rachael Barker and student (Dorothy Goodman School), Catherine De Haas (Southampton Uni) and the team from Rix Inclusive Research.
For further details about the webinar and easy read resources visit https://www.rixinclusiveresearch.org/ethics-seminar-20-02-25/
Learning Disability Liaison Nursing Competency Framework Webinar Recording
To celebrate Learning Disability Nurses Day 2024, the Community hosted an online event with Jayne Leeson OBE on the development of the Competency Framework for Learning Disability Liaison Nurses.
Due for publication in Spring 2025 the Framework will guide nurses and providers as to what a good quality learning disability liaison nursing service should be doing to have the maximum impact.
A Uniform Approach : development of the competency framework for learning disability acute liaison nurses in EnglandExciting Opportunity – Research Fellow in Health Inequalities
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
Jobs for Trainers and Leaders in Kent and Medway
Bemix has exciting news about new jobs and free training starting in 2025.
These opportunities are exclusively for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
They are related to delivering the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism in Kent and Medway.
They have part-time jobs as Trainers and Leaders.
The FREE training course will offer people skills to train and lead to make services better.
Visit trainandlead.info to find out everything you need to know!
