An exciting opportunity has arisen at BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities) to offer a limited number of funded places to family members, carers and personal assistants in England, who want to gain a qualification in Positive Behaviour Support.

There are 25 places available for each of the following qualifications, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care:

• Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support (for people providing direct support) – further information available here
• Diploma in Practice Leadership of Positive Behaviour Support (for people who support colleagues to provide direct support) – further information available here

Completed application forms are required by the end of Monday 22nd March 2021, for enrolment and induction at the end of March 2021.

Application forms can be found HERE and should be returned to qualifications@bild.org.uk, with the subject line of the email reading “Funded places for Family Carers and PAs”.

This upcoming session has been co-created to begin to realise the second stage of the Community’s shared purpose – enabling people with learning disabilities and their allies to live Healthy, Safe and Fulfilled lives. This is due to take place on 28th April from 12:30 to 14:00 and will be held over Zoom.

Join West Sussex Mind online for interactive, virtual workshops for parents, carers and families.

These events will be taking place via Zoom. Please find details of these workshops below.

Click here to book your place for the 10th March event.

Click here to book your place for the 25th March event.

A vacancy has become available for the role of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing at Kingston University’s School of Nursing.

This vacancy closes on 21st March 2021, with interviews due to take place on 1st April 2021.

Please click here for full details.

Researchers at King’s College London are looking for school-aged autistic children to take part in a new study called C-MAPS, which aims to map children’s profiles of cognition, motivation and attention. This research will help us to better understand children’s social and emotional development and ultimately help those who might be experiencing difficulties.

For parents, it involves completing some short questionnaires, which are expected to take 20-30 minutes. For children, it involves trying out some interactive science activities online – these can be done in 1 or 2 separate sessions, both lasting around 30 minutes.

Children will receive tokens for a raffle to win Amazon vouchers (1 x £100, 5 x £50, 10 x £30). All families that take part will get an educational newsletter that explains why it’s important to understand things like memory and attention and includes some fun science-themed activities for the whole family to do together!

Click here to sign up.