East Kent Colleges has recently made contact about a newly created role for a nurse based in Canterbury.

This role will include extensive work with their students with complex physical health issues, and there will be significant links with the SEND provision, undertaking assessments, training and upskilling teaching staff, and working with young people and their families to promote health and wellbeing.  

Deadlines for applications is 12th June. 

Further details can be found at https://jobs.ekcgroup.ac.uk/vacancies/3858/clinical-practitioner.html 

Mencap are seeking to employ a person with a learning disability as a Community Connector in Thanet.
This is a paid role for a person local to Thanet district. The person will be employed by Royal Mencap Society (7.5 hours a week). The postholder will work closely with Laura Appleton (Mencap) on the ‘Our Active Community’ Project in Thanet. The role is fixed term until March 2027.
The Job Description and Application Form are here (Mencap are open to audio recordings or videos to apply for the role). More details on the application. Contact Laura on laura.appleton@mencap.org.uk or 07484019675 to chat about the role.

The closing date is Monday 9th June at 5pm, so not long to apply!!Community Connector Job Description (Thanet May25) Community Connector Mencap Application Form (Thanet 2025)

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

Researchers at The Tizard Centre, University of Kent would like to hear stories and opinions about how race and ethnicity affects the healthcare experiences of people with a mild to moderate learning disability, from a black, Asian or other ethnic minority background and living in the UK. Please see and share the attached flyer, and contact Rmh43@kent.ac.uk for more information.