You can now order our easy read booklets on be.macmillan.org.uk.
Vacancy from BILD: LD Network Co-ordinator (London and SE)
LD Network Co-ordinator (London and SE)
Up to £30,000 FTE, three to five days, 12-month contract secondment opportunity
BILD is looking for someone who has a passion for improving the support people with learning disabilities receive and believes strongly in equality of access to health care.
The charity is offering a 12-month contract to the right person who can help engage with the workforce that supports people with learning disabilities in health, social care and education services across the Greater London (and South East) area.
CDC: Decision Making Toolkit
This decision making toolkit is a practical guide to support social workers, health practitioners, school and college staff, parent carers, families and anyone working directly with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
BBC R4: Learning disabilities and the workplace
Most people with learning disabilities would like to work, but only a tiny minority are in paid employment.
Why is there such a gap between that desire and the reality?
Reporter Andrew Bomford meets a range of people who are trying to close that gap. One of them is Ismail Kaji who lobbies MPs on behalf of the charity Mencap to make workplaces accessible for people with a learning disability like himself.
Guardian: ‘Recognise Us’: portraits celebrate people with learning disabilities – in pictures
An art installation highlights the active roles of people with learning disabilities in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Recognise Us aims to challenge the stereotype that learning disabled people – who were artists and subjects for the images – are often invisible in communities