Co- Facilitator

The role plays a key part in delivering The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism to people who work in health and social care services within the Croydon Health Services NHS. The successful Co-Facilitatorwill be supported to deliver training to include:

• Learning disability awareness and/or understanding autism.
• Reasonable adjustments.
• Supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people.
• Communication.
The Learning Disability Co-Facilitator will be co-delivering with a facilitating trainer. The post holder will be part of an Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Team, alongside other Experts with Lived Experience Co- Facilitator, Facilitating Trainers, Lead Trainer and support staff. As a Co-Facilitator you be an expert with lived experience and have a diagnosis of a learning disability or learning disability with Autism. You will be encouraged to share your experiences of having a learning disability and using health services during the training. Interview: tbc The training will be co-delivered to help NHS and social care staff understand their role in supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people.. The training is split into two types:
• The first type of training is an online one-hour interaction session co-delivered to 30 members of staff called a Tier 1 Webinar.
• The second type of training is a one day in-person training session that is taught at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust and co-delivered to 30 members of staff. This is called a Tier 2 in-person training session. The morning session is co-delivered by the Co-Facilitator with a Learning Disability and Facilitating Trainer, and the afternoon session is co-delivered by the Autistic Co-Facilitator and Facilitating Trainer.
Full training and ongoing support will be provided to successful candidates to enable them to carry out this role and become an NHS England-accredited Oliver McGowan Mandatory Co- trainer by successfully attending the 'Train the Trainer' training. The post holder will be part of an Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Team, alongside other Experts with Lived Experience Co- Facilitator, Facilitating Trainers, Lead Trainer and support staff. As a Co- Facilitator you be an expert with lived experience and have a learning disability. You will be encouraged to share your experiences of having a learning disability and using health services during the training.

Oliver McGowan Co-Facilitator (Learning Disability) | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon. Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.