Learning Disability Skills Specialists x 2

About the role

Two permanent, full‑time posts are available for experienced Learning Disability Skills practitioners. The role involves delivering training sessions to small groups of adults at four sites in the North East region (Blyth and Hexham in Northumberland, Newcastle and Coundon in Durham) and in community settings. Applications close Friday, 30 October 2026 at 16:00. The positions are not suitable for workers from care settings, as no personal care or CQC‑regulated services are provided.

Responsibilities

• Teach or train small groups of adults with additional needs in community (non‑home‑based) settings.
• Deliver travel training sessions.
• Plan and deliver differentiated instruction with a strong understanding of Easy Read format.
• Design and deliver sessions teaching independent living, employment skills, and health & wellbeing management to adults with intellectual (learning) disability.
• Ensure all sessions are ASDAN accredited.
• Work with clients aged 25‑45, including those with conditions such as Down's syndrome, Prader‑Willi, cerebral palsy, Sotos and Williams syndromes.

Requirements

• Experience teaching or training small groups of adults with additional needs within community (not home‑based) settings.
• Experience delivering travel training sessions.
• Experience planning and delivering differentiation and a strong understanding of Easy Read format.
• Not suitable for workers from care settings or those delivering personal care/CQC‑regulated services.
• Not suitable for teachers/TAs trained and working at primary or lower secondary level.

Qualifications

• Training, coaching or teaching qualification (upper secondary, FE/Adult Ed).
• Enhanced DBS with full barring check for Adult Services (on the update service).
• Recent Safeguarding Adults Level 1 or 2 training.

Skills

• Ability to work with adults aged 25‑45 with intellectual disabilities and associated sensory/physical comorbidities.
• Knowledge