Webinar: Social work with adults with learning disability – putting good relationships with people who use services at the centre of practice
Friday, 11th October 2019
10.00 – 11.00
This webinar will be delivered by Dr Godfred Boahen, who is a qualified social worker and works for the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). The organisation is made up of about 20, 000 social workers who have come together to advocate for social workers and the people who use services.
Recently, the government asked the BASW to find out the skills, knowledge, and values that are needed to do good social work with adults with learning disabilities.
Together with adults with learning disabilities, carers, social workers and their managers, BASW co-produced the Capabilities Statement for Social Work with Adults with Learning Disability
In this webinar, Godfred will talk about how they involved adults with learning disability in creating the Capabilities Statement and what they thought was important. Godfred will explain why his organisation believe that what they found shows the importance of good relationship between social workers and adults with learning disability that they work with.
If you think people have to be able to read or speak to have a sight test – or you think people with learning disabilities can never be prescribed glasses – join us to become Eye Care Aware and find out why the myths around communication and eye care are being busted by our eye care team!
Lisa Donaldson
Lisa Donaldson is SeeAbility’s Head of Eye Health and is an optometrist with a special interest in paediatrics and learning disabilities. Lisa leads the SeeAbility team providing sight tests to children in special schools.
Scott Watkin
Scott Watkin BEM is SeeAbility’s Head of Engagement is very well known in the social care sector and has good links with many learning disability organisations. He has living experience of learning disabilities and sight problems.
Aylee Richmond
Aylee Richmond is a Senior Eye Care Advisor at SeeAbility. She is a qualified Vision Rehabilitation Worker and helps people to make the best use of their available vision.
Webinar: The Love Project – Exploring support for people with Learning Disabilities to find loving relationships.
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It will look at findings from the perspective of people with learning disabilities, support staff and family members. It will look at the barriers people face in developing relationships and discussions around how they can be addressed.
Dr Claire Bates is the founder of the National Supported Loving Network which promotes good practice around sexuality and relationships for people with learning disabilities and autism.
Claire is also a researcher at the University of Kent’s Tizard Centre and conducts research in areas such as sexuality and relationships for people with learning disabilities.
Sue Sharples has used a Winston Churchill Memorial Fund grant to travel to the USA and Canada to help us all to learn their lessons around preventing abuse and promoting sexual health for people with learning disabilities.
United Pride Friends: Being Out, Proud and Autistic
Friday, 21st June 2019
10.00 – 11.00
A new group for members of the LGBT Community with Autism and Learning Difficulties, United Pride Friends, has been set up in the North West.
The primary purpose of our group is to provide a befriending service, giving members a safe place to meet new people and make friends.
The group aims to build the confidence of its members through workshops and social events, as well as providing educational sessions where we will discuss topics that affect this community such as safe sex, dealing with homophobia and ableism, and coming out to friends and family.
This webinar will talk about what United Pride Friends is, what it does and why it was set up. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end.
Our presenter
Michael Chick
Michael Chick came up with the idea of starting the group. He is a gay man from Wigan in the North West of England and founder of United Pride Friends.
Michael found that although there are service for LGBT people available, there are little to none for those who are LGBT with autism. He faced other issues due to being autistic with learning difficulties, such as homophobia and discrimination both in the private and public care sectors.
Michael wanted to challenge this discrimination so set up United Pride Friends.
