Training and Employment
Our training department is here to help you better understand your rights as a disabled person and to find meaningful employment supporting disabled people. We encourage applicants with lived experience of disability but also welcome non-disabled people who wish to learn more.
We offer two training courses:
- Advocacy and Employment Training: Learn about disability rights, benefits and services as well as confidence-building and employment skills.
- Hate Crime Advocacy Training: Learn to support victims or survivors of disability-related hate crime to engage with support services and have their voices heard.
Both courses are completely free and fully accredited.
Services we offer
Below is a brief overview regarding the course aims and some background information about our organisation. To apply you must be 18 years or over.
Due to the high volume of candidates that are interested in enrolling on the course we cannot guarantee that you will get a place on the next course, however we do run 3 courses a year and there is high chance of you enrolling onto the next course. In order to assess any additional support needs you may have and your eligibility, successful applicants will be required to undertake an informal interview.
All are welcome!
Find a new career empowering disabled people. Disability advocates work in partnership with disabled people to help them access the services and benefits needed for them to live independently. This is an accredited and nationally recognised training qualification.
Covering:
- Disability Benefits
- Roles of an Advocate
- History of Disability
- Legislation and Services
- Confidence Building
- Employment Skills
Also includes:
- Accredited Certificate
- 12 Week Work Placement
- Coaching
- Job Club
This accredited course runs for six sessions over eight weeks followed by a work placement.
Trainees must have some experience of working (paid or voluntary) in the fields of Disability or Hate Crime.
Learn:
- The challenges faced by disabled survivors/victims of hate crime
- How to advocate for disabled survivors
- Hate Crime Legislation and Processes
- Risk Assessments
- Engaging the Community
All information provided will be stored confidentially and not distributed to any third parties without prior consent.
- Personal Details:
- Please state your details in block capitals if completing by hand.
- Why are you interested in undertaking the Employment & Advocacy training course?:
- The reason you wish to attend will give us an idea as to your motivation and how we can best assist you.
- Please provide any details of any paid/unpaid work experience and any relevant life experiences:
- This is your opportunity to talk about any previous work experience you may have undertaken and the skills that you learnt as a result. It is fine if you have limited professional experience just write about the skills or abilities you use in everyday life.
- Disability:
- This is your opportunity to talk about any previous work experience you may have undertaken and the skills that you learnt as a result. It is fine if you have limited professional experience just write about the skills or abilities you use in everyday life.
- Education & Training:
- We would like to know of your most recent education/training course that you have completed just to serve as a guideline for what skills you already possess and where we can best help you to improve.
Recommend yourself or someone else for Training and Employment
You can fill in the form for yourself or anyone you want to recommend for the service. The form takes approx 5 min to complete.