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Sex and Relationship Project Coordinator

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The Community Learning Disability Team are based in Mile End Hospital in Stepney, however we support adults with a Learning Disability across the entire borough of Tower Hamlets. We are a multi-disciplinary team of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, SALT, Physiotherapists and Psychiatrists.


This is a really exciting opportunity to support the Community Learning Disability Team to implentment sex and relationship education sessions in small groups or on an idividual basis to people with learning disabilities. It will invovle triaging referrals into the project, liaising with professionals, people who draw on care and support and families, organising rooms and interpreters as needed. You will be required to co-facilitate groups with another member of the team.


You need to be confident and enthusiastic about supporting adults with learning disabilities who may need reasonable adjustments to understand and learn the skills to engage in positive intimate relationships. You will receive full training however experience of working with adults who have learning disabilities or other disabilities will be an advantage. You will be fully supported by the multi-disiplinary team within CLDS.


Please note Salary is Pro-rata.

Tower Hamlets - The Best of London in one borough!

Tower Hamlets is truly unique, offering some of the very best of London, packed into one dynamically diverse borough. Tower Hamlets is moving forward, boldly proving that Tower Hamlets epitomises our capital's rich past, it's exciting future and the energy that drives it all forward. Rooted in layers of history, stretching back almost 1,000 years, Tower Hamlets is today a youthful, ambitious and vibrant place.

We are seeking to recruit dedicated and committed long term support officers to take up posts within our Community Learning Disability Service.

Do you want to have a hugely positive impact on adults and their carers in our communities? Your role will involve working with adults aged 18 years and upwards, promoting wellbeing and supporting people to achieve the outcomes that are important in their life.


You will hold a varied caseload, carrying out assessments and reviews focussing on the strengths of the person, their families, carers and local communities to promote independence. You will be committed to working in a strength based, outcome focussed way and to making a difference to the lives of the individuals and families which you work with.


We offer quality supervision, peer support and a range of opportunities to develop your practice. Our benefits package is on par with some of the best in London.


We are proud of our values because they demonstrate how we work and interact with customers, partners and colleagues on a day-to-day basis.


We have five core values, which are central to successfully achieving our vision:

Together - We work TOGETHER across boundaries and with partners to achieve the best outcomes for Tower Hamlets Open and honest - We are OPEN and transparent Willing - We are WILLING to challenge, innovate and be accountable Excellence - We empower each other to be EXCELLENT and go the extra mile Respect - We RESPECT all communities, they are the heart of everything we do


We will be using a values-based model of recruitment to ensure that all candidates share our vision and values. This will help us to get to know you better as a person!


Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.


Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.


We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

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