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Job vacancy: Travelling with Confidence Team Lead

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Job title: Travelling with Confidence Team Lead

Responsible to: Director

Responsible for: Project Worker, Travel Champions and volunteers

Contract: 28 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 pa, pro rata £22,703

Travelling with Confidence is a brand new project funded by the Motability Foundation. It aims to increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the North East and Cumbria to enjoy and benefit from the ability to travel.

We are also recruiting for a Travelling with Confidence Project Worker

Purpose

  • To manage the Travelling with Confidence team
  • To lead our learning disability-targeted Travelling with Confidence project, deliver independent travel training courses, and recruit, train and coordinate Travel Buddy volunteers
  • To deliver our Getabout travel information and access provision
  • To lead the delivery of this team’s projects and contracts to achieve the objectives of this work area – Access to Travel
  • To improve travel experiences for people who live in Northumberland
  • To lead on complex aspects of project development and delivery, and championing co-production, practice-driven learning and development in your team
  • To represent Adapt (NE) and your area of responsibility to funders, stakeholders and partners

 

You can find more details in the job description and person specification below.

If you would like an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Chris Barker on 01434 600599.

Please send completed application forms, along with the GDPR consent form to chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org,uk, Or post to Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham NE46 3HN.

 

Travelling with Confidence Team Lead Job Description and Person Specification

Travelling with Confidence Team Lead Application Form

GDPR consent form

 

This vacancy is now closed.

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Job vacancy: Travelling with Confidence Project Worker

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Job title: Project Worker

Team: Travel with Confidence

Responsible to: Travelling with Confidence Team Lead

Hours: 14 hours per week

Salary: £25,000 pa pro-rata £9,459

Travelling with Confidence is a brand new project funded by the Motability Foundation. It aims to increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the North East and Cumbria to enjoy and benefit from the ability to travel.

We are also recruiting for a Travelling with Confidence Team Lead

Purpose of the post

  • Support a team of three Travel Champions
  • Carry out community engagement activity with the aim of recruiting people to our Independent Travel Training Programme and community travel support
  • Support the Travel Champions to conduct Quality Checks of local public transport services and to contribute their ideas for improving local travel
  • Carry out all aspects of project management including planning, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation
  • Work with colleagues to develop and promote Adapt (North East), its reputation and work

You can find more details in the job description and person specification below.

If you would like an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Chris Barker on 01434 600599.

Please send completed application forms, along with the GDPR consent form to chrisb@adapt-tynedale.org,uk, or post to Adapt (NE), Burn Lane, Hexham NE46 3HN.

 

Travelling with Confidence Project Worker Job Description and Person Specification

Travelling with Confidence Project Worker Application Form

GDPR consent form

 

This vacancy has now closed.

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New project to tackle travel barriers

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New project to tackle travel barriers for people with learning disabilities

Travelling with Confidence is a brand new project funded by the Motability Foundation to increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the North East and Cumbria to enjoy and benefit from the ability to travel.

The project is a partnership of six local charities, led by Your Voice Counts working in conjunction with Adapt (NE), Bridge Creative, Darlington Association on Disability, People First and Skills for People.

Training and peer support are at the heart of Travelling with Confidence, which will see people with learning disabilities receive accredited travel training so they can deliver bespoke awareness raising sessions and become buddies to help others overcome their own barriers to travel.

A network of Travel Champions with learning disabilities will also be established to engage with the transport sector and provide opportunities to influence policy and practice among local providers.

Lindsay Henderson, Head of Communities at Your Voice Counts, said “We know from experience that people with learning disabilities often have transport issues and find moving around and travelling to be an overwhelming experience that they often avoid. This means they can miss out on opportunities that would have a positive impact on their lives.

“Through this project, we’ll be providing bespoke training and support to give people the tools and confidence they need to access different methods of transport. Not only that, we’ll be doing it in a way that empowers people with learning disabilities to share their experiences, support their peers and influence how decisions are made.

“At Your Voice Counts, we’re passionate about breaking down barriers and finding ways for people with lived experience to bring about change so I’m excited to get the project off the ground with our like-minded partner organisations and see what we can achieve across our region. Thank you to Motability Foundation for our funding!”

Lisa Jones, Director of Charitable Operations at the Motability Foundation, said “We’re delighted to award Your Voice Counts with this grant to work in partnership with local organisations to improve access to opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the North East and Cumbria.

“Your Voice Counts, together with its partners, will offer travel awareness training and peer support, supporting people with learning disabilities to travel independently and confidently. Awarding grants to established and local organisations like these helps us to make an immediate difference to the transport needs of disabled people.”

For more information visit the Motability Foundation website

 

 

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