Publish date: 19 October 2023

Learning Disability Champions: we need you!

Are you passionate about improving lives and reducing health inequalities? Become a Learning Disability Champion and develop your clinical skills and share your best practice. The Trust’s Learning Disability Champions meet quarterly for training and support with their roles.

There’s an online meeting on Wednesday 29 November: 9.30am to 11.30am.  Contact Georgia.Fair@merseycare.nhs.uk for details and a log in.

The role of a Learning Disability Champion is to:

  • Advocate for people with learning disabilities (and their carers) accessing adult mental health and community services.
  • Promote awareness of Learning Disabilities and reasonable adjustments
  • Liaise with Specialist Learning Disability services
  • Be a source of information and support for your team regarding Learning Disabilities, reasonable adjustments and the Green Light Toolkit
  • Share information from the Learning Disability Champions Network with your teams.

Come and join us for the first meeting via Teams on 29 November, we’d love to meet you. Please feel free to contact Georgia for an informal chat.