Emily Robinson Today (10 January 2024), the Department of Health and Social Care launched the new Care Workforce Pathway, seeking to provide a nationally recognised career structure for the adult social care workforce. Bild welcomes the focus on practice leadership as an opportunity for non-management career progression. Helping to prevent people leaving social care by providing career … Read more
Simone is a Practice Development Nurse at a large NHS Trust. She is responsible for the training and improvement of practice across the Trust’s Autism and Learning Disability Service. Simone completed Bild’s PBS Coaches Programme for Intensive Support course in the June 2023 and was delighted with the outcomes. ‘I would recommend this course whole … Read more
Bild are working with Learning Disability England to write a new chapter of the Good Lives Framework The Good Lives Framework is a document that explains what people with learning disabilities need to live good lives. The new chapter of the Good Lives Framework that Bild … Read more
‘Working Together to Improve Support’ was the 2023 Bild Members’ Event. Across a fantastic selection of speakers, we heard select updates from the last year on initiatives seeking to improve support for people with learning disabilities and autistic people. This event was free to all Bild members and the recording is now exclusively available to … Read more
Bild is pleased to be able to offer a fantastic new exclusive resource to our members. Exploring Sexual and Social Understanding is a now out of print resource pack, by Karen Dodd, Keith Jones, Heather Liddiard and James Stroud. Designed for people working with people with learning disabilities, it was developed to provide a flexible … Read more
Bild’s sister charity, the Restraint Reduction Network, has launched a new Diploma in Practice Leadership in Trauma Informed Practice. This new Pearson BTEC Diploma is a much-needed qualification focused on prompting cultural change through trauma informed relational working. The qualification will be of interest to those working in health, social care, education or secure services … Read more
Bild was delighted to host the annual Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) conference. The conference was held online on 8 November, bringing together people with lived experience, family–carers, practitioners, researchers and professionals. This entirely virtual event incorporated a range of keynote speakers and practical workshops focusing on what can be done to reduce health … Read more
The latest ‘Learning from lives and deaths – People with a learning disability and autistic people’ (LeDeR) report has been published this week by King’s College London. An easy read version of the report is also available. This annual report looks at deaths of people with learning disabilities in England and aims to improve healthcare for … Read more
New online survey launched to improve people with learning disabilities and autistic people’s experiences of travelling in and around London. Bild is thrilled to partner with Transport for London (TfL) and People First; a national user-led organisation based in London run by, and for, people with learning difficulties, to understand the views and opinions of … Read more
Bild is concerned that there was no mention of or commitment to mental health, nor the proposed Mental Health Bill for England and Wales, from the UK Government in yesterday’s (7 November) King’s Speech. Reform is needed to address inequalities in mental health, including better meeting the mental health needs of people with learning … Read more