Autism Lived Experience Co-Trainer - Remote - £25.00-£30.00 per hour

Access Skills Ltd • Full-time • Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom • £25 - £30 / hour • 2d ago

Access Skills Ltd – Health & Social Care Training Provider

Access Skills Ltd is expanding our specialist training team and is excited to offer a meaningful opportunity for an Autism Lived Experience Co-Trainer to help deliver high-quality training to the Health and Social Care sector.

This role forms part of our delivery of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training—a national programme designed to ensure care professionals have the knowledge, confidence, and understanding to support autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities safely and respectfully.

About the Role

As an Autism Lived Experience Co-Trainer, you will bring your personal insight and experience to our training sessions, helping learners understand:

Autism and learning disability awareness
Communication challenges and best practice
Reasonable adjustments
How to better support autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities

You will work alongside our facilitating trainers and co-trainers with a learning disability to deliver impactful sessions to Health and Social Care staff across the region.

Full training is provided — including Train-the-Trainer support, rehearsal sessions, and ongoing guidance to help you develop confidence and deliver high-quality, accessible and inclusive training.

Key Responsibilities

Co-deliver Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to Health & Social Care professionals
Share lived experience appropriately and safely within training sessions
Communicate complex or sensitive topics in an accessible way
Build positive working relationships with training colleagues
Participate in planning, preparation and debrief meetings
Review learner feedback and support continuous improvement
Represent and advocate for autistic people and those with learning disabilities
Use Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Outlook and other basic software

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

A diagnosis of autism
Strong communication skills
Confidence speaking to groups of 15–30 people
Reliability and good time management
Respectful, inclusive attitude and ability to work well in a team
Ability to follow safeguarding and organisational policies
Basic familiarity with Microsoft applications (Teams, Outlook etc.)

Desirable:

Experience presenting to groups
Confidence using PowerPoint and virtual training platforms
Previous involvement in Health & Social Care

Why Join Access Skills Ltd?

Make a genuine impact on the lives of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities
Join a friendly, supportive and passionate training team
Receive full training and ongoing development
Contribute to national improvement in Health & Social Care practice
Flexible session-based working

Salary: £25- £30 per hour

Interested?

Send your up-to-date CV to jobs@accessskills.co.uk

Access Skills Ltd is committed to equity, inclusion and valuing lived experience. We encourage applications from individuals with autism and those from diverse backgrounds.