At the NeurodiverCity Training Academy we offer training programmes designed to help mentors understand the journey of a care leaver and those who are neurodiverse.  This will support our exciting and ambitious employability programme; and improve the life chances of looked after children in Merseyside and those who have previously been difficult to reach.  This training will give you and your colleagues the necessary knowledge and skills to help a care leaver or a neurodiverse colleague thrive and succeed in the workplace. This course is designed for those already in employment who wish to help support a care leaver or a Neurodiverse colleague thrive within their workplace.

Register using this link to attend our next Work Place Mentor training day (an example of our programme is included below).

1-day Work Place Mentor programme (9th Feb 2022)

A one day training programme designed to help mentors understand the journey of a care leaver, support the exciting and ambitious employability programme; and improve the life chances of looked after children in Merseyside.

By the end of this course, you will have the necessary knowledge and skills to help a care leaver or a neurodiverse colleague thrive and succeed in your workplace.

Date
9 February 2022

Duration
1 day

Time
0930 - 1530

Price
Free (includes lunch)

Provider
PDP/NeurodiverCity Training Academy

Cohort Size
Maximum 25 people

Location
The Umbrella Project, Fashion Hub, Constance Street, Liverpool, L3 8ET

Age Group
This course is designed for those already in employment who wish to help support a care leaver or a Neurodiverse colleague thrive within their workplace.

Can you help with our fundraising efforts, or perhaps make donations that will directly help our young Care Leavers and our neurodiverse students?

Can you help? Please send us a message using this link.

Wish List 🙏

To gain funding and sponsorship deals so that we can continue to offer our much needed support to over 100 students each year.

Sponsor a 1.2 metre wide sublimation fabric printer.

Sponsor sensory items including weighted gilets, weighted animals for knees (that people put on their knees for comfort), smaller blankets, ear defenders (in and over ear), block of screens, etc.

Sponsor standing desks, wobble stools, fidget toys, etc.

Sponsor assistive learning technology including nesse, dragon, microphone headsets, etc.

Sponsor a camera / security  - Ring Door Bell.

Sponsor a ID Badge Maker. 

Sponsor a First Aid Kit.

Sponsor a leaflet stand.

Sponsor USB desk fans

Sponsor our safeguarding and fire marshall training needs.

Sponsor new fire extinguishers and signage.

Sponsor the purchase of a Hearing Loop.

Sponsor student's breakfasts.

Sponsor student's lunches.

Sponsor our sublimation inks.

Sponsor our stationary, arts & craft material and educational games / books.

Donate fabric / sewing supplies.

Donate scarves, hats, gloves, non-perishable foods, etc. for our annual Christmas appeal supporting young care leavers.

At the NeurodiverCity Training Academy we  are actively seeking forward thinking employers who will agree to consider a student's CV and give them either a face-to-face, online or telephone interview.

Could you be one of those trusted employers willing to give our young neurodiverse and Care Leaver students the opportunity of a potentially life changing interview?

If so, please click this link and send us your details for one of our team to contact you.

A traditional job interview can be problematic. If you have a neurodivergent condition like Autism or Dyspraxia, you could struggle to understand social norms and non-verbal communication. Autistic people are also prone to sensory processing issues, making a panel interview difficult to navigate as the candidate has to focus on several people’s verbal and non-verbal communication at one time.

However, there are many ways to adapt your interviewing techniques to help neurodivergent individuals. For example, instead of using a panel of interviewers, you could conduct a series of sequential interviews with one interviewer at a time.

Also, at the NeurodiverCity Training Academy we are seeking trusteed interview buddies, who with permission will sit in on an interview session with the interviewee and provide gentle prompts when needed.

A traditional job interview can be problematic. If you have a neurodivergent condition like Autism or Dyspraxia, you could struggle to understand social norms and non-verbal communication. Autistic people are also prone to sensory processing issues, making a panel interview difficult to navigate as the candidate has to focus on several people’s verbal and non-verbal communication at one time.

However, there are many ways to adapt your interviewing techniques to help neurodivergent individuals. For example, instead of using a panel of interviewers, you could conduct a series of sequential interviews with one interviewer at a time.

If so, please click this link and send us your details for one of our team to contact you.

Also, at the NeurodiverCity Training Academy we are seeking trusteed interview buddies, who with permission will sit in on an interview session with the interviewee and provide gentle prompts when needed.