Become a Lived Experience Contributor for learning disability and autism project

24 July 2024

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) is working to develop a Dynamic Support Register. This is an all-age list of autistic people and people with a learning disability (subject to their consent) which allows staff to better support people at risk of a mental health hospital admission.

Lived Experience Communicators

We are looking for 2 Lived Experience Communicators to join our Steering Group and Reference Group.

They will come to meetings to share ideas and opinions, ask questions and raise any challenges or concerns. They will feedback discussions from the Steering Group with the Reference Group and will communicate the views of the Reference Group to the Steering Group.

Lived Experience Advisors

We are also looking for 4 Lived Experience Advisors to join our Reference Group.

This group will hear from the Lived Experience Communicators about the topics being discussed in the Steering Group and give their opinions and questions to the Communicators for them to raise at the next Steering Group meeting.

About the meetings

Steering Group meetings

This group is attended by people who work in Learning Disability services and people who work in Autism services, including from health, social care and voluntary organisations. Meetings are:

held monthly, on a Tuesday
two hours long, from 10am to 12pm
held at City Hall, College Green, Bristol
attended by 10 to 20 people who attend in-person or online.

Adult Reference Group meetings

This group is attended by the 2 Lived Experience Communicators, 4 Lived Experience Advisors and the Dynamic Support Register project team. Meetings are:

held monthly, on a Wednesday
two hours long from 10am to 12pm
held at City Hall, College Green, Bristol
attended by 9 people who will all attend in-person.

About the roles

We will provide £20 per hour to recognise your involvement, plus travel expenses.

These roles are anticipated to begin in August 2024 and end in March 2025. They may end sooner if we complete the work before this date or they may be extended if more time is needed.

Easy Read job description for the Lived Experience Communicators

Easy Read job description for the Lived Experience Advisors

How to apply

To express your interest, please email: paige.williams@bristol.gov.uk with a completed job application before 12 August 2024.

Download the Easy Read job application form for the Lived Experience Communicators

Download the Easy Read job application form for the Lived Experience Advisors

Paige can also be contacted if you have any questions about the roles by email or by phone on 07920 482 845.