We aim to make a real difference to people with learning disabilities by providing effective and flexible support to help them to improve their lives.

Respond works with children and adults with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse or trauma, as well as those who have abused others, through psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning and other support. Respond also aims to prevent abuse by providing training, consultancy and research.

          Recruitment

Respond is looking for an experienced person to coordinate Respond’s Adult Therapy Service.

This person will play a key role in the delivery of the agreed strategies for the service, manage specific aspects of individual case and project work and hold a small caseload of clients. Applicants need to be available to work on Monday afternoons.

Please click here for more details.

Independent Sexual Violence Advisor service

Respond has an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) especially to work with people with learning disabilities from inner London who have experienced sexual violence.

We can help in dealing with the police and the courts or with other issues like housing, health or getting counselling.

We can help if the sexual violence was recently or a long time ago.

We can help if the person wants to report the crime to the police. We can also help if it isn't what they want to do.

It doesn't cost anything to get support from Respond's ISVA.

To find out more, contact:

Annie Rose, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor

phone: 020 7380 8257

email:  isva@respond.org.uk

 
London Training

Respond's Training Strategy is currently under review.

The new training calendar for training held at Respond will be available shortly.

We will continue to run commissioned courses for organisations at their place of work during this time.

Campaigns

Respond employs a Policy & Campaigns Officer for 3 days per week to lead and implement Respond's Policy and Campaigning work in the following areas:

• To raise awareness and influence public attitudes towards people with learning disabilities specifically around Disability Hate Crime (DHC) in the Capital
• To promote better protection and equal access to justice for people with learning disabilities living in the London area who have experienced DHC
• To raise awareness of the issue of Forced Marriage of people with learning Disabilities living in the London area. To see our campaigns page click here. To see our campaign about disability hate crime click here.
• Please see our Facebook page: http://bit.ly/c6Lj3Y