Thanks Caroline and Angwen for this week’s leadership message and blog. Good to see practical action alongside ambition in all of the content again this week. I am proud to work for West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership 👇🏻👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿

It’s time to break free from the gender pay gap in the NHS. No parent should have to choose between their career and their family. Apply now for our award-winning Fellowship and join other parents in the NHS striving for equality in healthcare.

leadersplus.org/nhsfellowship/

#NHS

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Learning Disability & Mental Health #Careers Programme is in delivery phase with 5 activities already taking place. The programme has reached 300+ students so far and forecast to reach 2,000+ young people by the end of the programme! #NursingCareers #SocialValue

FREE bite size training resources for anyone supporting people with learning disabilities #constipation #annualhealthchecks #reasonableadjustments #changesinhealth
learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/Cari…
BDCFT NHS West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership ExclusivelyInclusive Elaine James Sonya Robertshaw (she/her)

NightOWLS is for every child or young person, including neuro-diverse people, who are experiencing a mental health crisis at night. Open 8pm - 8am every day. Call free, text or online chat at wynightowls.org.uk

Do you know what reasonable adjustments are?

If you care for someone with a learning disability or autism, you can find out more about what reasonable adjustments are & how to ask for them: wypartnership.co.uk/Training-learn…

Are you looking for a role in healthcare? Come to our Healthcare Job Fair on 7th March and chat to staff from Touchstone, and local NHS Mental Health trusts BDCFT NHS, SouthWestYorkshire Partnership NHS FoundationTrust, and Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Drop into Kirkgate Market in Leeds 11-3pm with a quiet hour on 2-3pm!

Is it #TimeToTalk about a new career in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism? Read and download our new brochure to find out more: bit.ly/3XILbU0

'Workers will be provided with more opportunities for learning and will gain invaluable experience by working in and with a greater range of teams.'

Lindsay Jensen and Sonya Robertshaw celebrate the launch of the West Yorkshire Staff Bank. Read the blog: bit.ly/47Qn5eB

We are looking for speakers from April onwards for our NED talks. (neurodiversity,education talks)
(to talk about good practice / work in the workplace or positive experiences with local services.)
If you want to be to a speaker please email [email protected]

Do you know what reasonable adjustments are?

If you work with people with learning disabilities or autism, you can find out more about how to make reasonable adjustments on our website: bit.ly/3tNa8Ei

Our West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Workforce team recently partnered with NHS South Yorkshire to deliver a live-stream ambassador session to local psychology students in further education and sixth-form colleges.

Read more here: bit.ly/3RKPDRU

#CollegeToday great to join AHP colleagues from #LYPFT for a session on #CulturalCompetencyAndHumility as I look at our #Curriculum
Fantastic, thought provoking few hours Sonya Robertshaw (she/her) Sarah Hickey West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Sonya Robertshaw (she/her) WaddilovesLD Team LTHT LD and Autism Health Facilitation Team (Get Checked Out) amanda mckie West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

We are thrilled to be name the 3rd Most Inclusive employer by Inclusive Awards / Companies for the second year running! A testament to our wonderful team and their dedication to making Touchstone a special place to work. 💙💛 #InclusiveCompanies #InclusiveTop5

We have been collaborating with Ahead Partnership to deliver a programme of education engagement that highlights the varied routes into Learning Disability service roles.

Below are just some of the highlights from the important work ⬇️

For this year’s #choosepsychiatry we’ve made films to show you the wide range of career options available through the 13 specialties in psychiatry. Find out from the fantastic Dr Chloe Beale 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ why becoming a Liaison Psychiatrist is a great choice.
rcpsych.ac.uk/become-a-psych…

Our mission is to make West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership #WestYorkshire a safe place to live for all especially our women and girls.

Find out more about what Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire West Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor for Policing & Crime + I are doing to make our public spaces safer

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Tom Riordan Robin Tuddenham 💙 💙Prof Mel Pickup 🐥 Rob Webster 💙

We’re thrilled to announce that our mental health, learning disabilities and autism workforce team and partners Touchstone won the top prize for their project 'Inclusive Recruitment – Diversity in the Workplace' at the Datix Awards 2023.

Read more: bit.ly/47eMlvB