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We have been contacted by MCCH who are currently running a recruitment campaign to find additional staff for their challenging behaviour service at Holly Lodge in Hildenborough. For full job details and an application form, please see their web site: … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that the Tizard Centre and PSSRU  at the University of Kent, have been successful if their joint application to be intramural members of the new refreshed NIHR School for Social Care Research.  The School for … Continue reading →

The NAS Conference is being held on the 4th & 5th March 2014, at Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate.  A 2 day international conference for senior professionals to discuss best practice and to share learning. The Conference is aimed primarily … Continue reading →

The fourth lecture in our Seminar Series is due to take place on Wednesday 26th February 2014.  This is being held in the lecture theatre at Kent Business School 1700 hrs.  The talk will be given by Dr Paul Cambridge … Continue reading →

On 19th December 2013 the Tizard Centre held the inaugural meeting of the Kent Learning Disability Research Network. The event was very popular, with about 50 people attending, including Kent psychologists, psychiatrists, other health care staff, social care staff, commissioners, … Continue reading →

This year’s Seattle Club Conference took place in Cardiff at the Radisson Blu Hotel and was attended by a number of Academics from the Tizard Centre, as well as some of our PhD students.  The key note presentation was given by … Continue reading →

“Preventing challenging behaviour of adults with complex needs in supported accommodation”  We are currently seeking a research assistant on the above project primarily to collect follow up data in services where the intervention has been carried out and in a … Continue reading →

We’re absolutely delighted to let you know that the University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for the work of the Tizard Centre. We’ve known this for a couple of weeks but were under … Continue reading →

 The Cumbria Adult Community Learning Disabilities Service are looking to appoint a clinical psychologist based three days in Barrow-in-Furness and two days in Workington. They are looking for a highly motivated individual with a desire to develop both clinical and leadership skills under … Continue reading →

The Jigsaw Trust in Surrey are currently seeking to recruit 8-10 graduates for their Graduate Teaching programme, and are particularly keen to find those who are passionate about working with children with learning difficulties.  Ideally they are looking for psychology … Continue reading →