SPECIAL NOTICE - JOB ADVERTISEMENTS

We are in the process of updating our website and have added the recruitment page from our new site as a Beta Test Page. All vacancies on the recruitment page are actual positions within the Trust which have been advertised in various publications throughout Essex.

Please click this link to view vacancies on the site

Hamelin Trust is a voluntary organisation, which was formed in 1979 by the parents of two children with learning disabilities. At that time there were few services available in Essex to help families who were caring for children with special needs. The parents formed 'The Billericay and Essex Trust for the Severely Mentally Handicapped', which became a registered charity in 1982. In 1983, Hamelin House in Billericay was the first service to be introduced to help meet the needs of parents, carers and their children.

The Trust has grown over the years as other needs have been identified through work and consultations with parents, carers, children and adults with learning disabilities, and other agencies. In 1991 the name was changed to Hamelin Trust and charitable company status was granted. However, the aims and primary object of the Trust have remained the same from the outset. These are to support people of all ages who have learning disabilities (mental handicap) and/or a physical disability, sensory impairment or who may have a mental health problem

Hamelin Trust believes that:

• people with learning disabilities should be enabled to live as fulfilled and independent a life as possible in accordance with their wishes and wherever they choose.
• Services which enable such a lifestyle should be provided in partnership with those with learning disabilities, their families or advocates, voluntary organisations and statutory services.
• The partnership should seek to provide services within the person's own community, enabling them to contribute to that community, and to retain and develop local links, friendships and interests.

The Trust has a non-discriminatory policy throughout all of its services and operates equal opportunities for all.