Expert Panel Member

Time commitment: 2 - 3 meetings per year (with occasional input between; Meetings primarily virtual)

Remuneration: Voluntary role. (Reasonable expenses reimbursed)

Term: 3-years (renewable)

For generations, Norwood has stood alongside neurodiverse children, adults and their families.

Every day, people rely on services that support them to feel safe, build independence and live with dignity. Behind those services are decisions about how support is designed, how practice evolves, and how we respond to a changing world.

Those decisions matter. And they are stronger when informed by the right voices.

Introducing Norwood's Expert Advisory Panel

We are bringing together a cross-disciplinary group of experts to guide how our services develop across children, families and adult provision.

This is not an operational role. It is an opportunity to step back, apply your expertise, and influence how support is designed at a strategic level.

As a Panel Member, you will contribute your expertise to ensure that what we do is:

• Grounded in current research and emerging evidence,
• Informed by best practice nationally and internationally,
• Responsive to lived experience,
• Aligned with evolving policy, legislation and professional standards.

Your perspective will help ensure our work remains credible, relevant and forward-looking.

Where you come in

You may be a clinician, researcher, practitioner, policy specialist or someone with lived experience.
You may have spent years shaping thinking, influencing practice, or improving services in your field.

This is an opportunity to bring that experience into a space where it directly informs real decisions and outcomes.

You will:

• Contribute insight to strategic discussions
• Share knowledge of research, innovation and best practice
• Offer constructive challenge and informed perspective
• Help connect Norwood to wider systems, networks and emerging thinking

For example, your input could:

• Shape how we embed Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) across adult and children's services, ensuring it is practical, consistent and evidence-based
• Inform the redesign of activity and wellbeing programmes, helping us move from provision-led to truly person-centred approaches that reflect individual goals and lived experience.

The commitment is focused. The impact is far-reaching.

Influence beyond the panel: as part of the Expert Advisory Panel, there may be opportunities to contribute beyond formal meetings.

From time to time, you may be invited to share your expertise through:

• Thought leadership content such as articles or commentaries aligned to Norwood's mission
• Speaking opportunities, including lectures or events
• Structured discussions or knowledge-sharing sessions with colleagues and stakeholders

This is an opportunity to extend your impact, contribute to wider sector thinking, and help position Norwood as a leader in supporting neurodiverse people and their families.

Why this matters

The landscape around neurodiversity, disability and care is changing.

• Expectations are evolving,
• Evidence is developing,
• Voices are becoming clearer and stronger.

To respond well, organisations need to listen, reflect and adapt. This Panel is part of how Norwood will do that.

What you will be part of

• A thoughtful, respectful and purposeful forum.
• A space where expertise is valued and challenge is welcomed.
• A collective effort to improve how support is designed and delivered.

You will not be making decisions You will be strengthening them.

What you bring

• Expertise in your field
• A strategic and curious mindset
• Willingness to share insight and ask thoughtful questions
• A commitment to improving outcomes for neurodiverse people and their families.

Above all, alignment with Norwood's values: Kindness. Respect. Belonging. Empowerment.

A bit more information: Norwood's Broadway House, located at 80 - 82 The Broadway, Stanmore HA7 4HB, is the charity's head office and main administrative base.

It brings together Governance, Leadership, Fundraising, Finance, People and Culture, and Marketing and Communications, providing coordination and support to Children & Family Services and Adult Services.

The office supports Norwood's mission to help people with neurodevelopmental disabilities, their families, and children in need across London and the South East. It is also the main point of contact for referrals, general enquiries, and charity business.

Safe Recruitment: Norwood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children, young people, and adults we support. This role is subject to safer recruitment checks in line with CQC Regulation 19, and appointment is conditional upon satisfactory pre-employment checks, including Right to Work in the UK and a DBS check appropriate to the role.

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Disclaimer: At Norwood, we welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. At this time, Norwood is not a UK Home Office licensed sponsor and is unable to offer visa sponsorship.