Learning & Development Partner – Social Care

Salary: £30,000 per year

Learning and Development Partner – Social Care

Home based with regular travel and overnight stays

39 hours (flexible) including occasional evening and weekend working

£25,000 + car allowance

We are currently seeking a Learning and Development Partner to join our Specialist Service team to cover our services in Finchley, Northampton, Cambridgeshire and Lincoln.

Job Purpose

To design and deliver training on behalf of the company, ensuring employees are fully aware and trained on all required health and social care training in accordance with company and regulatory expectations. 

We offer a blended learning approach, as a learning and development partner you are expected to support the whole ethos of a blended learning approach and be involved in its design.

Experience and Skills Required:

Essential:

• Understanding of good practice, current legislation and policy trends in Health and Social Care.
• Understanding of the mandatory subjects
• Understanding of a range of approaches to learning activities
• Understanding of theory and best practice in learning and development
• Understanding of a range of qualifications (including RQF’s) within the Health and Social Care Sector
• Relevant qualifications within the mandatory subject area
• Holds a current Maybo training qualification
• Training/teaching qualification
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Must hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• Experience of working within a care setting
• Administrative experience
• Must be able to communicate effectively and confidently with a wide range of people in various settings

Desirable:

• Previous experience as a trainer
• Experience of managing and allocating resources

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To work as part of the learning and development group in the design and delivery of health and social care training to employees.
• Ensure that all training events run smoothly
• To maintain accurate and up to date records of all courses delivered using the Myrus system.
• To liaise with the services to ensure effective communication to meet the current and changing needs of the provision.
• To keep abreast of all pending new legislation and registration requirements on behalf of the company.
• Undertake an area of Subject Lead where you will champion the subject with the services and work in partnership with them to demonstrate safe practice. Research updates and development in this subject specialism and cascade to all relevant parties. Work alongside external agencies to ensure best practice is carried out.
• Adhere to health and safety compliance and maintain the highest standards of personal and professional integrity and conduct throughout all training activities.
• Ensure the Company’s commitment to equality and opportunity in the service provision and employment practices are reinforced through the design and delivery of all learning and development.
• Ensure company values are reinforced in all learning and development activities.
• Train and develop colleagues and managers on Train the Trainer workshops, in order for them to deliver training courses within the standardised approach necessary for quality assurance.
• Carry out, as required, any other duties required by the learning and development group.

Who we are:

Our client is a provider of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for people to live in community settings with learning disabilities, severe physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, challenging behaviour, mental health, forensic needs and acquired brain injury within a range of settings including, supported living services, shared housing, residential services and outreach. We encourage people to take control of their lives – this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.

Disclosure and Barring Service check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for previous criminal convictions.