Early Years Skills Coach

7 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom HBM Learning Full time

**Experienced Early Year Skills Coach covering areas around Surrey, Berkshire and Hants.**

**Monday - Friday**

**Remote/Hybrid role **with 1 or 2 days visiting learners and 1 to 3 days working from home each week.

**Salary £27-30k per year depending on experience.**
- Are you passionate about coaching learners through the levels?
- Are you dedicated to childcare and educating the next cohort of childcare professionals?
- Are you looking for a permanent position in which you can make a real difference to the sector?

**If so, we need you..**

We are delighted to be recruiting for a well-established, reputable Training Provider, since 2006 has continued to grow and develop, becoming a leading training provider across a range of sectors. More responsible employers are becoming aware that investing in their staff and their development is an investment in their future. With our support, we aim to provide training and qualifications that will help employees become top performing, motivated and enthusiastic staff who are an asset to any business. Overall, our client’s real goal is _inspiring tomorrow’s workforce_. Delivering quality is at the core of our business and to do this we need quality people. Is this you?

This role covers the teaching, delivery and assessment of work-based learners completing apprenticeship standards and standalone regulated qualifications along with mentoring and assessment of distance learning for Level 2 short courses. Delivery will be a blend of remote and face to face.

The Early Years/Childcare Assessor is required to use their up-to-date professional knowledge and skills to support vocational and professional development to learners undertaking Early Years programmes. As an assessor, coaching is seen as a complex set of interpersonal skills, it is more learner-centred, exploring the learner’s understanding and needs rather than simply giving advice, and will form an integral part of the role.

As an assessor you are required to carry out the following duties in the context of the policies and practices, particularly Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Data Protection, and those of any host organisations, including informing learners of their obligations.

To Tutor, Mentor and Assess the following programmes;
- Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship
- Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
- Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
- Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (EYE)
- Level 2 Certificate in Introducing Caring for Children and Young People
- Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses
- Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Distressed Behaviour in Children
- Level 2 Award in an Introduction to Neuroscience in Early Years

**Some of your responsibilities include**:

- Establishing strong relationships with learners assigned to you, ensuring they understand the tasks they have been set and agree the deadlines set.
- Pro-active in communicating with learners monthly and with their workplace managers ensuring all are kept informed of progress, responding to all learners within 1 working day time frame using appropriate communication methods.
- Advise and support learners in the selection of units and levels, including specifying which aspects of the Standards must be assessed through performance in the workplace.
- Carry out skills scans and initial assessments to support enrolment and ensure suitability or course is established at the outset.
- Preparing learners for EPA throughout delivery and conducting Gateway meetings, supporting learners and employers to compile all necessary Gateway requirements.
- Attending standardisation and training meetings both sector specific and companywide.
- Conducting observations of practice within the learner workplace
- Maintaining up to date teaching, learning and assessment records and keeping audit trails of progress and communication, via online learner portfolios.
- Maintaining up to date CPD and occupational competence and providing records and evidence.
- Use effective and professional communication methods with your team and wider sectors across the business.
- Manage caseload of learners by diarising and managing own time effectively
- Knowledge and understanding of ongoing developments within your occupational area.
- Ability to demonstrate equal opportunities in practice at a variety of levels and in a variety of settings.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at a variety of levels and in a variety of settings.
- Knowledge and ability to assess to the National Standards while ensuring issues of equality and anti-discriminatory practice are addressed.
- Ability to address issues raised during assessment and to react in an appropriate manner.
- Commitment to providing high-quality training and assessment to the National Standards.
- Knowledge and understanding of qualification requirements and funding requirements.

**Qualifications**:
You are required to hold a cur

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