General Trainer

**Salary**: Competitive Salary and Benefits Package

**Responsible to**: Group Learning and Development Manager

**Location and Hours**: This role will be a mix of being home based and travel to our services / training venues, as required. The areas this role covers is mainly in the South of England.

**Who We Are**

We’re here to support people to flourish in a place they call home. We’re one of the largest providers of adult social care with over 3,600 colleagues supporting 1,100 people.

Our approach is all about activities and co-production with the people we support. We work with them to design and plan what we do - so we can create the best experiences together.

And we’re on a mission to benefit even more people with our uncompromising quality of care and support. It’s the professional expertise and passion of our team that makes us different. We genuinely care and we love supporting people to set and then reach their goals. Because every person deserves the very best experience - every day.

**Role Overview**
- Delivering virtual induction training, mandatory training, and non-specialist training
- Motivating and inspiring learners to achieve and develop their knowledge and skills.
- Planning and delivering effective learning activities for diverse groups in a safe and inclusive environment.
- Providing high quality, engaging and informative training sessions both in the classroom and with new hires in a virtual environment.
- Communicate new starter expectations and instructions as part of the induction curriculum.
- To assist in the development of quality action plans and ensure delivery of appropriate training for all levels of staff throughout the organisation to achieve a reduction in incidents.
- Promoting a variety of learning approaches to suit the needs of the learners and the organisation
- Supporting those learners who may have specific needs and work creatively to overcome any barriers to learning.
- Deliver learning activities as per regional / organisational requirements.
- Demonstrate the required level of knowledge and underpinning values to competently deliver all elements of the curriculum.
- To deliver training that is flexible to needs of the core business
- This is not an exhaustive list of activities, and the post holder may be asked to undertake other duties as specified by the Group L&D Manager

**If you’re ready for a job that can truly make a difference and you’re up for a challenge, then this is the team for you**.

**The main skills and experience for this role**
- Experienced in working in a support or care role in healthcare, social care or education.
- Hold or be willing to complete an accredited training qualification e.g. Level 3 Award in Education and Training (QCF) or equivalent.
- Current emergency First Aid at Work (which includes immediate life support) or be willing to achieve within a specific timescale.
- Up to date train the trainer qualifications for Moving and Handling of People or be willing to achieve within a specified timescale.
- Confident in using virtual/remote learning technology, maintains personal competence in such systems, and can engage/hold the attention of learners in a virtual learning environment.
- Capacity to work unsupervised and co-operatively with others with the ability to promote and support the effectiveness of ivolve’s employee learning and development strategies.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
- Be positive, resilient and dynamic with excellent training delivery and presentation skills.

**How We Will Support You**

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 5.6 weeks annual leave, flexible working hours and pension.

**Industry-Leading Recognition**
- Colleague lotto - giving everyone the opportunity to win great cash prizes
- Prize winning scratchcards aligned with values in action
- We recognise our colleagues who go above and beyond - our ‘Heroes’ are nominated by colleagues for quarterly and annual awards
- Loyalty Scheme - recognising colleagues at work anniversaries
- Your birthday off after a years service

**Social Wellbeing**
- Award-winning App for news and info
- Internal social media
- Team communities

**Financial Wellbeing**
- Discounts include high street, supermarkets, flash sales, gym memberships and more
- Blue Light discount programme, funded by us
- Salary Finance scheme for lower cost loans and to save for special occasions or rainy days
- Government mileage rates if you need to travel

**Emotional Wellbeing**
- Free confidential Employee Assistance Programme with qualified counsellors
- Free wellbeing App
- Practical advice covering things like consumer rights, anxiety, childcare and more

**Training and Development to Reach Your Potential**
- Learning journey that grows with you to reach care worker standards
- Specialist skills training including Autis