Care Trainer

**Care Trainer**

**40 hours per week**

**£27,300 per annum, plus car allowance**

**Based at Colten House in Ringwood with regular travel across our care homes in Bournemouth and Poole**

We’re looking for a Care Trainer to become a valued part of our Induction Academy, supporting care colleagues through the first weeks and months of their career in our care homes across Bournemouth & Poole.

No previous experience in delivering training is required. This role sits within the Learning and Development team who will provide all of the on-the-job training you might need.

You’ll work with fellow Care Trainers and Home Managers across our homes to develop the understanding of care skills, behaviours and values in new team members, ensuring everyone receives a warm welcome to Colten Care. You’ll deliver general learning to equip all our teams including kitchen and dining, housekeeping, gardeners, maintenance teams, nurses and of course our carers to start their new roles in Colten Care with confidence.

**About you**

You’ll have extensive experience supporting care colleagues in their learning, but don’t need any Learning and Development qualification or training delivery experience - we’ll supply all the skills training needed for this role, tailoring it to you personally.

You’ll have great communications skills and a passion for influencing and engaging your colleagues to provide outstanding care. You’re organised, hard-working, resilient, with attention to detail and a sense of fun. You will be prepared to work an occasional evening or weekend day and also have access to your own car.

**About Colten Care**

We’re an award-winning, family-owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation within the industry thanks to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.

We strive to be the best we can hence why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and six are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.

If a career in elderly care is for you then you want to be part of the team at Colten Care.

**Benefits**
- ** Paid breaks (hourly rate)**:

- **Uniform provided**:

- **Excellent inductions, training and ‘on the job’ support**:

- **Real career progression opportunities**:

- **Annual pay review**:

- **Additional hours/overtime opportunities to suit your circumstances.**:

- **Choice of hot or cold meals and drinks on duty**:

- **Contributory pension scheme**:

- **Background checks at no cost to you