Learning and Development Partner

Learning and Development Partner

Home based with regular travel and overnight stays

39 hours (flexible) including occasional evening and weekend working

£25,000 + car allowance £3,600

CareTech Community Services Ltd 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 carepathways 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, supportedliving services, shared housing, residential services and outreach.

We are a supportive team and full training will be provided.

**Purpose of the role**

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.

CareTech offers 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.

**Statutory training will include the following and is not exhaustive**:

- Induction
- Safeguarding adults and children
- Moving and transferring people
- Health and safety to include fire safety
- Equality and diversity

**Mandatory training will include the following and is not exhaustive**:

- Maybo
- MCA
- Medication
- Emergency first aid at work
- Understanding autism
- Diabetes care
- Epilepsy
- Mental health and well-being
- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Clinical requirements specific to the service provision

**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 by:

- Being organised, timely and well presented.
- Arrange the course administration in conjunction with the training administrator.
- Ensure all equipment and materials are available for training and in good working order; materials are those agreed by the group and standardised.
- Manage any required assessment of training that is delivered, producing reports and recommendations to the Lead Curriculum Designer.
- Manage the evaluation of all training that is delivered, producing reports and recommendations and sending to the Lead Curriculum Designer.
- 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.
- 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 CareTech’s values are reinforced in all learning 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.

Upholding the values of the organisation**:PERSON-CENTRED FRIENDLY INNOVATIVE POSITIVE EMPOWERING.**

Caretech offer - Stakeholder Pension Scheme, employee assistance helpline, flexible additional holiday and Share Save
- Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

CareTech Community Services are proud to advise that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.

The Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 were made on 22nd July and come into force on 11th November 2021.