Health & Social Care Assessor

KW Publishers Pvt Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks passionate health and social care assessors to drive standards through education. In this rewarding role, you will support learners in achieving their qualifications while ensuring adherence to best practices. With a focus on personal development, you'll engage with learners and employers, delivering impactful teaching sessions and assessments. This position offers flexibility with home-based work and travel, alongside a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including annual leave and a pension scheme. If you are dedicated to making a difference in the health and social care sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Laptop provided

Mobile phone provided

25 Days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee wellbeing programme

Enhanced sick pay

Employee referral bonus scheme

NUS Discount Card eligibility

Christmas and New Year shutdown

Maternity reward vouchers

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in adult/elderly health & social care sector.
• Assessor qualification and experience in educational settings required.

Responsibilities

• Support and motivate learners to achieve their qualifications.
• Conduct monthly visits and assessments to track learner progress.
• Deliver effective teaching sessions in line with curriculum standards.

Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

IT Skills

Teaching Skills

Assessment Skills

Functional Skills Support

Education

Health and Social Care Qualification Level 3

Health and Social Care Qualification Level 5

Teaching Qualification Level 3 or above

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Health and Social Care Assessor

We are looking for experienced and qualified health & social care assessors to join our team. If you have a passion for driving standards within the health & social care sector through education and are experienced in the delivery of apprenticeships and diplomas within health & social care, read on as this may be the opportunity for you!

Salary and benefits

• Level 5 - £30,000
• Level 3 - £27,000
• Plus bonus opportunity OTE £5,000 PA
• Home based with travel
• Laptop and mobile phone provided
• 25 Days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Christmas and New Year shutdown period
• Pension scheme
• Specsavers scheme
• NUS Discount Card eligibility
• £500 Employee referral bonus scheme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Maternity reward vouchers
• Employee wellbeing and assistance programme

The Role

As a Personal Development Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring a caseload of Apprenticeship & Diploma-only learners achieve their Health and Social Care qualifications at Level 2/3 or Levels 4/5 depending on your occupational competence.

You will do this through conducting progressive visits (a mixture of remote video calls and face to face meetings at the learners’ workplace) with every learner each month - supporting, motivating, and encouraging them to achieve their qualification within the agreed timeframes. You will have a clear set of KPI’s and will manage your own diary to ensure you achieve these.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Engaging with learners and employers monthly to gain commitment to the programme
• Delivering effective teaching and learning sessions in line with the curriculum approach to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours as defined in the apprenticeship standards - adhering to Ofsted and Awarding Organisation requirements and best practice for teaching, learning and assessment
• Ensure submission and assessment of learner evidence in a timely manner to show learner progression
• Carrying out observations of learner practice in the workplace
• Supporting learners to achieve their maths and English Functional Skills
• Supporting learners to successfully pass End Point Assessment
• Promoting and safeguarding learner health and wellbeing
• Recognising and reporting any safeguarding concerns relating to staff, learners, adults at risk or children.

Requirements

• Current, extensive and relevant vocational experience (min 2 years) in the adult / elderly health & social care sector, including Dementia and Learning Disabilities at a Senior Carer level or above
• Health and social care qualification at Level 3 or Level 5
• Experience of working within work-based learning/educational settings and hold an Assessor qualification
• Ideally you will hold a teaching qualification at Level 3 or above
• Good English and maths skills, preferably to GCSE level or equivalent (C or above)
• Experience of working in high demand environments, to targets and tight deadlines
• Experience of working autonomously, having excellent time management, organisation and planning skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders
• Excellent IT Skills – ability to navigate internal applications and use Microsoft packages

Additional Information

You must have your own transport, a Broadband connection at home and car insurance covered by business use. All business mileage and expenses are covered by the company.

T2 is committed to providing a safe environment for all learners and employees.

NB. Your employment with the Company will be conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references.