Learning and Development Trainer - Residential

Compass Community; West Malling; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cashback for medical appointments &amp

Service awards: £200/£400/£600

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday/Wellbeing day

Life Assurance Scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

Compass Community is seeking a dedicated trainer to deliver learning, skills and training across our residential services, including fostering, residential and education sectors for children and young people. You will develop and maintain training materials and lead the induction of new staff in designated regions.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, strong communication, and a willingness to understand residential regulations, safeguarding issues and child care law, with travel

Qualifications

• Deliver training to residential workers and, on occasion, to other employees.
• Develop and maintain learning and training materials.
• Lead induction of new staff in designated regions.
• Ensure the service aligns with government legislation, regulations and standards.
• Represent Compass Community’s Vision and Values in training delivery.
• Discuss residential regulations, child care law and safeguarding issues.
• Travel nationally and work across multiple offices/venues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training and facilitate learning activities for staff.
• Develop materials and maintain up-to-date training content.
• Lead induction programs for new hires in regions served.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support service quality and compliance.

Skills

Strong communication

Team player

Willingness to travel nationally

Verbal and written communication

Education

Level 3 Residential Childcare Qualification

AET qualification or willingness to work towards

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child?

Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach.Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fixing what needs fixing, together.

This is the work. And we’d like you to be part of it.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person to join our learning and development training team to support and deliver learning, skills and training to our residential services. We are looking for someone that is reflective and creative in practice. Working collaboratively with all stakeholders you will strive to ensure that the children and young people in our care reach their full potential through providing effective support and training to our residential workers.

You will be comfortable to work across a wide range of offices and venues with travel across regions expected allowing for significant collaborative working.

This role will predominately be covering areas around Whitstable and Thetford.

Education

We are looking for a committed trainer who would like to work within a children’s service offering fostering, residential and education services to children and young people. Key aspects to the role are:

• To deliver training to all residential workers along with on occasion to other employees
• To develop and maintain learning and training materials
• To lead the induction of new staff in designed regions
• Support the organisation in ensuring that the service is run in line with the Government Legislation, Regulations and Standards, together with the Inspecting Body.
• Represent Compass Community’s Vision and Values, whilst developing and providing a comprehensive learning ethos to the Compass Community.
• Have a willingness to understand and discuss residential regulations, child care law and safeguarding issues.
• Be a strong team player and be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attend meetings as required
• Travel nationally
• Be proficient in using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and have a willingness to learn the use of our in-house databases.
• Have an ability to work under pressure and priorities your workload whilst remaining calm and professional.
• Previous training and facilitation experience is preferred for this role.
• Level 3 Residential Childcare Qualification is advantageous for this role

AET qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards.

The Benefits Of Joining Compass

• Cashback for various medical appointments & treatments with MediCash.
• Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 days within 4 years, plus all bank holidays.
• Additional 2.5 days each year for your birthday, a health and wellbeing day and a half day festive shopping day.
• Life Assurance Scheme.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers, technology and cycle to work.

The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to satisfactory references. Please note that Compass reserves the right to close this vacancy early upon receipt of sufficient applications.

Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.

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