Oliver McGowan Facilitating Trainer | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is seeking a Facilitating Trainer to deliver mandatory training on learning disability and autism to professionals across health and social care. The role involves leading training sessions, supporting co-trainers with lived experience, and ensuring a safe learning environment. The ideal candidate will have an in-depth understanding of learning disabilities, solid training experience, and the ability to demonstrate compassion and patience. Flexibility to work at various locations across North Central London is necessary.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading training sessions for health and social care professionals.
• Ability to lead and support expert by experience co-trainers.
• Familiarity with safeguarding and health and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training on learning disability and autism.
• Lead supervising roles for co-trainers.
• Ensure all participants feel safe and confident during sessions.

Skills

In-depth understanding of learning disability and autism

Solid training experience

Supervisory skills

Coaching and leadership

Compassion and respect

Job description

Role Overview

The Facilitating Trainer is responsible for delivering learning disability and autism training to people who work in health and social care across North Central London on behalf of the North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS). This training is called The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, which comprises full‑day in‑person training sessions as well as Teams webinars. Training is delivered by training teams that include the facilitating trainer, an autistic co‑trainer, and a co‑trainer with a learning disability. The core role involves being the training lead for your team, responsible for training preparation, delivery at various Trust locations across North Central London, and review and refinement of training scripts and materials as required.
As a Facilitating Trainer you will have an in‑depth understanding of learning disability and autism and solid training experience. You will lead and support expert by experience co‑trainers who are autistic people and people with a learning disability.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake a supervisory role for expert with lived experience co‑trainers, ensuring appropriate pastoral support, leadership and coaching.
• Effectively support experts with lived experience co‑trainers, ensuring they are fully included and supported in the delivery of the sessions.
• Provide reasonable adjustments to support individual needs of the training teams prior to, during and after training sessions.
• Become an NHS England‑accredited Oliver McGowan Mandatory trainer.
• Lead the Oliver McGowan training teams in the preparation of training sessions, and the post‑sessions review/improve cycle.
• Lead and co‑deliver Oliver McGowan Mandatory training sessions.
• Help to keep training participants and the training team safe and confident in their surroundings and act on safeguarding and health and safety concerns in line with organisational policies.
• Understand the Oliver McGowan “Train the Trainer” information around legal aspects, keeping up to date with current and emerging thinking in health and social care practice, learning disability and autism.
• Understand and respond to queries and challenges from delegates during training.
• Demonstrate positivity, recognising the strengths and abilities of individuals, including people with a learning disability and autistic people who are co‑trainers, and learners.
• Gain an understanding of the perspectives and personal references of each co‑trainer with a learning disability and autistic co‑trainer when co‑facilitating, including reference to learners.
• Be patient and really listen to what is being communicated by the expert by lived experience co‑trainers, and learners.
• Recognise the presentation, behaviour, and identity of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and learners, and respond with respect and compassion, without judgment.
• Value and acknowledge the experience and expertise of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and learners, enabling choice and autonomy and protecting people’s human rights at all times.
• Act with integrity, honesty, and openness, seeking to develop mutual trust in all interactions at all times.
• Recognise, respect and value people with a learning disability and autistic people’s differences and challenge negative stereotyping.

Trust Mission and Strategy

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff networks.

Values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

Working Conditions

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.