L&D Partner - Adult Care (Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas)

Job title	Learning and Development Partner
Reports to	Divisional Head of Learning and Development, Adult Services
Job family	Learning and Development
Location	Home based with regular travel (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Area) and overnight stays
Hours	39 hours (flexible) including occasional evening and weekend working
Salary	c£31,800 + company car or car allowance

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.

Training will include the following and is not exhaustive:

• Induction
• Active support
• Safeguarding adults and children
• Moving and transferring people
• Fire safety
• Maybo (positive approaches to behaviour)
• Mental Capacity Act
• Emergency first aid at work
• Understanding autism
• Learning disability awareness
• Mental health and well being
• Augmentative and alternative communication

Role and responsibilities

1. To work as part of the learning and development group in the design and delivery of health and social care training to employees.
2. Ensure that all training events run smoothly by:

• Being organised, timely and well presented.
• Arrange the course administration in conjunction with the training Co-ordinator.
• 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.
• Manage the evaluation of all training that is delivered, producing reports and recommendations.
  

  3. To maintain accurate and up to date records of all courses delivered using the Learning Management System.

  
  

  4. To liaise with the services to ensure effective communication to meet the current and changing needs of the provision.

  
  

  5. To keep abreast of all pending new legislation and registration requirements on behalf of the company.

  
  

  6. Undertake a lead area of the business where you will be responsible for the learning and development, championing this area with the services, working in partnership with them to enable safe practice and undertake any other reasonable request relating to this area of the business. Research updates and development in this subject specialism and cascade to all relevant parties. Work alongside external agencies to ensure best practice is carried out. Produce records and reports as required relating to this area of the business.

  
  

  7. Adhere to health and safety compliance and maintain the highest standards of personal and professional integrity and conduct throughout all training activities.

  
  

  8. 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.

  
  

  9. Ensure CareTech's values are reinforced in all learning and development activities.

  
  

  10. Train and develop colleagues, operational trainers and managers on Train the Trainer workshops, in order for them to deliver training courses within the standardised approach necessary for quality assurance.