NVQ Manager/Assessor
Salary: £40K plus benefits
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
We provide essential qualifications and training for professionals working in children's homes. Our goal is to enhance the skills and knowledge of the workforce to ensure high-quality care and support for vulnerable children. We focus on professional growth and development, offering a range of accredited qualifications and continuing education opportunities.
Purpose of the Role:
You will play a key role in creating and implementing the training and development strategy. Responsible for assessing the needs of the workforce, designing and delivering effective training programmes, and ensuring that all staff are equipped with the necessary skills and qualifications to deliver outstanding care in children’s homes. This includes both in-house training and partnerships with external providers.
Person Specification:
• Delivering Children, Young People & Families Level 4.
• An understanding of children's homes and experience of working within the sector.
• Building and developing relationships with Managers
• Maintaining documentation on learner's progression.
• Planning and implementing learner progress reviews
• To ensure all learners receive robust quality assurance feedback in a timely manner
• To adapt delivery style to suit the needs of the individual learner/s and employer.
• To effectively manage cohorts of learners towards business needs and standards ensuring outcomes are achieved timely
• To take part in training and team meetings.
• To ensure that all reporting and recording relating to learner administration and assessment is organised and conducted as agreed.
• To report all learner safeguarding issues to the authorised Safeguarding Officer
• To attend team meetings, monthly 1:1’s and annual appraisals
• To actively engage in Continuous Professional Development which will begin immediately.
• Communicate effectively across the organisation at all levels
Personal Qualities
• Confident communicator
• Passionate about learning and skills development
• Highly professional
• Resilience and a ‘can do’ attitude
• Self-motivated, and able to manage own performance
• Driven with a will to succeed
• Team Player with a positive approach
Essential Experience and Skills
• Assessor Qualification - D32/D33/A1 or TAQA.
• Relevant qualifications gained
• Proven track record in terms of person with the sector
• Strong administration and organisation skills
• Highly motivated & punctual
• Digitally literate and confident in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Full driving licence, willing to travel