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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us
Children's System Trainer
We are looking for a Children's System Trainer who will take a lead role in developing our training strategy and needs analysis for the new case management system we are rolling out in Spring 2025.
This is a fixed term (12 months), full time position.
About the role
Once the Children's System Trainer is established, we will look to them for the development of courses and supporting materials, along with leading the training effort as we approach go live. We want to use the right medium to deliver the various elements of training, so will look to the postholder to advise on how we can improve our current elearning offering.
The postholder will become part of an experienced and supportive project team and will play a key role in making the delivery of our new case management system a success.
We are proud of the business systems which we use in Achieving for Children and work hard to make sure they support our colleagues to deliver excellent services to children, young people and families in the boroughs we serve. Excellent systems are only part of the jigsaw. We need to make sure people know how to use them effectively and genuinely find them supportive rather than a challenge to use.
For further information about this role and for an informal discussion, please email:
About you
To be a Children's System Trainer, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:
1. An understanding of procedures and practices relevant to children’s services
2. Experience with delivering Training Needs Analysis and developing comprehensive training plans
3. Training programme development experience to include multiple delivery methods such as classroom based, e-learning, one-to-one, webinars, on-line demonstrations
4. Training programme delivery experience including multiple delivery methods, communications, logistics and bookings
5. Ability to conduct training effectiveness analysis – obtaining feedback on content and delivery, analysing and adapting delivery to ensure improved effectiveness
6. Experience of developing high quality training materials
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
7. 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month(Or for term term workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract.)
8. Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
9. Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
10. Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
11. A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
12. A range of staff benefits and discounts
13. An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children. For our social work offer .
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information about AfC: Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.