MAIN DUTIES 1. Work with the Lead Practice Educator and Deputy Director of Care- Quality Assurance to support the development and delivery of an education plan that supports Acorns strategy and workforce development in order to meet the needs of children, families and individual team members. 2. Demonstrate commitment through support to Registered Managers to ensure that compliance with all mandatory training is achieved. 3. Act as the Resuscitation officer for Acorns developing and maintaining own skills as required for this role. 4. Support Registered Managers in the onboarding of new starters (permanent and bank). 5. Work with clinical teams across Acorns and externally to develop and deliver educational opportunities to ensure competence and confidence in complex care. 6. Work with clinical teams to ensure clinical competency and skills development to support delivery of evidence-based care. This includes the ongoing development and review of the Acorns clinical competency process. 7. As part of the Care Education Team, demonstrate our caring value by ensuring a responsive and flexible service that reacts to the changing needs of individual children and families and reflects the learning needs of staff and volunteers 8. As part of the Care Education Team develop/ identify, deliver, and evaluate digital and face to face learning packages to meet identified learning needs including bespoke clinical skills including train the trainer sessions. 9. Working with the Care education team, use the Acorns digital learning platform to monitor and analyse training and report on compliance. 10. Act as a central point of contact to universities to enable student placements across Care Services and support the teams to mentor students updating and cascading relevant information and resources as required. 11. Support the setting up of honorary contract arrangements and support individuals on placement at Acorns or externally 12. Be courageous and act as a positive role model demonstrating professionalism. accountability and leadership to others and fostering a culture that promotes innovative learning and encourages reflection while challenging poor practice. 13. Work collaboratively and attend/lead appropriate internal and external meetings and workgroups as agreed. 14. Ensure appropriate links with research and governance to support safe and effective service. 15. Maintain own clinical skills through identified learning opportunities in liaison with the line manager. 16. As a trusted colleague, support the provision and facilitation of clinical supervision and reflective learning across all sites. 17. Maintain professional registration through revalidation. 18. Be curious and use research and professional networking to advise on changes in clinical practice and contribute to policy development. 19. Maintain knowledge and awareness of safeguarding and ensure appropriate steps are facilitated through effective multi-professional agencies.