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Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deliver training courses aligned with Childrens Homes Regulations, The Children Act 1989 & 2004, and Ofsted standards.
- Provide mandatory safeguarding training, ensuring staff understand their legal responsibilities in protecting children.
- Keep up to date with changes in safeguarding policies, whistleblowing procedures, and professional boundaries.
- Deliver engaging training sessions, using a range of methods including face-to-face, virtual, and blended learning approaches.
- Ensure training content is interactive, practical, and tailored to meet the needs of staff at different levels of the organisation.
- Ensure all courses are up to date with legislation, best practice, and sector developments
- Support new and existing staff through induction training, CPD programs, and leadership development.
Training Planning & Administration
- Develop and maintain an annual training calendar, ensuring all mandatory and developmental training is scheduled.
- Track staff attendance, participation, and engagement across training courses.
- Maintain accurate training records, certification logs, and compliance tracking for managers.
- Ensure all staff are completing required induction, refresher, and CPD training within set timeframes.
- Work with managers to ensure training needs analysis (TNA) outcomes inform workforce development plans.
- Conduct Training Needs Analysis (TNA) to identify skill gaps and develop learning interventions.
- Monitor and assess the impact of training, ensuring learning is effectively embedded into practice.
- Provide coaching and mentoring for staff development, supporting progression within the organisation.
Essential Criteria Skills, Attributes and Experience:
- Full Uk Driving Licence & Relevant Safer Recruitment Checks
- Working knowledge of using Microsoft Office software, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook
- Strong knowledge of Childrens Homes Regulations, The Children Act, and Ofsted SCCIF framework.
- Excellent practical and theoretical knowledge within the domain of Children Residential Homes including Children Looked After including services providing SEMH, EBD & LD.
- Proven experience in training delivery, learning development, and staff coaching.
- Understanding of learning principles that relate to andragogical teaching.
- Expertise in safeguarding and safer caring principles.
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage and motivate learners.
- Being self-motivated, organised and able to prioritise tasks to organisational needs.
- Understanding of trauma-informed care, child development theories, and positive behaviour support.
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, easy-to-understand training.
- Adaptability and problem-solving skills to respond to workforce learning needs.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage training schedules and compliance records.
- Strong communication and coaching abilities to support staff learning and professional growth.
