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Job description

Here is an exciting opportunity to join our Training & Staff Development Team. You will be joining a well-established, innovative and dynamic team. A Training Co-Ordinator is responsible for training and supporting both care and office teams to ensure they have the required mandatory and additional skills they need to provide care safely to our residents. The trainer will ensure that all of our teams understand their roles and responsibilities and are able to carry out their caring duties safely and efficiently. You will be responsible for supporting our care homes - covering our homes in Northern Ireland, you must have a driving licence and be comfortable travelling within a set region. .

Responsibilities

• To work with the Management team to ensure that the findings from quality assurance processes are reflected in appropriate training for all staff.
• To assist with quality and training audits, analysing the data and preparing plans for action.
• Support and maintain a culture of performance and excellence, acting as a role model for the care functions within the homes.
• Develop and present training courses for staff members.
• To be responsible for working alongside the Management team in identifying and implementing all mandatory and other training needs for all staff across our care homes.
• To support the Homes in delivering robust inductions, and ensuring ongoing training and support systems and processes are in place to provide assurance that the essential standards of quality and service are delivered to residents.
• To be responsible for maintaining the training matrix within the Homes, identifying and implementing the training requirements of the home.
• To be responsible for developing training and development programmes for staff in a structured way, assisting non-clinical staff to develop in their roles and levels of competence.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• You will have proven experience in a training role and will ideally hold a formal qualification in training e.g. PTTLS or an Assessors Qualification.
• You will have previous experience of working in the health and social sector, particularly in elderly and dementia care.
• You will have excellent organisational and planning skills with attention to detail.
• You will have strong communication skills both oral and written.

Further Information

Work time: To be discussed at interview.