Apprenticeship Trainer - Health & Social Care

Learning Curve Group is a national training and education specialist. We work with further education providers, employers, and learners to help them achieve success. Our values are centred around our learners, impacting over 100,000 of them every year. Our dedicated and passionate team helps us deliver success to achieve our vision of transforming lives through learning.

Our Vocational Skills Coaches (VSCs) are key to inspiring and coaching learners in their industry, sharing lived experiences. Working closely with employers, they support learners through both theory and practical-based work, conducting monthly progress review meetings.

We are looking for a Vocational Skills Coach to deliver Health and Social Care Apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 5 in the Thurrock/Chelmsford area. You will need these important qualities to apply:

• Passion for learning and coaching
• Focused on developing the potential in people
• Personable and engaging
• Organised and self-reliant
• Enthusiastic and professional

Key Duties:

• Plan and deliver a training programme that ensures a robust Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and regular review of learner progress.
• Ensure all learner records and reporting are kept up to date and provided in a timely manner to support management reporting and audit requirements.
• Facilitate the teaching of any functional skills qualifications required by apprentices as part of your caseload, providing meaningful feedback to learners.
• Provide robust exit advice to learners as they set personal goals for career progression.
• Facilitate learning and adhere to the standards of the apprenticeship programme to ensure consistency and fairness throughout all teaching, learning, and assessment delivery techniques.
• Deliver balanced KPIs in line with company expectations.
• Operate within the delivery framework to maintain operational consistency and ensure learner progress.
• Ensure all learners receive the highest quality experience in line with company expectations and external requirements.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with business support teams to support the delivery of the sector plan.
• Participate in quality assurance activities working closely with the quality team.
• Drive self-generation across the area you operate within.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing learners and clients.
• Ensure CPD is planned and reflects Company and stakeholder requirements.
• Contribute to ad hoc cross-sector/function projects to support the delivery of Learning Curve Group's strategic plan.
• Demonstrate the organisation's values and behaviours.
• Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company.
• Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent, and Health and Safety Policies.
• Ensure confidentiality and professionalism at all times.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Maintain a caseload level of up to 42 learners.
• Retention and achievement rates.
• Less than 5% pass planned end date learners.
• Regular contact with learners and employers.

Experience Essential / Desirable:

• Vocational experience in the area in which you are applying.
• Proven track record of meeting targets.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Good level of IT Skills.
• Excellent communication and coaching skills.
• Enthusiastic to support learners.
• Passionate about transforming people's lives through learning.
• Self-reliant and able to manage own workload.
• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.

Qualifications:

• Sector qualification in the area in which you will be delivering.
• Maths & English at Level 2 or above.
• Teaching Qualification at Level 3 (AET, PTTLS).
• Assessors Qualification at Level 3 (CAVA).

Why work for Learning Curve Group?

In addition to working for a company that has been listed as one of the top 100 companies to work for, you will have access to benefits such as:

• 26 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• Buy & Sell an additional 5 days each year.
• Length of service annual leave increments starting at 2 years.
• Healthcare Scheme.
• Tech Scheme.
• Ikea Scheme.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Paid Volunteer day each year.
• Early Finish Fridays on the last Friday of every month.
• Student / Teacher Discount.
• Uniform.

Equal Opportunities:

As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners. The successful applicant will be required to provide satisfactory references and prove their eligibility to work in the UK.