Health and Social Care Trainer

Providing outstanding care as rated by CQC, Dorothy House provides compassionate, supportive and holistic care for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well. We are here for anyone in our community who is facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys, which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children.

We are looking for a Health and Social Care Trainer to join our Hospice at Home team here at Dorothy House. Someone who values emotional and psychological wellbeing, autonomy, and the importance of home life. This role is perfect for a motivated trainer who believes in dignified end-of-life care and enjoys helping others reach their potential.

You will play a vital role in shaping and delivering high-quality training that empowers our care workers to provide exceptional, compassionate care to individuals in the final months of life. Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Deliver high-quality training aligned with CQC standards, legislation, and good practice.
• Plan and lead engaging induction and refresher training sessions for Hospice at Home staff.
• Develop and maintain the service training matrix to track and manage training compliance.
• Create and update course materials including presentations, e-learning modules, and workbooks.
• Adapt training methods to meet varied learning styles and maximise staff engagement.
• Provide one-to-one mentoring for staff who need additional support to complete training.
• Promote a positive learning culture and work collaboratively with team leaders and educators.
• Contribute to research opportunities that support and evaluate the social care model.

HOURS OF WORK: This is a Part Time position, working 22.5 hours over 3 week days.

ABOUT YOU: Due to the community based nature of the role, the post holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of the CQC 5 key questions and quality statements.

Essential requirements:

• Hold a teaching qualification (PGCE, or equivalent)
• In date train the trainer (Moving and Handling, Medicines Management)
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of CQC standards within area of social care settings.
• Experience of coordinating training for groups/individuals with different learning styles
• Experience in delivering learning/training solutions within the Health & Social Care sector
• Excellent organisational, communication, written, oral and numeracy skills

Desirable requirements:

• Experience in training colleagues from a varied background of previous education and experience
• Experience with managing multiple priorities with the ability to work independently

ABOUT THE BENEFITS: Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service
• Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
• Pension with Life Assurance.
• Colleague discount across our 27 retail stores.
• 45p per mile for work travel.
• Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we would love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.