Specialist Trainer

This is a Full Time Fixed Term position for 12 months. We are looking for a Learning and Development Specialist Trainer to predominantly co-deliver Family Group Decision Making training to HCC staff and partners, however, you will also deliver other training as requested. The postholder will have an understanding of Signs of Safety, new learning technologies, and be experienced in providing impactful learning to a wide range of people abilities.

The role is pivotal within the Learning and Development team as we transform to a learning organisation. The learning solutions you design and deliver will facilitate learning anytime, anywhere utilising the emerging digital opportunities such as virtual reality, teams environments/channels and E-learning.

As a Learning and Development Specialist Trainer for the Council you will identify, design, develop, deliver, evaluate, and continuously review a range of high-quality learning and development activities and materials to ensure staff have the right skills, knowledge and competence to deliver their services. This is a great opportunity to become part of a new and exciting journey of change as we move towards the future of learning in the digital age. We are currently embarking on a transformational change programme that we want you to be part of.

Your learning interventions will be both proactive and responsive to the ever-changing customer/organisational needs so you will be highly agile. The post holder will support the Council’s values and competency framework and will meet the Council’s current and future objectives, statutory requirements, and inspection frameworks. The postholder will pro-actively work with services and liaise with the Social Work Academy in order to build workforce skills in line with the Council’s needs.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

Supports the Assistant Head of Service and Learning and Development Commissioning Manager in implementing the learning and development approach across the Council. Working in Human Resources enabling services in the delivery of workforce development to achieve business plans for their services. Working with Hull Safeguarding Children’s Board partners, Elected Members, Corporate Directors, Senior Managers and all staff at all levels across the partnership to ensure the learning creates cultural organisational change and underpins the achievement of the City Plan.

The postholder will identify, design, develop, deliver, evaluate and continuously review a wide range of high quality children/adults learning and development activities and materials. To enable staff to work efficiently within the framework of working together to deliver positive outcomes for children and adults.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Performance management: High impact on the outcomes for CYP/adults in terms of improving performance through effective learning and development. Consequential political and legislative risks associated with not achieving the required standards in (Ofsted, CQC) inspections are dealt with.
• Lead on the development, co-ordination and delivery of the provision of HSCB/CYP/Adults programmes across the Council and children’s wider workforce. This will support workforce development strategies, the learning approach and the competency framework to ensure delivery of the City Plan.
• Leads the evaluation of learning programmes to ensure impact of learning is measured. Produces qualitative and quantitative reports to the organisation advising of improvements needed. Using customer feedback, interest and impact evaluates to enhance content and quality of the training programmes so that they lead to improved practice and better outcomes for CYP/adults. Sets challenging objectives for self.
• Delivery of Safeguarding training in line with Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Education Act 2002 and Children’s Act 2004.
• Leads on learning programmes and provides consultancy, advice and guidance on these, in support of strategic priorities.
• Ensures that learning materials reflect current research and statutory guidance, key local messages and the learning from local and national serious case reviews.
• Leads learners by being a role model and through engagement, encouraging and motivating learners to achieve the Organisation/Board's objectives.
• Inspires and demands continuous improvement across the partnership ensuring cultural change.
• Provision of approximately 135 training days (pro rata) annually.
• Ensures equality of access to learning and development.
• Provides the delivery of learning and development and consultancy advice with a focus on working together to safeguard children.
• To identify, nurture and support trainers from across the partnership to ensure an adequate ‘pool’ of competent trainers are available to deliver and develop the Councils/Boards training programme.
• Preparation and presentation of project proposals for discussions with customers including determining priorities and necessary resources.
• The post holder contributes to the Boards budget and non-pay L&D budget spend through the identification, selection and monitoring of learning used for delivery of HSCB learning and development activity, for example buying of learning materials.
• Works in partnership with a vast variety of internal and external stakeholders for example the Directors, City and Assistant Managers, Managers, all staff, HSCB practitioners including VCS, other statutory public sector organisations (Police), private providers and consultants.
• Develops networks through attendance at external Children’s/adults forums locally, regionally and nationally to inform the Board and personal development.
• To maintain a strong and effective training team forum to oversee the development of new learning and development interventions and continuously review existing ones to ensure the consistent high quality of council training.
• Provides expert advice and support to staff across the Council and Partnerships to ensure they can access training that meets their needs.
• Aids the team to have the right skills, knowledge and attitudes to perform their duties.
• Significantly assists with the development of the team and its staff to increase the overall effectiveness of the learning and development function through proactively sharing experiences, knowledge and ideas to maintain the level of professional expertise required to meet the current and future needs of the Council.
• Provides comprehensive professional support to the L&D team and Board committee.
• Builds a reputation of respect from customers, peers and managers. Ensuring work is produced to the quality standards and deadlines as required.
• Working to the Councils competencies and ensuring that continuous development plan occurs. Seeks regular feedback on personal performance from customers, managers, peers and colleagues.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.