Care Trainer

Location: Regional – covering Herts, Bucks, Essex and London

Salary: £30,000 to £32,000 per annum, plus car allowance

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Shifts: 8.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday

Job type: Permanent

Come and make a difference with the team at Westgate Healthcare! #CareWithUsAtWestgate

As a growing care group with 9 care homes across London, Essex, Herts and Bucks, a headcount of circa 750 employees, and 2 developments in the pipeline, we are going through a busy period of growth. We have a new, exciting opportunity for a Care Trainer to join our Head Office team on a permanent basis. If you are an experienced care trainer, who is looking for full time work, we want to hear from you!

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering, supporting, and continuously improving training across multiple care homes, ensuring that all staff have the knowledge and skills to provide safe, high-quality, and person-centred care to our residents.

This is a regional role, so you must be comfortable travelling regularly between our homes. A clean, valid UK driving licence is essential.

If you want a role where your skills truly make a difference to the lives of elderly residents, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

The Care Trainer is responsible for delivering training across our care homes to maintain company and legislative compliance, the role includes, but is not limited to the following:

• To deliver induction training to all new carers, monitoring progress and reporting on-going individual development needs
• To deliver mandatory update and refresher training, utilising compliance data and ensuring that all training is delivered in a timely and efficient manner
• To carry out non-clinical competency assessments
• To deliver specialist and bespoke training requirements from across the wider department in conjunction with subject matter
• To ensure all paperwork and training activity is recorded and maintained as appropriate and all company policy and legislation is adhered to
• To keep up to date with legislative requirements, the curriculum and expected standards of practice to ensure accurate training delivery
• To be responsible for the set-up and pack away of the training room, training equipment and training materials within the homes
• To attend all relevant meetings to ensure continuous development of own self and training materials
• To practice and promote the company vision, being a visible, competent and supportive role model by promoting best practice and the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care

About you

• Training accreditation – PTLLS or Award in Education & Teaching is essential to be considered for this role
• Manual Handling (TTT)
• Care Certificate (TTT)
• Proficiency in training, presenting and group activity facilitation
• The ability to manage a range of individual and group learning needs
• Strong IT skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience of working in the Health & Social Care sector
• A full driving licence and willingness to travel to locations

Why work at Westgate?

• Improve your financial wellness and flexibility with Wagestream; access your wages before pay day and enjoy exclusive discounts at a variety of the UK’s favourite shops
• Access to the Blue Light Card (employee discount scheme)
• Access to other discount schemes; Byond Prepayment Card (employee cashback card), Extras Discounts (employee discount scheme) and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Refer a Friend Scheme – earn up to £500 for a successful referral!
• Internal and external employee recognition schemes (e.g. Employee of the Month and Long Service) and team building social events
• Support in achieving additional qualifications, including nationally recognised qualifications
• Access to financial and wellbeing support through The Care Workers Charity  
• Comprehensive staff induction with free training and professional development

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we receive suitable applications, therefore, an early submission is encouraged. Due to a high volume of applications, if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Westgate Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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