Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference to children and young people and those that support them? Are you an enthusiastic Social Worker looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work for a progressive children’s service with ambitious plans for the future?
If so, we want to hear from you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person to join our Learning and Development team, on a full time basis. Working collaboratively with all stakeholders, you will have strong reflective skills, be knowledgeable and personable; you will strive to ensure that the children and young people in our care reach their full potential through providing effective support and training to foster carers, social workers and many more.
Whilst the role is nationwide, the ideal candidate would be located to cover the areas of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, North London & Kent.
We are looking for a committed trainer who would like to work within a children’s service offering fostering, residential and education services to children and young people.
Key aspects to the role are
- To develop and maintain learning and training materials
- To deliver engaging, reflective, and stimulating training to foster carers and employees
- Support the organisation in ensuring that the service is run in line with the Government Legislation, Regulations and Standards, together with the Inspecting Body
- Represent Compass Fostering Vision and Values, whilst developing and providing a comprehensive learning ethos to the Compass Community
- Have a willingness to understand and discuss fostering regulations, child care law and safeguarding issues
- Be a strong team player and be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attend and contribute to meetings as required
- Travel across defined regions and outside on occasion
- Be proficient in using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and have a willingness to learn the use of our in-house databases. Knowledge of content creating packages is a plus
- Have an ability to work under pressure and priorities your workload whilst remaining calm and professional
- Previous training and facilitation experience, in person and online, is preferred for this role
The benefits of us
- Cashback for various medical appointments & treatments including optical and dental with MediCash.
- Win up to £150 per month in our REACH awards.
- Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 days within 4 years, plus all bank holidays.
- Additional 2.5 days each year for your birthday, a health and wellbeing day and a half day festive shopping day.
- Life Assurance Scheme.
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers, technology and cycle to work.
- Clear progression pathways with our Management Training programme.
- Additional £100 monthly car allowance.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to satisfactory references. Please note that Compass reserves the right to close this vacancy early upon receipt of sufficient applications.
Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.
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