Training Development Officer

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified

Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council

Hours Per Week : 18.50

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00
Salary: £30.13

To develop, co-ordinate and support practice learning arrangements for professional social work training and to promote and facilitate the achievement of post-qualifying awards and CPEL.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To support the Workforce Development and Training Manager in the implementation of the Social Care Workforce Development Plan as it relates to Adult Services and Children’s Services ( Social Care and Health Group).

2.  To co-ordinate arrangements for practice teaching within the Social Care and Health Group.

3.  To identify, train and support practice teachers and to provide support and guidance to students on placement.

4.  To co-ordinate arrangements for employees, who are seconded to undertake professional social work training.

5.  To work with colleagues, together with those in the Independent and Voluntary Sectors and with Higher Education Providers to establish and maintain a local Practice Learning Partnership for the provision of all practice learning opportunities within Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan.

6.  To promote and facilitate the achievement of post-qualifying awards and other Continuous Professional Development activities.

7.  To provide career development advice and guidance to staff.

8.  To prepare annual training plans and to contribute to the Social Care Workforce Development Programme Funding Application and Monitoring Report.

9.  To contribute to the management of budgets in relation to Practice Placement Funding, Social Work qualifying training and post-qualifying training.

10.  To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of both staff and student learning and development provision.

11.  To engage with strategic and operational managers in order to ensure that learning and development activities are an integral part of the Group’s Workforce Development Plan and Service Plans and that they support the achievement of Group and Corporate aims and objectives.

12.  To maintain an awareness of operational issues including research and national developments and maintain a good knowledge of the National Occupational Standards for all social care staff.   

13.  To ensure that all services are provided within a framework of Equal Opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice and take account of the views of service users.

14.  To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by your acts and omissions and to comply with all health and safety legislation as appropriate.

15.  As a term of your employment, you may be required to undertake other such duties and/or times of work as may reasonably be required of you, commensurate with your grade or general level of responsibility within the organisation, at your initial place of work or based at any other establishment. 

Corporate Requirements

1.         To participate actively in supporting the principles and practice of equality of opportunity as stated in the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

2.         To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions and to comply with all health and safety legislation as appropriate. 

3.         To, as a statutory duty, adhere to the Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy and associated policies and procedures and to report concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of children or adults at risk. In order to support you in this, you are required to access safeguarding training at the level which is relevant to this post. 

4. As a term of your employment you may be required to undertake such other duties and/or times of work as may reasonably be required of you, commensurate with your grade or general level of responsibility within the organisation.  

5. Although you will be provided with a base, you will be required to work from various locations in accordance with the needs of the role.

& Training

Degree in Social Work or equivalent

Evidence of post qualification professional development

A relevant Training and

Development qualification

Master’s Degree in Social Work [post qualifying  level] or Advanced Award in Social Work or  Post Qualifying  Award in Social Work [incl. practice teaching]

Experience / Knowledge

Substantial experience  of working in a social care setting 

Experience in formal training of colleagues and/or other professionals

Experience of supervising/ supporting/coaching staff, students or volunteers        Experience of working in different  settings

Experience/ knowledge  of the qualification  framework and the CPEL/PQ Framework

Experience of effective budget monitoring

Skills and

Abilities

Knowledge of social care legislation,  regulations  and guidance  and their application

Knowledge of Government

policy development in relation to the work of Social Services 

Knowledge of current issues in  practice

Knowledge of current research and the ability to undertake work related to research

Knowledge of social work and social care qualifications, National Training Targets and National Minimum standards

Excellent communication  skills including presentation  skills

Possess an understanding  of the Adult Learning process and the ability to use a range of training and development  skills and techniques

Excellent organisational, administrative and report-writing skills

Ability to work constructively with internal and external agency colleagues

Ability to represent the service at external meetings connected with Social Care training

Proficient IT user