Job Purpose:

Skills Coach – Residential Childcare. To provide high-quality coaching, assessment, guidance and developmental feedback to learners, ensuring they make timely progress, achieve their qualifications and meet agreed performance targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enrol and induct learners in line with company procedures and funding requirements.
• Manage a caseload of learners, monitoring progress and supporting timely achievement.
• Provide regular one-to-one coaching, guidance and support to learners and employers.
• Complete initial and ongoing skills assessments and develop appropriate learning plans.
• Plan, deliver and assess learning, ensuring knowledge, skills and behaviours are effectively developed.
• Maintain accurate learner records, e-portfolios, contact logs and evidence of learning.
• Review and provide constructive feedback on learner work within agreed timescales.
• Support learners with End Point Assessment preparation and ensure they understand EPA requirements.
• Monitor and support off-the-job training requirements for apprentices.
• Work closely with employers to review progress and agree SMART objectives.
• Provide additional support and adapt delivery for learners with identified learning needs.
• Deliver Functional Skills English and Maths up to Level 2 where required.
• Deliver commercial training within areas of occupational expertise.
• Promote safeguarding, equality, diversity, health and safety and data protection.
• Attend standardisation meetings, observations, training and CPD activities.
• Participate in team meetings, quality assurance activities and company events.
• Manage workload effectively and meet agreed KPIs, deadlines and quality standards.

Person Specification:

Essential qualifications include:

• Level 3 teaching qualification, such as PTLLS or Award in Education and Training.
• Level 3 assessing qualification, such as CAVA, TAQA or equivalent.
• Relevant occupational/vocational qualification.
• Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent.

Skills and Experience:

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience within the relevant occupational sector.
• Experience of delivering training, coaching and assessment.
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications and relevant industry standards.
• Experience of working to targets and deadlines.
• Ability to provide effective and constructive feedback.
• Understanding of safeguarding, equality, health and safety and relevant legislation.
• Ability to set SMART objectives and monitor learner progress.
• Ability to conduct holistic assessments and sign off learner achievement.
• Commitment to quality and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Additional Requirement

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle may be required, with appropriate business insurance.

Paul Feldman is the National Skills Agency Data Protection Officer. Your data will be stored until notice is given by you for it to be removed. Our Data Protection Policy will be forwarded to you on request. As we get a high number of applications we may be unable to give feedback to unsuccessful candidates. We will retain your details to  keep you informed of other opportunities. National Skills Agency Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.