Job summary
- Main area
- Education & Training
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 389-24-6455466
- Employer
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 NA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Facilitator - Oliver McGowan Training & MaST
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training. The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a statutory requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has a unique & fantastic opportunity for a well-motivated individual to join the Education Team. We are looking for a facilitating trainer to co-deliver the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training for Learning Disability and Autism alongside experts with lived experience, to our health workforce.
As a Facilitating Trainer you will have an understanding of learning disability and autism and are likely to have training experience. You will lead and support expert by experience Co-trainers who will be autistic people and people with a learning disability.
The post holder will assist in the operational aspects of service planning with the Education Lead for MaST provision.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to facilitate The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism training to people who work in health and social care. As a facilitating trainer you will have an in-depth understanding of learning disability and autism and are likely to have training experience.
You will lead and support expert by experience co-trainers who will be autistic people and people with a learning disability.
The post holder will work within their scope of competence, referring issues or training needs that they cannot deal with to the appropriate individual(s) within Education.
Working for our organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clear experience of proficient and successful delivery of face-to-face training in health and social care or similar environment.
- Experience delivering high quality services to people with a learning disability and autistic people in a professional role such as RNLD, OT or social worker, or can demonstrate an equivalent level of skills, knowledge and experience
- Has experience leading and developing quality practice in others.
- Experience, understanding and application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 within in a health and/or social care environment or similar.
- Experience and understanding of the Human Rights Act 1998, the Autism Act 2009, The Equality Act 2010, UK legal valid consent laws and DNACPR case law.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within health systems
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent time and project management skills to ensure the training is delivered on time, with all learning outcomes adequately addressed.
- Proven ability to deliver a wide range of highly effective training and learning interventions to a wide variety of health and /or social care audiences.
- Skilled in the facilitation of learning through a variety of means related to a deep understanding of differing learning styles and support needs.
- Ability to give objective, accurate, consistent and timely advice in relation to health and social care learning and development, within the scope of this role
- Ability to persuade and influence learners’ attitudes at a range of levels.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Ability to co-facilitate with experts by experience.
- Ability to work in a self-directed manner as part of a distance-managed team, utilising good organisational skills to prioritise and manage workload.
- Excellent IT skills including use of PowerPoint.
- Knowledge and experience of a variety of learning and development methodologies and their application, in particular coaching, action learning, and facilitation.
- Ability to work autonomously under own initiative as well as with the wider Education Team.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has an up to date working knowledge of the fields of autism and learning disability and is familiar with current issues.
- Knowledge and experience of a variety of learning and development methodologies and their application, in particular coaching, action learning, and facilitation.
- Knowledge and understanding of the learning cycle and its application.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of learning disability along with current issues, trends and priorities within the social care sector including relevant legislation.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of Autism along with current issues, trends and priorities within the health and social care sector including relevant legislation such as the Autism Act 2009.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Human Rights Act 1998, The Equality Act 2010, UK legal valid consent law and DNACPR case law.
- Knowledge of health and social care sectors and current and emerging trends that constitute best practice in delivering health and social care support.
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A relevant teaching qualification such as Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS), Multi-professional support of learning and assessment in practice or an equivalent. Or willingness to undertake.
- Evidence of on-going professional, personal and academic development.
Desirable criteria
- Project Management qualification
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate positivity, recognising the strengths and abilities of people with a learning disability and autistic people who are co-facilitators, including the learners.
- Gain an understanding of the perspectives and personal references of each person with a learning disability and autistic person when co-facilitating, including reference to learners.
- Be patient and really listen to what is being communicated by a person with a learning disability and an autistic person and learners.
- Recognise the presentation, behaviour and identity of people with a learning disability and autistic people and learners and respond with respect and compassion, without judgment.
- Value and acknowledge the experience and expertise of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and learners, enabling choice and autonomy and protecting people’s human rights at all times
- Act with integrity, honesty and openness, seeking to develop mutual trust in all interactions at all times.
- Recognise, respect and value people with a learning disability and autistic people’s differences and challenge negative stereotyping.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Available and willing to work flexible hours as and when the need arises. Available and willing to travel between sites.
- An ability to travel to dispersed locations without restriction.
- An ability to work flexibly and in independently in accordance with the needs of the role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Chapman
- Job title
- Education Lead - Mandatory & Statutory Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07442 457524
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