CYPF Skills Coach
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Area | West Midlands, EnglandYorkshire, EnglandHybrid, Choose Job Type |
| Sector | Assessors/Coaches/Trainers/Tutors - ChildcareAssessors/Coaches/Trainers/Tutors - Health & Social CareAssessors/Coaches/Trainers/Tutors - CYPW |
| Salary | £28,000 |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Ryan Clarke |
| Consultant Email | ryan@nationalskillsagency.co.uk |
| Telephone | 02039531984 |
| Job Ref | RC/CSC |
- Description
- Our client is looking for a CYP skills coach to assist learners up to level 5 in residential childcare settings. To provide experience of working in setting to all apprentices.
The role is hybrid. You can be expected to travel at least 1.5 - 2 hours in your region to see learners. Expectation to see a learner face to face once a quarter.
Responsibilities Include:
- To fully enrol and induct learners onto the correct programme in line with company procedure and/or compliance with applicable funding rules.
- To provide appropriate ongoing information, advice & guidance to learners and employers within remit of own role and area of expertise.
- To complete skills scans prior to commencing learning and at key milestones during the learner journey. Appropriately plan, sequence and evidence learning to ensure that knowledge, skills and behaviours are embedded and built on throughout the qualification and prepares the learner sufficiently for end point assessment.
- To be responsible for and effectively manage a caseload/cohort of learners, ensuring key performance targets are achieved and learners complete their programme of learning and/or qualification(s) within agreed timescales.
- To ensure each month that the learner has been engaged with learner and is making sufficient progress to ensure that they are supported to meet key milestones and achieve timely.
- Attending teaching and learning sessions and work towards the related training plan and knowledge, skills and behaviours.
- Completing assessments with you as the skills coach where detailed and constructive feedback has been provided.
- Completing observations where detailed and constructive feedback has been provided.
- Assessing and providing detailed and constructive feedback to any submitted learner work.
- Work in partnership with the employer and learner to review learner progress every 8 to 10 weeks and set SMART objectives.
- To liaise with the learner and employer to ensure that the learners’ training and development needs are met. For apprenticeship learners, at least the minimum off-the-job training is delivered throughout the practical training period of the apprenticeship programme.
- To provide learner progress updates to the learner’s manager to promote effective communication and positive working relationships.
- To effectively plan and carry out holistic assessment and sign off units and/or areas of competence on an ongoing basis as knowledge, skills and behaviours are demonstrated.
- For learners that have been identified as having additional learning support needs, plan and adapt delivery following the cognassist individual learning plan to help individuals perform at their best in education and work.
- Provide learners with developmental constructive feedback, ongoing throughout the learner journey to stretch and challenge all learner to achieve and celebrate their accomplishments
- Support learners to engage with technology (e-portfolio, Zoom, teams, emails, skype), ensure learners have been provided with sufficient support/teaching/guidance to enable them to fully access the course content and resources and maximise learner experience.
- To assess work submitted by the learner in a timely manner (maximum of 5 working days) and provide detailed and constructive feedback to the learner on achievements and areas for further development. Ensure feedback links and references prior learning to support the learner to understand where prior learning links with new knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
- To deliver commercial training courses to employers and their staff in subjects you are occupationally experienced and competent in.
Personal Specification:
- An assessor qualification
- Minimum level 3 teaching qual (ideally higher) but must be willing to work to a level 5.
- Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement or equivalent ( TAQA, A1 /A2 or TDLB Units D32/33)
- Relevant vocational qualification in area of occupational competence
- A recognised Level 3 teaching qualification ( PTLLS, L3 Award in Education & Training) or above
- Experience working in CYP as a manager.
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.
