Life Coach jobs in Wednesbury

Job description

Job Location: Midlands, UK

Health and Social Care Learning & Development Coach (Assessor)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £28,000.00-£32,000.00

Work timings: 9am – 5pm

About us:

ELA delivers high quality apprenticeships and short courses. We have expertise across a specific range of sectors and have established Business Units which deliver Apprenticeships in each of these sectors as passionate sector specialists.

Our team has a huge passion for learning that makes a difference and not training for training's sake.

ELA have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure Baring Service check (DBS) where appropriate.

About The Role

Do you want to work for a progressive expanding education setting with ambitious plans? If so, we want to hear from you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate qualifications’ assessor to join our learning and development training team that is reflective and creative in practice. Working collaboratively with all stakeholders you will strive to ensure that learners reach their full potential by supporting and assessing adult learners to complete relevant Adult Care qualifications at Levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. The role of an Assessor is a dual role of remote learning and out in the field working with our learners & employers, you will be responsible for supporting a caseload of learners (of any age) in their places of work, through their qualifications.

Qualifications will include accredited Apprenticeships and short courses. You be using a variety of teaching and assessing techniques to ensure that the highest standard of bespoke learning is offered. Through the work you do, you will not only be making a difference in the lives of learners but also increasing standards and reputation of the industry.

While the role is home-based, supporting learners and delivering teaching remotely, there is an expectation to travel to workplaces and visit Apprentices on a regular basis.

Typical deliverables

This list is not exhaustive, and you are expected to undertake any reasonable activity suited to your qualifications and experience.

• Marketing the organisation and its qualification offering to employers and learners
• Signing learners onto Apprenticeships and other qualifications
• Offering information, advice and guidance and carrying out initial assessments to identify learner needs.
• Ensuring compliance with DfE funding rules by recording monthly in-learning evidence and recording Off the Job Training Hours (using an ePortfolio system)
• Visiting learners at their workplaces depending on the qualification and the needs of the learner
• Ensuring documented monthly progression of learners through vocational & functional skills qualifications to enable timely achievement of their Apprenticeship.
• Delivering outstanding teaching and learning of knowledge and functional skill components
• Mentoring and coaching learners with varying barriers to learning.
• Taking part in continuous professional development, including completion of own qualifications
• Liaising regularly with your line manager and quality assurance team

Knowledge/Experience/Qualifications

· Experience of care and support of vulnerable adults and qualifications Level 3 (or above)

· Experience working to a supervisory or managerial level

• Excellent practical and theoretical knowledge of vocational specialism
• Industry specific qualifications such as Diploma for Leadership and Management in Adult Care (essential)
• Teaching qualification such as AET, PTTLs (desirable)
• Qualification for the Assessment of Vocational Qualifications such as A1, CAVA, D32 etc (essential)
• Possess or working to a minimum of level 2 standard in Maths, ICT and English
• Good IT skills – working level of knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and other MIS and databases such as OneFile and Smart Assessor

Skills

• Outstanding organisational skills
• Honesty, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work under pressure, be flexible and resilient
• Excellent networking and relationship building skills
• Passionate, enthusiastic and with the ambition and commitment to deliver
• Tactful and able to deal with difficult situations sensitively
• Exemplary written communication skills

Minimum requirements

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Confident traveller
• Experience of care and support of vulnerable adults and qualifications Level 3 (or above)
• Assessor qualification (CAVA, A1 or D32 or equivalent)
• Supervisory / training experience
• Satisfactory employment references
• Acceptable Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• English, Maths, and ICT – Level 2 minimum

Note: An offer of employment and start date remains conditional on the receipt of satisfactory DBS check outcomes and 2 verified written references

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Education:

• Level 3 or equivalent (minimum)
• Level 5 or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Lead role in Adult Care: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Assessor Qualification (required)
• 2 employer references (required)
• AET or PTTLS certificate (preferred)
• GCSE or Functional skills English and Maths (preferred)

Work Location: Remote

Equal Opportunities

You are unique. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Rewards and Benefits

• All staff benefit from 25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays
• Staff who have passed 2 years’ service get an additional 2 days leave plus an additional day for every years additional service up to and including 5 years
• Health Insurance all staff have access to the Health Assured Plan
• ELA hold an annual staff conference for all staff from across the country to get together
• Nominations from across the business for any individual that has gone the extra mile in line with ELA Values (monthly), the opportunity to gain a Employee of the Month award
• CPD. Lots of opportunities to gain new skills and progress within ELA
• ELA shuts down for over a week over the festive period so everyone can spend time with their family and friends

Safeguarding

ELA are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

• What is your notice period?
• Please tell us how you demonstrate occupational competence for this role?
• Will you require any aids or adaptations to support you in your work because you have a disability? (If, yes, please explain)
• Do you have any holidays booked in the next 5 months

Licence/Certification:

• Assessor qualification (CAVA or equivalent) (required)
• 2 employer references (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in West Midlands