C&M Facilitator Trainer Oliver McGowan

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

The roles are to deliver learning disability and autism training to people who work in health and social care across Cheshire and Merseyside.

This training is called The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.

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.

Responsibilities

Role models exemplary behaviour in terms of conduct, attitude, performance, when delivering The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.

Demonstrates ability to effectively support experts with lived experience co-trainers, ensuring they are fully included and supported in the delivery of the sessions, helping them to develop skills and confidence.

Undertakes a supervisory role for expert with lived experience co-trainers, ensuring appropriate support, leadership and coaching in line with organisational expectations.

Demonstrates the ability to co-deliver training sessions. The sessions will utilise a range of best practice methods, including traditional training delivery, group discussions, and film.

Ability to teach large groups multi-professional, multi-agency.

Employs learning interventions that are learner centred.

Ensures all the learning outcomes are fully achieved.

Recognises and addresses the needs of individuals and the group prior to, during and after the session.

Helps to keep participants and staff safe and confident in their surroundings and acts on safeguarding and health and safety concerns in line with organisation policies.

Appropriately challenges poor practice.

Keeps up to date with current and emerging thinking in health and social care practice, learning disability and autism, laws of consent (UK), The Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Human Rights Act 1998, The Autism Act 2009, Do not attempt cardiovascular resuscitation case law (DNACPR), LeDeR and other associated data.

Identifies trends and issues, escalating and acting on these as appropriate.

Proactively reflects on own practice to improve performance.

Carries out a range of tasks to support monitoring and evaluation.

Communicates complex information, verbally and in writing.

Values

The facilitating trainer will:

Demonstrate positivity, recognising the strengths and abilities of individuals, including people with a learning disability and autistic people who are co-trainers, and learners.

Gain an understanding of the perspectives and personal references of each co-trainer with a learning disability and autistic co-trainer when co-facilitating, including reference to learners.

Be patient and really listen to what is being communicated by the expert by lived experience co-trainers, 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 peoples 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 peoples differences and challenge negative stereotyping.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or experience

Essential

• Good standard of education - equivalent of 5 GCSEs including Maths and English
• Clear experience of proficient and successful delivery of online and 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 a trainer, registered nurse in learning disability, occupational therapist or social worker, or can demonstrate an equivalent level of skills, knowledge and experience.
• Has experience leading and developing quality practice in others.
• Robust experience, understanding and application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 within in a health and/or social care environment or similar.
• Robust 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.
• Commitment to own professional development.

Skills/competence requirements

Essential

• Robust 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.
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to easily build rapport
• Ability to persuade and influence learners' attitudes at a range of levels.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to co-facilitate with experts by experience.
• Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Ability to work in a self-directed manner as part of a distance-managed team, utilising good organisational skills to prioritise and manage workload.
• Able to competently use Microsoft packages: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel; and Teams and Zoom

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Knowledge and experience of using learning technologies and digital media
• Knowledge and experience of a variety of learning and development methodologies and their application, in particular coaching, action learning, and facilitation.
• Robust knowledge and understanding of learning disability along with current issues, trends and priorities within the health and social care sector including relevant legislation.
• Robust 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.
• Robust 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.
• Understanding of safeguarding and health and safety

Other requirements

Essential

• An ability to work flexibly and independently in accordance with the needs of the role.
• Positive outlook, energy, focus and enthusiasm
• Trustworthy and able to handle and manage confidential information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Address

Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust

LIVERPOOL

L14 3PE

Employer's website

https://www.lhch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)