Learning Partner - Mental Health required for 35 hours per week,12 months contract, driver essential

Job Purpose: 

To deliver a professional learning and development service that contributes to the ongoing development of our people and drives business performance. Demonstrates the ability to work through the training cycle (research, design, deliver, evaluate) and produce training interventions that support both individual, team and organisational development needs. Keeps up to date with current L&D thinking and knowledge through an internal and external network. This role is based in the Northwest of England.

Key Accountabilities:  

• Collaborate with leaders, managers and colleagues to determine training needs. 

• Facilitate the design, development, and delivery of technical, skill and behaviour-based development interventions, to meet the core needs of both individuals and the business and grow workforce competence and confidence. 

• Support and manage the schedule of training delivery dates. 

• Deliver seminars, workshops, individual training sessions and other training interventions in line with our approved schedule. These will be classroom or digital online sessions. 

• Promote and facilitate the personal growth of learners to achieve learning objectives 

• Capture clear evaluation data for all training interventions and produce appropriate reports as and when requested.  

• Review, analyse and interpret training needs and evaluation data to identify potential opportunities, whilst taking appropriate action to ensure ongoing compliance, where needed.  

• Develop monitoring systems to ensure that all employees are performing job responsibilities according to training. 

• Amend and re-design training interventions based on feedback and analysis to ensure they remain appropriate, relevant and fit for purpose.  

• Engage all new colleagues through onboarding and induction days to ensure successful transition into BAU. 

• Provide 1:1 coaching and ongoing to support follow requests from key customers.  

• Promote and encourage the continual Professional and Practice development of our workforce. 

• Celebrate individual learning achievements and share positive learning messages using our preferred communication and media channels.  

• Work within the agreed L&OD budget and manage spend against your allocated budget items during the year.  

• Keep abreast of developments and best practice within the training & development field and health & social care sector to enhance and maintain the reputation of the Learning & OD team. 

• Detailed knowledge of policies applicable to area of work and working knowledge of all relevant other policies. 

• Identify and align all learning activity to comply with and exceed Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, legislation requirements, relevant industry standards and AFG KPI targets. 

• To be flexible in order to both deliver training and support to the multiple sites within the Learning Disability and Mental Health Divisions of AFG. From time to time you may be required to deliver training to other business areas of AFG. 

• To carry out any other training related duties / work as requested by the Learning Lead or other senior member of the Learning & OD team.