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Trainer (Health & Social Care)

  • Full time
  • £25,629 – £28,377
  • Dundee
  • Closing 1st March 2024


  • Advertised from 16th February 2024
  • 36.25 hours per week
  • Job reference: 002689

Role

Are you an experienced Health & Social Care professional with a passion for quality, person-centred care, team work and developing others? If yes, we have a great opportunity for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for a friendly, confident and self-motivated individual to join our Training Academy on a full-time, permanent basis, preferably based in Dundee, however we would consider applications from the Aberdeen area.

This role will involve delivering training to our colleagues in Dundee, Aberdeen and the Scottish Borders. There may also be the odd occasion that we'll need you to travel to other Cornerstone branch locations (travel expenses to all locations out with you base office would be reimbursed).

As this role will involve travel along with transporting your training equipment, we will need you to hold a full driving licence and have access to your own vehicle. We pay a mileage rate of 45p per mile.

The Role

Working across your branch areas and with our Training Academy team, you'll use your experience and expertise of working in the Health & Social Care sector to provide professional training and support to learners within their workplaces.

You'll create meaningful training course content alongside updating, facilitating and delivering our current courses and workshops, ensuring that learners are engaged, grow in confidence and get the best out of the training we provide.

Part of your role will also involve ensuring that our classroom courses fit with a blended approach of training delivery. We also work in conjuction with organisations such as The Princes Trust, so you'll also find yourself being involved in selection days and facilitation of employability programmes.

About you

You'll be a competent, self-motivated and experienced care giver or existing Health & Social care trainer with a keen interest in training design, delivering face-to-face classes and providing support and coaching to others. You'll be responsible for prioritising your own workload and planning your week to enable you support your branches.

Although we are interested in your the healthcare experience you'll bring, your values and your attitude are very important to us too.

What we will need you to bring: -

  • Great communication skills; both verbal and written
  • Experience of working in the Health & Social Care sector
  • Passion for delivering the best person-centred care
  • The ability and confidence to work on your own initiative
  • Confidence in the use of technology, specifically Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

It would be great if you also have one of the following qualifications, but don't worry if you don't, however, we'll need to bring commitment to attain the relevant funded qualification in line with your role: -

  • Social Services and Healthcare SCQF 7 or equivalent
  • Social Services and Healthcare Children and Young people
  • Social Services and Healthcare SCQF 7 or equivalent

About Us

With over 40 years’ experience delivering great care and support across Scotland, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life.

Our strategic aims

1. To become an expert provider of services to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs.

2. To be the best employer in social care in Scotland.

3. To achieve stability and sustainability which supports future developments.

Application notes

Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today, we can't wait to hear from you!

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview at our Dundee office on Thursday 14th March 2024.

Have any questions? If you'd like to find out more, please contact Sheila Gordon on 07496002870.

Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce.