Bank The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Tier 2 facilitating trainer

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

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

This training is called The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. You can find out more about it here: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism | NHS England | Workforce, training and education

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

• 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 methods, including traditional training delivery, group discussions, and film.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

************* (If no dates provided remove this line) This service has a planned move from XX site to XX site on the XX date*************

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main 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 methods, including traditional training delivery, group discussions, and film.
• Demonstrates best practice facilitating training.
• Regularly teaches 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.
• Attends meetings and training to develop relevant skills and knowledge and ensure consistent and high-quality delivery.
• 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 people’s 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 people’s differences and challenge negative stereotyping.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of education – equivalent of 5 GCSEs including Maths and English

• A relevant training qualification (level 3) or teaching qualification such as Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS), Multi-professional support of learning and assessment in practice or an equivalent.

Experience

• Clear experience of proficient and successful delivery of 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 registered nurse in learning disability, occupational therapist or social worker, or can demonstrate an equivalent level of skills, knowledge and experience.
• Has an up to date working knowledge of the fields of autism and learning disability and is familiar with current issues.
• Has experience leading and developing quality practice in others.

Knowledge

• 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.

Skills

• Skilled in the facilitation of learning through a variety of means related to a deep understanding of differing learning styles and support needs.
• 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.
• Robust time and project management skills to ensure the training is delivered on time, with all learning outcomes adequately addressed.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to easily build rapport

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.