Freelance Residential Childcare Trainer

As a Residential Childcare Trainer, your focus will be to support learners to reach their goals through their Residential Care Level 3 and 4. As the first point of contact for your learners you will provide the support they need to flourish through their apprenticeship journey with Realise.

• Supporting a caseload of learners across your region, and remotely.
• Delivering a range of award-winning qualifications.
• Coming up with appropriate solutions for your learners, to ensure that they have the best experience possible and develop their interest and career.
• Utilising an e-portfolio system to effectively manage the learner journey.

Please note: We are currently only recruiting for qualified trainers. This contract is 2 days per week lasting around 3-4 months, with potential to extend.

This is a home-based role, with travel required within 45 miles to visit learners and employers. Around 60% of your week will be spent on the road, but as you'll manage your own diary, you'll have flexibility in how you plan your time. This will be discussed with you further in your interview.

• The Realise Recruitment team will be in touch, regardless of the outcome.
• Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.
• You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position, which will comprise of a short telephone screen call, followed by a one-hour formal interview, either in person or on Teams, where we will ask you a series of competency and behavioural questions, followed by a short microteach.
• As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

• Assessment Qualification. (TAQA/A1/D32/33) - desirable
• Level 3 Teaching qualification - desirable
• Level 3 in Residential Childcare; or equivalent occupational competency - essential
• Residential care work experience - essential
• Previous experience of working remotely
• IT competent with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Experience in managing your own caseload
• Own mode of transport and full driving licence

Realise helps more than 18,000 learners every year to achieve their goals. We only specialise in the areas we have in-depth expertise in, that's early years & education, health & social care, transport, business skills, and adult skills. Our mission has always been clear, to deliver great training programmes. We promote the wellbeing of all our learners and our employees and are fully committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and fulfilling our Prevent Duty obligations. Please be aware that all successful applicants will undergo a DBS and online search check at the job offer stage. We request proof of qualifications and the Right to Work in the UK. Realise is committed to investing in the latest technology to support our learners and teams. As part of our quality assurance and training processes, we may occasionally record audio and visual content. By applying, you acknowledge and accept this as part of our working environment. Realise has been in business over 35 years from our humble roots in Sheffield, to over 500 employees UK-wide. We are proud to be a part of the AQA charity group.