QCF Assessor
Aurora Meldreth Manor School
Meldreth, nr Royston, Herts
- Expired
- Salary:
- £21 - £25K dependent upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 23 November 2018
Job overview
QCF Assessor
Location: Meldreth, Near Royston - Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £21 - £25K per annum
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week
The Aurora Group
Aurora is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special needs and disabilities. We are currently looking for a QCF Assessor to join our team to develop and assess our amazing support workers at one or more of our key residential services.
The Role:
Your role will be to support and assess our residential support workers in achieving their QCF/RQF qualifications.
The majority of your focus will be on our site near Royston, with the expectation of working with Diploma/Apprenticeship candidates in some of our other services, as required.
From supporting candidates at the induction and initial assessment stage, through to achieving their qualification/award, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our employees can give the best possible support in changing the lives of the children and young adults in our care.
Key to this role will be your ability to create clear, effective, tailored assessment plans; to
train and develop employees and undertake work-based observations; and to evaluate, assess and review a range of evidence to the required standards of the award.
You will also be expected to work as part of the internal quality assurance team, and to ensure consistency with our other assessors.
This is not a standard tick-box role! Whilst the ability to work efficiently and to keep accurate records is paramount; your role will also be a creative one, where you will be encouraged to think of original and resourceful methods to build the knowledge, skills and capabilities of our Support Workers.
Experience
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:
· Assessor's Award (D32/33 or A1) and experience of assessment (Essential)
· Relevant occupational experience in residential childcare; adult health or social care (Essential)
· IQA Award (D34 or V1) or willingness to achieve
· Education & Training Award or equivalent, or willingness to achieve
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Ability to deliver functional skills
· Good IT / Systems skills
· Ability to work to deadlines and to maintain accurate records.
· The ability to work some unsocial hours (to be able to conduct real time training and assessments of our staff, including part-time employees and Night Support Workers).
Enquiries:
If you are interested then please apply on-line, or for more information, please contact our HR team (01763 268000 / MMOMRecruitment@the-aurora-group.com).
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer
Attached documents
About Aurora Meldreth Manor School
- Aurora Meldreth Manor School
- Fenny Lane, Meldreth, Royston
- Hertfordshire
- SG8 6LG
- United Kingdom
Welcome to our Special Needs School in Meldreth, Cambridge
Here at Aurora Meldreth Manor, many of our students have complex learning difficulties, often associated with profound physical disabilities and/or medical needs. Whatever a student’s abilities or challenges, we aim to provide them with memorable experiences and stimulating activities that promote self-esteem and personal independence.
This approach is enhanced by the imaginative use of a variety of suitable and interesting resources and environments – from the rich experiences of sound, colour and touch in the sensory room, through to energising rebound therapy and physical exercises in the hydrotherapy pool.
As a registered children’s home, we can also provide students with a vibrant yet homely space in which to live, whether throughout the year or just for a short break.
We hope you enjoy reading about our school and residential facilities, and we look forward to welcoming you and your child to our community here at Aurora Meldreth Manor.
Denise Grayston - Principal, Aurora Meldreth Manor School and Children’s Home
Our School
Aurora Meldreth Manor supports children and young people aged 6-19 with highly complex learning difficulties associated with conditions such as cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, degenerative conditions or autism spectrum conditions requiring a specialist approach.
We offer day placements for 38 weeks of the year and flexible residential placements for up to 52 weeks, including weekly boarding and shared-care arrangements or residential care placements for young people accessing other local schools.
The support we provide enables each of our students to engage and progress at their own level within a living and learning environment designed to help them achieve their full potential as they reach adulthood.
Our Facilities
Aurora Meldreth Manor is situated on a beautiful 14-acre site in the village of Meldreth, on the border of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
The school is fully accessible with hoisting facilities available throughout, and offers a range of modern, creative spaces for living and learning.
Facilities include:
· Interior-designed living areas
· Landscaped gardens
· Multi-use activity area
· Hydrotherapy pool
· Rebound therapy
· Multi-media room
· Multi-sensory areas
· Individual learning areas for break-out time and quiet time
A range of therapy is available at Aurora Meldreth Manor, including physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy. We also offer nursing support where required, and we are one of the few schools in the country that caters for students with specialist medical requirements associated with complex health needs, such as enteral feeding.
Residential Facilities
Aurora Meldreth Manor is also a registered children’s home, providing flexible, accessible accommodation and a vibrant yet homely space in which to live.
Houses have spacious living/dining room with TV, games and eating areas and individual bedrooms with a mix of bathing facilities and hoisting throughout for safe and easy movement for those with physical conditions. For those that can eat orally, fresh food is prepared daily by our chef and a variety of tastes and diets are catered for.
Our residential care team is passionate about ensuring that every individual is happy, healthy and well-supported. Alongside delivering personal care and helping with the management of epilepsy and other conditions, our staff support our residents to develop friendships, explore new interests and take advantage of after-school and social activities.
We encourage families to visit regularly and are able to offer limited family accommodation
Our Curriculum
We follow the IMPACTS curriculum, a needs-led programme focusing on the key areas of: communication, cognition, physical development, environmental control technology, and personal, emotional and social wellbeing (which includes self-help and self-advocacy skills).
Where appropriate, the National Curriculum is taken into consideration in the planning and delivery of activities.
Teaching staff work together with therapists and learning support assistants to develop and deliver a meaningful, appropriate and personalised curriculum for every student. Classes are grouped according to students’ sensory needs, cognitive understanding and compatibility.
Some of our students have particular interests which are related to their developmental age rather than their chronological age. We consider it important to strike the right balance in acknowledging the students’ interests and offering age-appropriate options.
Our Outcomes · 100% of children and young people work towards formal qualifications such as AQA awards · 100% of the children and young people access an integrated therapeutic curriculum in preparation for adulthood · All our outdoor learning areas are fully inclusive, these include a Forest School, a Musical Garden as well as a number of Outdoor Learning Stations.
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