Workforce Development Trainer

We are currently looking for a Workforce Development Trainer to join our County Durham Drug and Alcohol Service team.

This is a varied and exciting role, one day you might be designing or delivering courses for Our Open Access programme which delivers evidenced-based training to a range of partnership agencies, to the next day delivering bespoke sessions for education establishments.

Focussing on Substance misuse and complex needs we deliver material that may be aimed at prevention, education, or promoting pathways into our recovery services. We work with some fantastic colleagues and together are all united in wanting to reduce the problems that substance misuse causes to families, friendships, workplaces and communities in County Durham.

Job duties may include:

• Develop and utilise evaluation mechanisms to evidence the effectiveness, impact and quality of training and development resources and delivery.
• Maintain robust records of training and development activity to produce comprehensive reports regarding performance and quality.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the service partnership to ensure training and development provision is integrated within the wider service offer and to maintain up-to date knowledge of service activity.
• Promote and develop collaborative relationships between the service and community groups and stakeholders.
• Deliver evidence based brief interventions to individuals, promoting a wider health promotion and prevention agenda.

‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’

Please be advised salary will be agreed on, from the pay scale, based on your skills and experience.

What can Humankind offer you…🏖️Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)📅Annual leave purchase scheme💰Enhanced occupational sick pay %Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension👪Death in service benefit'0D;️Free Will writing👓Eyecare vouchers🛍️Blue light card discount💡Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses🏠Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies🏃‍&40;️ Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce🤝Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

Humankind is an equal opportunities employer

If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don’t feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.

We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance misuse. If you require support with your application or would like to request a paper application, please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected]