Trainer & Instructor II

Trainer & Instructor II

Title:

Trainer & Instructor II

State Role

Title:

Trainer and Instructor II

Hiring Range:
Starting Pay from $58,647 - $80,933 per year

Pay Band: 4

Agency:
Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:

Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Recruitment Type:
General Public - G

Job Duties

The Trainer and Instructor II coordinates Implementation of New Employee Orientation (NEO) programming. Ensures topics and material covered in NEO are compliant with mandatory DBHDS and COV training requirements, and maintains master NEO Binder with most up-to-date materials. Ensures all NEOs are scheduled and all stakeholders notified at least one week prior to the start of NEO. Coordinates with presenters to ensure adequate and appropriate training provided.

Substitutes as necessary for regular presenters or ensure adequate backup training is available. Collects and maintains records as necessary to document attendance and understanding of material. They are also responsible for full implementation of CCCA's Therapeutic Options, UKERU, DEFUSE, and First Aid/CPR training programs, including maintaining a minimum of 5 active trainers for each program, ensuring curriculums are current and compliant, scheduling and facilitating classes, and ensuring training records are properly maintained.

Serves as a primary trainer for Therapeutic Options & First Aid/CPR programs, ensuring that all trainers have approximately equal opportunity and responsibility for leading trainings, and also serving as back-up trainer for rest of training staff. The Trainer and Instructor develops curriculum for identified required training topics, possibly with the assistance of a committee. Responsible for implement and provide agency specific training.

Identify/recruit/train additional trainers as necessary. Coordinates, publicizes, and facilitates adequate training schedules to ensure appropriate distribution of training information. Ensures records of attendance and proficiency are appropriately maintained and communicated. Facilitates 1:1 or small group staff professional development training as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Must possess excellent planning, organization, and coordinating skills. Must possess superior presentation and teaching skills. Must have demonstrated analytical and creative abilities in order to design and implement training programs and educational activities that provide necessary skills to improve employee performance and job satisfaction. Must be able to communicate and interact with people at all levels of the organization as well as other stakeholders.

Must possess excellent computer skills, esp. PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, Excel, and willingness and ability to learn new applications as necessary.

Additional Considerations

Must be able to achieve CPR/First Aid, Therapeutic Options, DEFUSE Trainer Certifications, as well as other necessary certifications to train on specific required policies, procedures, programs, software, etc. Experience in mental health or related field with emphasis on education and staff development preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applicants must list all relevant experience that you wish to be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position. A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position.

Under Virginia Code §37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific "barrier" crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending "barrier" charges. DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits, and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff, residents/clients.

Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have any questions, contact the Office of Human Resources. Commonwealth's Alternate Hiring Process:
In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their…