SVQ Assessor - Verifier

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Why should you consider Falkirk Council Social Services Assessment centre as the next stage in your career?

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident, highly motivated and experienced person to assess and verify social services employees who will be completing Social Services and Healthcare and Social Services (Children and Young People) Awards at SCQF L6, L7 and L9 and the Care Services Leadership and Management Award at SCQF L10 to meet both Continuous Professional Development and Scottish Social Services Council Registration requirements.

With a forward-thinking ethos, the centre is creating the conditions to offer foundation and modern apprenticeship programmes to develop the young workforce and support career pathways into health and social care. Experience of supporting the delivery of foundation and modern apprenticeship programmes would be desirable.

We are proud of our track record of positive external verification visits by SQA, dating back many years. Some feedback from our last two SQA visits:

October 2024 Qualification Verification report reflected high confidence in the delivery of awards across all criteria.

August 2023 Systems Verification Report reflected high confidence across all criteria with examples of good practice across the three verification groups: Resources, Candidate Support and Internal Assessment and Verification.

A quote from the Systems External Verifier: “You have a very high standard of documented systems for management, assessment, and quality assurance of SQA Qualifications. It is clear you continue to implement very robust quality assurance policies and procedures and processes throughout the centre”.

The Assessment Centre team has also been nominated for outstanding contribution to services in Falkirk Council’s Reward and Recognition scheme, December 2024.

The role:

As Assessor-Verifier you will:

support candidates through induction for their qualification, plan assessments, provide learner support and assess evidence holistically.

engage in quality assurance and standardisation activities to ensure that required standards of awards are met. You will provide support and guidance to Assessors as well as have an active role in centre development.

The post requires you to hold a health and social care qualification at SCQF L9 or equivalent, recognised SSSC registerable qualifications.

You will require to hold the L&D9di awards or equivalent Assessor qualification, and you should have the L&D11 or equivalent Internal Verifier award.

We are looking for someone to add value to our well-established assessment centre team.

You should be passionate about learning and experienced in offering additional support to suit a variety of learning styles and abilities. You should have strong organisational and communication skills and be confident in the use of online tools such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office and e-portfolio systems.

The post will be managed by the SVQ and Career Pathways Manager and is part of the Social Work Training and Workforce Development Team located in The Foundry, Larbert. Hybrid working is encouraged, supporting flexibility and good work life balance.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

For further information please contact Andrew Clydesdale, SVQ Development Officer on 07921942211 or email: andrew.clydesdale@falkirk.gov.uk