Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Assessor / Learning Coach / Skills Coach
Permanent | Full Time | Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Wiltshire and the surrounding area: Field / Hybrid Role | Within a 2-hour driving radius of home
Three to four days supporting learners face-to-face | One to two days working from home
Salary: £30,000 – £34,000 per annum + Benefits (depending on experience & qualifications)
Help shape the next generation of care professionals
Every confident care professional has had someone who helped them take the next step.
Someone who coached them through the challenging moments. Someone who helped them turn workplace experience into evidence, knowledge into confidence, and potential into real career progression.
That is where you come in.
At TLC – The Training & Learning Company, we are looking for an experienced Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Assessor / Learning Coach / Skills Coach to support apprentices across Wiltshire and the surrounding areas. So you could also be based in e.g. Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Cirencester, Faringdon, Burford, Witney, etc.
This is a role for someone who already understands the apprenticeship world. You know how to manage a caseload, support learners in the workplace, work with employers, drive timely achievement and maintain high standards of quality and compliance.
But you are not looking for a box-ticking role.
You are looking for somewhere you can coach properly, build strong relationships, make a real difference to learners and be part of a team that genuinely cares about quality.
A quick but important note before you apply
This is an experienced assessor role, so please make sure you meet the essential requirements before applying.
To be considered for this role, you must already have:
- An Assessor qualification, such as TAQA, A1, D32/D33 or equivalent
- Proven experience assessing apprenticeships
- A Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care, an equivalent qualification, or previous experience as a Registered Manager
This is not a trainee assessor role, and we are not able to consider applicants who do not meet the essential criteria above.
The role
As a Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Assessor at TLC, you will manage a caseload of learners from Level 2 through to Level 5, supporting them at different stages of their care careers.
You will work with apprentices who are developing their skills, confidence and professional behaviours within real Health and Social Care settings. Some will be early in their career. Others will be progressing into senior, lead or management-level roles.
Your job is to help them move forward.
You will spend three to four days each week in the field, meeting learners face-to-face in their workplace, with one to two days working from home for planning, reviews, administration and learner support.
This is a role that combines coaching, assessment, mentoring, quality and relationship-building. You will be trusted to manage your own diary, keep your caseload moving and deliver a strong learner experience.
Your role will include:
- Delivering monthly coaching, assessment and review sessions in the workplace
- Supporting Health & Social Care apprentices from Level 2 to Level 5
- Helping learners build high-quality evidence against apprenticeship standards
- Coaching learners to develop confidence, competence and professional behaviours
- Supporting learners to stay on track and achieve in a timely manner
- Building strong relationships with employers, managers and workplace mentors
- Managing your own diary, travel, caseload and learner progress
- Maintaining accurate records in line with apprenticeship and compliance requirements
- Working towards clear quality, performance and learner achievement targets
- Representing TLC professionally when working with learners, employers and external partners
You will usually travel within a two-hour radius of your home, so you will need to be comfortable with regular field-based work.
What you will need
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- An Assessor qualification, such as TAQA, A1, D32/D33 or equivalent
- Proven experience assessing apprenticeships
- Experience supporting learners across Health & Social Care apprenticeship standards
- Experience supporting learners from Level 2 through to Level 5
- A Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care, an equivalent qualification, or previous experience as a Registered Manager
- Strong occupational competence within Health & Social Care
- Experience delivering face-to-face assessments in the workplace
- Strong caseload management and organisational skills
- Confidence working with employers, managers and workplace mentors
- Good IT, administration and communication skills
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel
- Willingness to complete an Enhanced DBS check
You do not need to be the loudest person in the room. But you do need to be confident, professional, reliable and able to build trust with learners and employers.
The type of assessor who thrives here
You will probably enjoy this role if you care about doing things properly.
You take pride in learner progress. You understand that quality matters. You know that a well-supported apprentice is more likely to stay engaged, achieve and grow in confidence.
You are organised enough to manage a busy caseload, but human enough to remember that every learner is different.
You can support, encourage and motivate. You can also challenge when needed. You are comfortable having honest conversations, keeping learners accountable and helping them understand what they need to do next.
Most importantly, you believe assessment should be more than a checklist.
It should help people grow.
Why join TLC?
At TLC, we believe that when our people are supported, our learners get the best experience.
You will be joining an ambitious, quality-focused team where your experience will be valued and your development will be encouraged.
You will receive:
- £30,000 – £34,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications
- 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays
- Additional Christmas and New Year shutdown leave
- 35-hour working week with a paid lunch hour
- Competitive mileage allowance
- Medicash health cash plan
- Specsavers eyecare scheme
- Access to NUS / TOTUM discount card
- Fully funded CPD and professional development
- Clear career progression opportunities
- Company pension scheme
- All-expenses-paid company events
- Free on-site parking at HQ
- A supportive, ambitious and high-performing team culture
About TLC – The Training & Learning Company
Since 2003, TLC – The Training & Learning Company has been helping learners and employers build skills that make a real difference.
We deliver high-quality, accredited training across a range of sectors, working closely with employers, learners and industry partners to create learning that is practical, engaging and outcome-focused.
Our approach is built around three simple principles:
Quality. Integrity. Impact.
That means doing right by our learners, supporting our people properly and delivering training that creates genuine progression.
Ready to take the next step in your assessing career?
If you are an experienced Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Assessor, Learning Coach or Skills Coach looking for a role where quality matters, learners come first and your own career can continue to grow, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and continue your assessing career with TLC.
Please note: we are only able to consider applicants who already hold an Assessor qualification, have proven apprenticeship assessing experience, and have a Level 5 Health & Social Care qualification, equivalent qualification, or previous experience as a Registered Manager.
TLC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, identity, right to work and qualification verification.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£34,000.00 per year
Application question(s):
- Proven experience assessing apprenticeships - not just occupational experience (ESSENTIAL)
- Occupational competency within Health & Social Care (ESSENTIAL)
- Willingness to undergo an Enhanced DBS check?
- Do you have an assessor qualification: TAQA, A1, or D32/D33 or equivalent (ESSENTIAL)
- Experience supporting learners from Level 2 to Level 5 (ESSENTIAL)
- Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care / equivalent or previous experience as a Registered Manager (ESSENTIAL)
- Do you have a valid driving licence, your own vehicle, and the ability to drive within a 2 hour radius of Wiltshire? (ESSENTIAL )
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Wiltshire
