What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training Director position at Children's Home of Reading?
Job Description
CHOR Youth and Family Services
Director of Staff Development
Job Title: Director of Staff Development
Reports To: Vice President of Administration
FLSA: Exempt
Summary of Position: The Director of Staff Development works in conjunction with Apis Human Resources and Recruitment and Retention to coordinate new hire training for CHOR Youth and Family Services employees, and other Children’s Division affiliates as assigned. The Director also is responsible for coordinating ongoing/refresher training to ensure compliance with regulatory bodies and internal requirements. Main responsibilities include developing a streamlined curriculum, hiring, and supervising trainers at each entity, tracking training compliance, assisting with developing training plans, and set-up and monitoring of the online training system, Relias.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assesses current training protocols at each organization and streamlines training where appropriate.
- Develops a team of trainers based on needs of the organizations.
- Supervises all employees providing training including New Employee Development (NED),
specialized training such as Safe Crisis Management (SCM) and other ongoing trainings as
required. Ensure an appropriate number of trainers that are up to date with required certifications.
- Creates, maintains, and revises policies and procedures for the general operation of the Training
Programs.
- Manages training databases (Relias etc.) including analyzing core packages and add-ons and creating/updated training plans.
- Provides reports on training compliance quarterly to immediate supervisors and leadership teams, and as directed or requested, to keep leadership informed of operation and progress of training efforts.
- Works collaboratively with leadership to ensure training compliance with federal, state,
accreditation, other regulatory bodies regulations, and any internal training requirements.
- Develop new training programs as necessary, either by working with others to create/upload
trainings to Relias or coordinating internal or external speakers.
- Collaborates with team members to schedule training plans, annual updates, and notify employees of training programs.
- Participates in Leadership meetings and/or Quality Improvement committees as appropriate.
- Maintain and audit employee training files.
- Conducts trainings as necessary to all programs.
- Travel to regional offices to conduct training or arranges with training staff as needed.
- Performs other job duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field -OR- Associates Degree with Training and/or Staff Development experience. Experience supervising staff preferred.
Language Ability
Ability to read, write and comprehend information. Ability to effectively communicate with employees and administration. Ability to professionally write detailed reports.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and sometimes involved written and oral directions. Ability to interpret routine instructions without difficulty. Ability to apply rational/calm reasoning when confronted with difficult and/or ambiguous situations.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and the Relias training system.
Required Trainings
State and Federal Compliance Requirements
Safe Crisis Management (SCM)
Suicide Prevention
Cultural Awareness
Confidentiality/HIPAA
40 hours of annual training
Physical Demands
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; walk; use hands; reach
with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
About Company:
Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.
Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.