Staff Development
Praxis Care is committed to ensuring that all staff members are appropriately trained and qualified for the tasks it undertakes, both in delivering direct care to service users and in delivering support services to staff to enable this to happen.
A staff development strategy is part of the support services provided to staff.
The strategy is based on principles of continuing professional development, and the establishment of a learning culture within the organisation. It offers opportunities to staff members to promote their professional development from the beginning of their employment with Praxis Care . If you are looking to improve your career prospects, increase your knowledge and skills in a particular area or meet mandatory training requirements, you will find a range of courses within the programme to help meet your needs.
The Staff Development Team
The Staff Development team consists of an Assistant Director, five Training Managers, one NVQ Co-Ordinator, two Training Administrators, one IT Instructor and three Training Instructors.
We are based at Praxis Care Headquarters, 25 – 31 Lisburn Rd, Belfast.
The Staff Development Team is involved in:
- Designing and implementing an induction training programme for new staff;
- Assessing the training needs of the organisation through a training needs analysis which is undertaken each year;
- The design and delivery of a range of direct training related to the training needs analysis and other organisational priorities;
- Co-ordinating the delivery of training by external trainers;
- The provision of assessment, mentoring, verification, and practice teaching for qualification courses;
- Providing support groups for staff undertaking qualification and post-qualification training;
- Offering individual support to staff undertaking qualification training;
- The identification of and funding for external courses;
- Providing team building in teams which require it;
- The administrative support to the delivery of training;
- The management of a database of staff training and qualifications which can be used by staff to evidence continuing professional development.
We are all also available to try to answer any queries you may have on training and staff development issues. Human Resources also provide a range of training courses which are included in the staff development programme.
