Full Job Description
We are currently recruiting for Standards Verifiers for our Allied
Health Professional Therapy Support sector.
**Purpose of this
role:**
Undertake sampling of assessment and internal verification
decisions and records for competence-based qualifications within a
Principal Subject Area (PSA) in order to affirm that national
occupational standards have been achieved and upheld. Support, advise
and guide centres based on the outcomes of the sampling process.
Direct centres in the delivery of competence-based qualifications
towards the achievement of national occupational
standards.
Applicants must have significant experience of
delivering and assessing NVQs at level 1-3, hold D32/D33 or A1
qualifications, and hold/be working towards the V1 or the Award in the
Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.
A
good working knowledge of the relevant specifications, and evidence of
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in the field of assessment
and delivery of vocational qualifications are also required.
**Key
Accountabilities:**
For competence-based qualifications for the
sector(s) for which occupational competency is demonstrated, the
Standards Verifier NVQ will:
+ Undertake sampling of learner work
within defined parameters and rules to verify that assessment
outcomes, assessment and internal verification processes meet national
occupational standards
+ Provide sector-specific support, advice
and guidance to centres
+ Produce reports for centres and Pearson
on the: sampling undertaken; outcomes reached and support
provided
+ To recommend limited certification, certification
deferral or registration deferral where it is deemed that flawed
assessment or internal verification decisions or processes mean that
national occupational standards are not met
+ Produce targeted
actions for centres to assist with remedial action where national
occupational standards are not being upheld
+ Support centres to
understand and implement identified actions
+ Report back to
Pearson and centres following SV activity within agreed service-level
agreements
+ Provide source materials for the standardisation of
centre assessors, internal verifiers and lead internal verifiers as
requested
+ Undertake any other duties appropriate to the work of
WBL Assessment in relation to this role
**PERSON
SPECIFICATION**
**Experience Required:**
**Essential:**
In
order to be considered for the role, you must be occupationally
competent in Allied Health Profession - Therapy Support. (The 12
Allied Health Professions are: art therapists, music therapists, drama
therapists, paramedics, podiatrists, speech and language therapists,
occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, radiographers,
orthoptists and prosthetists/orthotists. The professions carrying out
therapeutic interventions are likely to primarily carry out
therapeutic tasks related to: dietetics, occupational therapy,
physiotherapy, podiatry or speech and language therapy). Please refer
to attached Apprenticeship standards for guidance on specific
requirements.
_Allied Health Profession (AHP) - therapy support
workers work with individuals in a range of settings, your clinical
and therapeutic duties will vary accordingly. There are 12 different
AHP professions and you may carry out tasks associated with a single
profession or tasks that relate to a range of them. Your supervisor
will usually be a registered Allied Health Professional. Illness,
disability or a change in life circumstances often means that people
have to learn or be supported to do things in new and different ways.
This can change the pattern of a life-course but individuals can often
expect to regain and enjoy a quality of life through the therapeutic
and clinical support you provide. Some individuals may have short term
needs eg an injury. Others may have long-term physical and/or mental
illness or learning disability that affects their independence,
function or way of living. You will be required to work with the
individual either on their own or within a group setting. You may also
work with others to support the individual eg training carers or
working with families._
+ Significant experience in delivering and
assessing NVQs
+ Hold D32/D33 or A1 qualifications, and hold/be
working towards the V1 or the Award in the Internal Quality Assurance
of Assessment Processes and Practice
+ Evidence of Continuous
Professional Development (CPD) in the field of assessment and delivery
of vocational qualifications.
**Desirable**
+ A willingness to
engage in online training and standardisation and to use
technology-based approaches for communication and centre support
Significant experience in delivering and assessing NVQs.
**Skills &
Knowledge:**
**Essential**
+ Excellent communication, written,
verbal, IT and interpersonal skills
+ A good working knowledge of
the specifications that comprise the area of expertise for the
role
+ A customer-focused approach
+ Time management and ability
to develop and monitor clear action plans
+ Ability to work
effectively as part of a team
+ Ability to understand the
implications of decisions taken on Pearson's behalf and not to operate
outside the sphere of responsibility defined within this job
description
**Desirable**
+ Word processing and basic
spreadsheet manipulation
**Requirements:**
Any associate
undertaking this role must:
+ Have personal IT equipment capable of
running Pearson required software Have a suitable internet
connection
+ Have a personal and secure email account
+ Have a
postal address in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland Declare
any conflicts of interest that could impact on the role
+ Have
availability for a minimum of 8 allocations in any given year
+
Abide by the terms of conditions as stated in the contract for
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