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L2

POLICY

To ensureCumbria Care employees are aware of their roles and responsibilities when accessing learning and development opportunities.

PROCEDURE

Booking procedure for internaland externallearning and development opportunities.

The Learning and Skills Admin Team are referred throughout this policy as LD Admin.

The Cumbria Care training plan is collated on an annual basis by the Learning and Skills Professional Development Lead for Cumbria Carebased onthe training gap analysis identified by managers. All learning and development events are planned from these identified needs.

Approval

  1. Line managers should identify learning and development opportunities to enhance employee’s knowledge, skills and competencefor the relevant job role. Training profiles are accessed in the L2 policy and procedure filing cabinet on the Cumbria Care Elibrary.
  1. To book a member of staff onto a course, Managers must access Trent as a line manager and click on the Learning and Performance Link on the right hand side of the screen. Access the user guide booking an employee onto a course.
  1. Events relevant to Cumbria Care are advertised on the Learning Zone. A policy related to job specific training is under review

Booking County Council Learning Events

The manager will receive an email to confirm a place has been booked for the employee to attend the training event and details of the joining instructions. It is the manager’s responsibility to ensure the booking information is given to the participant prior to the training event.

Cancellations

  1. It is appreciated that from time to time circumstances lead to employees being unable to attend learning events. Employees must inform their line manager if they are unable to attend the learning event. The manager should advise LD Admin of cancellations. For any cancellations, it is the manager’s responsibility to book that employee onto an alternative learning event and consideration should be given to whether there is another employee that could attend.
  1. Cancellations will only be accepted from the line manager, not the employee, and should be made through LD Admin as soon as possible in order to avoid a charge.
  1. LD Adminneeds to be informed when a staff member is substituted, as this will be identified on the attendance register.
  1. Non-attendance at learning events will be monitored throughthe Professional Development Lead for Cumbria Care and a non-attendance report will be presented to the Extended Senior ManagementTeam on a quarterly basis. Establishment budgets maybe charged £50 per non-attending employee.

‘Non-attendance’ refers to an employee not turning upas expected on the day of thelearning event andnoreplacement being made.

Recording of CPD (continuous professional development

A course booked on through Trent will be automatically recorded on the individuals learning record. The manager is able to manually add to Trent qualifications and other learning events onto individual training records.

Travelling Expenses – full guidance available on My HR and on inTouch

Any training expenses incurred from travelling to and from the training venue should be entered on the travel and subsistence claim form.The completed form must be authorised by the line manager. Fuel and car parking receipts must be provided. Please note costs will be met by the establishment.Business insurance cover is required by the employee claiming mileage travel expenses for travelling by car. The employee signs the expenses claim form to agree that they have adequate insurance cover.

Date / 10/01/11 / 25/01/13 / 06/06/14 / 14/06/16 / Issue date
05/11/10 P&P
Amendment / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

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