Senior Training and Education Officer in Derby

Are you committed to driving high-quality learning that transforms practice and improves outcomes for adults with care and support needs? Our Adult Social Care Workforce Learning and Development Team is seeking a Senior Training and Education Officer to help lead our continuous improvement journey. In this rewarding role, you’ll design and deliver impactful learning opportunities, strengthen professional development pathways, and champion excellent social work practice. You’ll work collaboratively with partners, including universities, to shape training that empowers our workforce and enhances the lives of the people we support.

If you are an experienced Social Worker or Learning and Development professional with a passion for developing others, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference, and to grow your own career along the way. Apply now and help us build a confident, skilled, and inspired Adult Social Care workforce.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

What We Offer

• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity

In the role of Senior Training and Education Officer, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact: We are offering a unique opportunity to join our team as a Senior Training and Education Officer (Adults), where you will play a pivotal role in shaping a confident, skilled, and values-led Adult Social Care workforce. You will coordinate, commission, and deliver high-quality development opportunities for registered Social Workers, lead practice learning for students on placement, and contribute to a robust CPD offer in partnership with the Principal Social Worker.

Your work will span the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme, Practice Education, Social Work apprenticeships, and a diverse range of creative learning events tailored to support excellent practice. You will also play a key role in embedding Strengths-Based Approaches and our Adult Social Care Practice Framework, ensuring learning directly enhances the quality of care and outcomes for adults across the city.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have:

• Qualified Social Worker with current professional registration and substantial post-qualification experience in adult social work practice (assessment, support planning, safeguarding, risk management, strengths-based approaches).
• Proven track record of delivering improved outcomes for adults with care and support needs, promoting independence and choice.
• Level 2 Practice Educator qualification with experience supervising, assessing and supporting social work students.
• Experience mentoring, coaching and providing reflective supervision to social care professionals.
• Ability to design, deliver, commission and evaluate high-quality learning and development programmes.
• Strong leadership and change-management experience, including implementing new legislation and supporting service improvement.
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation and report-writing skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management abilities, including effective meeting facilitation.
• Ability to identify and model good practice, applying social work theory, legislation and current best practice.
• Experience working collaboratively across teams, partners and agencies, promoting positive working relationships.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, with sound knowledge of the Equality Act 2010.