Application closing date 12/05/2025 Working Pattern Part time Salary Grade L (£48,710 - £51,802) pro-rata Contractual hours 18.5 Basis Part time Job category/type Social Care - Adults Attachments Blank Job description
Role: Senior Training and Education Officer
Salary: Grade L (£48,710 - £51,802) pro-rata
Location: Council House
Hours: 18.5
Closing Date: 12/05/2025
Contract Type: Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Training and Education Officer in the Adult Social Care Workforce Learning and Development Team.
Are you a qualified Social Worker with practice educator experience who is passionate about social work learning and development? Are you interested in developing and delivering learning opportunities for Social Workers and supporting continuing professional development for Adult Social Care staff? Are you passionate about improving services for adults with care and support needs and their carers? Do you have experience of training staff in partnership networks with universities?
If the answer to these is yes, then you could be just the person the Adult Social Care Workforce Learning and Development Team are looking for to join our team as a Senior Training and Education Officer.
We are a small team based at the Council House. We offer a supportive and dynamic work environment and great opportunities for both your personal and professional development.
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. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- 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 Adult Social Care Senior Training and Education officer , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
- Plan, design, coordinate, deliver and commission learning and development opportunities and training for Social Workers in Adult Social Care
- Work alongside the Adult Social Care Principal Social Worker to support the professional development of the Adult Social Care workforce
- Support colleagues to access a range of learning and development qualifications including apprenticeships, Assessed and Supported Year in Employment for newly qualified social workers, and formal continuing professional development for Social Workers such as practice education, Best Interests Assessor and Aproved Mental Health Professional qualifications
- Arrange and facilitate practice learning opportunities for students undertaking placements in Derby city working closely with Higher Education Institutes and the Adult Social Care workforce
About You To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
- A Social Work degree or equivalent social work qualification
- Current registration with Social Work England
- A post qualification award in social work, such as Practice Education Award, Best Interests Assessor or Approved Mental Health Professional qualifications
- A relevant training or teaching qualification
- Experience of complex social work with adults, assessment, support planning, safeguarding adults enquiries, risk assessment, management and enablement, strengths-based approaches and community-led support
- Good knowledge and understanding of the legal framework of Adult Social Care and health, including the Care Act (2014), the Mental Health Act (1983), The Mental Capacity Act (2005), the Human Rights Act (1998) and the Equality Act (2010)
- Good knowledge and understanding of social work theories and values, and ability to apply these to social work practice
- Good partnership working, communication, influencing and negotiation skills
- The ability to support, mentor and coach social care professionals to develop and grow in their career and practice
- The ability to work innovatively with a range of key stakeholders to meet the requirements of the service, and be committed to the delivery of high quality learning and development activities
- Provide leadership to individuals, teams and managers in establishing, maintaining and developing high standards of professional practice in social work
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website: DerbyCityCouncil/jobs
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Monday 12th May 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: on Friday 23rd May 2025
For a chat, or more information please contact Sarah Howe, Adult Social Care Workforce Learning and Development Manager 01332 641224 or sarah.howe@derby.gov.uk
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
Job description.pdf
Person Specification.pdf
