Learning and Development Officer

Bradford Children and Families Trust; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Excellent Local Government pension

Family-friendly policies

Health & wellbeing support

Professional development and career

National Living Wage employer

Flexible Working/Hybrid options

Job summary

Bradford Children and Families Trust is seeking a Learning and Development Officer to design and deliver high-quality training for residential practitioners, fostering restorative and relational practice across Bradford. You will align training with local and national policies, ensuring the voices of children and families are heard and valued.

The role requires strong organisation, professional delivery, and the ability to challenge practice while supporting staff development.

Qualifications

• Develop and deliver high quality training to residential practitioners.
• Promote restorative and relational working across the service.
• Commitment to keeping up to date with legislation and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver high quality engaging and informative training sessions and workshops.
• Monitor training effectiveness and impact with the manager.
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external colleagues to embed restorative practice.
• Ensure child/young person voices are heard in all interactions.

Education

Professional Social Work Qualification

Post qualifying award in Social Work

Job description

Job Introduction

Learning and Development Officer

Salary: Grade PO3, SCPs 32-35, £42,839 - £46,142, Permanent, 37h per week

Location: Bradford, Sir Henry Mitchell House, BD5 0QL

Hybrid Working

Working for the Bradford Children and Families Trust offers the opportunity to work with some great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it's geography. You can make a real difference to families and children and be an active part in delivering the service Bradford families should receive.

We are fully committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

About the role

Within this role, you will be supporting practice by developing and delivering high quality training that will drive improvements in service delivery to meet the needs of our children and families in with the vision of the Trust.

As a Learning and Development practitioner you will have a pivotal role in supporting practice to deliver high-quality training that will drive improvements in service delivery to meet the needs of children and their families. You will also create and influence a culture of continuous learning by designing and delivering training that is based on the needs of the service, the individual and the organisation.

Monitor and review the feedback and effectiveness of the training with the manager to ensure that the training is making a difference to the lives of the children and families of Bradford.

Our strategic vision and values are upheld across the Trust, fostering a reliable and supportive environment for both staff and the children in our care.

Our approach is rooted in restorative and relational practice, fostering trust, mutual respect, and meaningful relationships with children, families, and professionals.

To be successful in this role you will need:

We are looking for someone to develop and deliver high quality engaging and informative training sessions and workshops to residential practitioners, promoting restorative and relational working throughout the service.

In this role, you will need to be responsive to practice improvement, responding to learning from Ofsted inspections, audits and feedback as well as ensuring that training is up to date with developing research and changes in legislation.

Within the role, you will establish, develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external colleagues supporting them to adopt and embed a restorative, relationship-based practice approach in all or our interactions with children, families, colleagues and partners.

You need to ensure that the child/young person's voice is heard and is listened to alongside all key professionals working with children and young people.

You need to be highly organised. You need to be highly professional, offering high support and high challenge to the practitioners and their teams across Bradford Children's and Families Trust when sharing areas of strengths and areas of learning. You need to be able to evidence a sound knowledge of local and national policies and procedures and keep up to date with research and good practice.

You will also need:

• A recognised professional Social Work Qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work, Dip SW, CQSW or equivalent as recognised by Social Work England.
• A recognised post qualifying award in Social Work or demonstrable evidence of continuous professional development at a similar level.

You will be joining an organisation that truly values its people, offering a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance, including:

• Generous annual leave - 31 days rising to 34 with service, plus bank holidays
• Excellent Local Government pension
• Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave
• Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling
• Professional development and career progression opportunities
• we are a National Living Wage employer
• Flexible Working/Hybrid options subject to service need

For full details of our benefits, please see the attached 'Our Benefits' brochure.

Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children's barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.

Closing Date: 27/09/2026

Interviews: 16/10/2026