Learning & Development Partner - Children's Services
Home-based (with regular travel and overnight stays - area as advertised)
40 hours per week
c£35,000 (dependent on experience)
Turn Experience into Impact. Shape the Future of Children's Residential Care.
Are you an experienced residential children's practitioner ready to step into a role where you can influence practice at scale? Do you have the credibility, confidence and passion to inspire others to deliver exceptional care?
At CareTech, we're looking for a dynamic Learning and Development Partner to join our Children's Services team. Reporting to the Head of Learning & Development, you'll play a pivotal role in developing, delivering and enhancing training that equips our teams to provide safe, nurturing and high-quality care.
This isn't just a training role - it's your opportunity to shape standards, embed best practice and directly improve outcomes for children and young people.
What You'll Do
You’ll design and deliver engaging, practical training rooted in real-world residential experience, ensuring our staff are confident, capable and compliant.
Training will include (but isn't limited to):
* Welcome to CareTech
* Safeguarding Children
* Pillars (our internal positive behaviour approach)
* CSE & Missing From Home
* Emergency First Aid at Work
* Medication
* Ligature Awareness
You’ll also:
* Collaborate with the L&D team to create impactful, standards-aligned learning
* Use your residential experience to bring credibility and practical insight to every session
* Assess and evaluate training to continuously improve quality
* Maintain accurate training records using Myrus
* Stay ahead of legislation and best practice developments
* Act as a Subject Lead in a specialist area
* Champion health & safety, equality, diversity and CareTech's core values
About You
You're an experienced children's residential professional (minimum 3 years) who understands the realities of the sector - and wants to elevate it.
You'll bring:
* In-depth knowledge of legislation, safeguarding and residential best practice
* Confidence delivering or facilitating learning (trainer experience desirable)
* Strong communication and presentation skills
* Excellent organisation and IT skills
* The ability to influence, challenge and inspire
* A flexible approach with willingness to travel
* A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
A teaching qualification is desirable - but your practical experience, credibility and passion for developing others are essential.
Why Join Us?
* Competitive salary (£35,000 DOE)
* Autonomy and variety in a home-based role
* The chance to shape practice across multiple services
* A supportive, forward-thinking L&D team
* Real opportunity to influence outcomes for children and young people
If you're ready to move from delivering care to developing the people who deliver it - we want to hear from you.
Apply now and help raise the standard of residential children's care.
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