Job Description

Bring your skills, knowledge and experience in Adults Social care to support the adult learner experience.



This is a great opportunity to join an established Learning & Development team and contribute to the advancement of the social care sector. Help us in providing support to learners to enhance their skills, expertise, and effectiveness in their roles.



Together, let's foster a culture of ongoing learning and professional development. Continue reading to learn more about this exciting opportunity!


The Opportunity

Salary:

44,075 to 47,181 per annum (35,736 to 38,254 per annum, pro rata'd)

Working Pattern:

Part-time, 30 hours per week, job share or flexible working considered

Contract type:

Permanent or 2-year Fixed term/Secondment opportunity

Location:

County Hall, Chichester or Arun Civic Centre Littlehampton (Hybrid working)

Interview date:

11 February 2026



We have a fantastic opportunity in our Learning and Development function, seeking a qualified social worker, occupational therapist or holding an equivalent qualification in a related field or extensive experience supporting and developing the social care workforce to join us as our Adults Learning and Development Specialist.



You will have the opportunity to design and deliver learning activities using a range of methods including face to face training courses and online courses delivered via webinar using MS Teams, interactive workshops and group facilitation, within a quality and professional framework, ensuring that learning objectives are met.



As a Learning and Development Officer, you will support all areas of Adults Services Learning and Development. This includes supporting service priorities such as understanding and applying the legislative frameworks and best practice in collaborating with people who access Adult Social Care.


What are we looking for?


To be our successful Adults Learning & Development Specialist, you will need:


Excellent collaborative working abilities, be effective in working in partnership to co-design solutions, and have confident presentation skills. The ability to work proactively and think creatively to produce learning solutions that achieve desired outcomes effectively, efficiently and within timeframes. To be able to establish and maintain credible working relationships with key stakeholders. To reflect our values and our empowering culture in all that you do, including the way you work with others, focusing on abilities, enablement, and solutions to achieve desired outcomes. Drive to support and enable others, to be the best that they can be and provide a great service. To demonstrate relevant advanced social care theory, practice and knowledge relating to the provision of a professional social care service.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.

Working for us


As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential. You will have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

30

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information


The reference number for this role is

CRS00975

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact James Hodge Learning & Development Manager at

james.hodge@westsussex.gov.uk

. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

.

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.



To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing, Social Work England or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.



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LOCATION

Chichester/ Bognor/ Rustington/ Littlehampton

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent

JOB TYPE

HR and Learning & Development

CLOSING DATE

25 January 2026