L&D Specialist

The opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work

Do you love coaching and training others to be the best they can be ?

Are you a passionate Learning & Development professional with experience in Health and Social Care? Do you thrive on creating engaging learning experiences that empower people to develop, grow and deliver outstanding support?

At Community Integrated Care, we're looking for a talented Learning & Development Specialist to join our ambitious Learning & Development team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing colleagues across our services, helping ensure the people we support receive the highest quality care possible.

This is a full time permanent role with regional travel around Basingstoke, Portsmouth and Bournemouth areas so our ideal candidate will be based within commuting distance of those areas.

What is The Deal for you?

• Flexibility! You can work your full-time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
• Benefits: Retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app.
• Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder
• Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
• Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing online training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications.
• Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

Learning is at the heart of everything we do. As a Learning & Development Specialist, you'll design, deliver and evaluate innovative learning solutions that equip colleagues with the knowledge, confidence and skills they need to succeed.

Working across a regional portfolio, you'll build strong relationships with operational leaders, support local learning needs and drive a truly blended learning approach through classroom delivery, digital content and e-learning solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and delivering engaging mandatory and specialist learning programmes across Adult Health and Social Care.
• Supporting the full learning and development cycle, from identifying learning needs through to evaluating outcomes.
• Analysing learning data and compliance trends to ensure colleagues have access to the right learning opportunities.
• Collaborating with operational leaders to develop solutions tailored to local service needs.
• Supporting the deployment and development of digital and e-learning content through our Learning Management System.
• Coaching and supporting local facilitators to build training capability across the organisation.
• Leading on specialist subject areas and contributing to wider organisational development projects.

About you:

What we’re looking for:

You'll be an enthusiastic and confident facilitator who can inspire, engage and influence people at all levels.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Significant experience within Health and Social Care
• Experience designing, delivering and evaluating learning interventions
• A strong understanding of adult learning principles
• Excellent communication, coaching and facilitation skills
• Strong digital and IT capability, including Microsoft Office applications
• The ability to work independently whilst building effective stakeholder relationships
• A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle for regional travel.

It would be great if you also have:

• A recognised teaching qualification such as AET, PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS, PGCE or CertEd.
• Train the Trainer qualifications in subjects such as Moving & Positioning, Adult Support & Protection, First Aid or Medication.
• Assessor qualifications such as TAQA, CAVA, A1 or D32/D33.
• Experience developing e-learning content.
• Knowledge of supported living, adult mental health, older people's services or competency-based assessment.

Why Join Community Integrated Care?

You'll be joining one of the UK's most successful and innovative social care charities, working with colleagues who are passionate about making a real difference every day. You'll have the opportunity to shape learning experiences that directly impact the quality of support delivered to thousands of people across our organisation.

If you're looking for a role where your expertise can influence culture, capability and quality across a national organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us create outstanding learning experiences that transform lives.

Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.

Interested and want to know a bit more?

To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.

The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones - and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.