Independent Visitor/ Quality Assurance Office

National Youth Advocacy Service; England; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A children and youth advocacy organization seeks an Independent Visitor & Quality Assurance Officer. This full-time, home-based role entails extensive travel to conduct visits and assure report quality, requiring relevant qualifications and experience with vulnerable individuals. Commitment to safeguarding practices is crucial, and the role involves engaging with various stakeholders to ensure effective service delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven extensive experience in working with children and young people or adults at risk in a social care setting.
• Experience and understanding of child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of quality assuring reports for regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Complete statutory and non-statutory independent allocated visits within prescribed timescales.
• Quality assure reports submitted by other members of the team.
• Analyse a range of information to assess evidence-based judgements of reports.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Report writing

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

Overview

As an Independent Visitor & Quality Assurance Officer you will join NYAS Independent Monitoring Service. This role is full time, working 35 hours per week. The purpose of this role is to ensure that judgements are consistent with evidence provided and that the feedback given is an element of continuous improvement. This is a home-based role; you will be regularly away from home as you will be expected to travel extensively.

Responsibilities

• Complete statutory and non-statutory independent allocated visits within prescribed timescales.
• Quality assure reports submitted by other members of the team.
• Analyse a range of information to assess evidence-based judgements of reports.
• Use quality assurance to improve report writing and ensure consistency with safeguarding policies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant professional qualification in a related field.
• Proven extensive experience in working with children and young people or adults at risk in a social care setting.
• Experience and understanding of child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of quality assuring reports for regulatory bodies.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to a high standard both orally and in writing to a wide range of people.

About NYAS

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references, Digital Risk Assessment and Right to Work check.

Disability Confident

About Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

Work with us

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic. NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

Work with us to help change young lives.