Independent Visitor / Quality Assurance Officer

NYAS; Northampton; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

NYAS Independent Monitoring Service is seeking an Independent Visitor & Quality Assurance Officer for a full-time, home-based role with regular travel to children's homes across the region. You will complete visits, quality assure reports, and ensure evidence-based judgments while upholding safeguarding standards.

The ideal candidate will hold a relevant professional qualification and substantial experience working with children, young people, or adults at risk in social care, with strong

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in a relevant field.
• Proven extensive experience 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 analyse information to assess evidence-based judgements of reports.
• Proven experience of using QA to improve report writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to a high standard both orally and in writing to a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Complete statutory and non-statutory independent visits within prescribed timescales.
• Quality assure reports submitted by other team members.
• Ensure judgments are consistent with evidence and that feedback contributes to continuous improvement.
• Regularly travel to children's homes in the geographical area.

Skills

Professional qualification

Experience with children and youngpeo

Safeguarding procedures

QA to improve reports

Analytical judgement

Communication skills

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

Interview Date: w/c 9th November 2026

The Vacancy

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Independent Visitor & Quality Assurance Officer to join NYAS Independent Monitoring Service. The role is full time working 35 hours per week.

As an Independent Visitor & Quality Assurance Officer you will be required to complete statutory and non-statutory independent allocated visits within prescribed timescales and to quality assure reports submitted by other members of the team.

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 however, you will be expected to reguarly travel to children's homes in the geographical area.

About You

We are looking for a self-starter who prides themselves in professionalism and accuracy. You must have a relevant professional qualification and proven extensive experience in working with children and young people or adults at risk in a social care setting.

For more information, please view the attached job description.

In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. Requirements include:

• Professional qualification in a relevant field.
• Proven extensive experience in working with children and young people or adults at risk in a social care setting.
• Experience and an understanding of child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of quality assuring reports for regulatory bodies.
• Ability to analyse a range of information to assess effective evidence-based judgements of reports.
• Proven experience of using QA to improve report writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to a high standard both orally and in writing to a wide range of people.

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.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

In accordance with UK immigration law, NYAS is required to ensure that all prospective candidates have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom. Therefore, proof of eligibility to work in the UK will be required as part of the recruitment process.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

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.

We are an equal opportunities employerand 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.

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