Safeguarding Quality Assurance Manager

Venn Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A Local Authority in the North West seeks a Safeguarding Quality Assurance Manager until the end of August. The role involves leading a team to ensure quality in social work services and requires prior experience and HCPC registration.

Benefits

£25 vouchers for recommendations

Qualifications

• Must have previous work experience in a similar role.
• HCPC registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of independent review officers to meet statutory responsibilities.
• Provide support and challenge to operational social work services.
• Deliver analysis on the quality of social work services and lead thematic audits.

Job description

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Venn Group have been approached by a Local Authority in the North West to recruit a Safeguarding Quality Assurance Manager. The vacancy will be running until the end of August.

Position: Safeguarding Quality Assurance Manager

Rate: Negotiable

Contract: End of August

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of independent review officers (IRO’s) to deliver their statutory and non statutory responsibilities in line with national and regional best practice
• Deliver a support and challenge role to the operational social work services at both an individual case level including independent escalation to the Director of Children’s Services and CAFCASS, and across the service areas
• Deliver qualitative and quantitative information/ intelligence and analysis on the quality of the operational social work services, that embodies the experience of the child and reflects outcomes and shapes future strategy and service development across Children’s Social Care, and lead, develop and deliver an annual thematic audit programme across children’s social care in line with the quality assurance framework
• Lead and develop the statutory Local Authority Designated Officer service and report on its activity and ensure effective management of the Local Authorities reputation

The successful candidate must have worked in a similar role previously and be HCPC registered.

To find out more about this role or to apply please contact Thomas Nicholas on 0161 830 1830 or alternatively reply to this email with your up to date CV.

*Venn Group’s “Recommendation Scheme”: if you recommend a candidate who is subsequently placed by Venn Group (for a minimum of 2 weeks) you will be eligible for £25 worth of vouchers from a choice of high street organisations.