Social Care Auditor | Quality Assurance Team | Lancashire | Part Time

Lancashire County Council; Preston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Quality Assurance Team as a Social Care Auditor. This role involves scrutinising practice, interviewing children and families, and developing action plans based on audit findings. Candidates should have significant experience in children's social care and a strong understanding of quality assurance and relevant legislation. This is an opportunity to contribute to improving services for children and families in the UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in children's social care.
• Strong understanding of the importance of quality assurance.
• Knowledge of key legislation and policy frameworks surrounding children's services.

Responsibilities

• Scrutinise and challenge practitioners on the quality of practice.
• Interview children and young people to inform audits.
• Develop action plans based on audit findings.
• Deliver training and guidance on Quality Assurance.

Skills

Quality assurance

Interviewing skills

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Training delivery

Job description

The Safeguarding Inspection and Quality Assurance service are looking to recruit an experienced Social Worker to join the Quality Assurance Team in Lancashire as a Social Care Auditor. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside colleagues and partners to show case good practice and help identify areas of development as we continue on our journey to providing outstanding services to children and families in Lancashire.,

• Scrutinise and challenge practitioners, front-line and senior managers on quality of practice, identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns. Embedding learning and strengthening the management oversight across Children's Services.
• Interviewing children, young people and their parents/carers regarding their experience of Children's Services to inform audit and quality assurance.
• Post-audit discussion with practitioners to review and reflect, identifying areas for improvement and professional development to ensure the child's experience is central to each intervention.
• Identification of internal policies and procedures that require updating to reflect changing legislative frameworks. Contributing to continuous professional development of the service, recognising areas for improvement and developing proposals to implement positive changes.
• Analyse audit findings to support managers in understanding the quality of practice across Children's Services.
• Develop action plans following individual audits and provide critical input or lead in formulation of plans to support teams or service areas to address audit findings
• Develop positive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation to embed learning and improve quality of practice. Sharing audit findings with Advanced Practitioners in each area of practice to support individuals, teams and localities in continuous improvement.
• Build partnerships, networks and positive working relationships across Children's Services including the Local Children's Safeguarding Board to improve multi-agency service delivery and outcomes for children.
• Contribute to multi-agency audit and themed audit programmes, presenting findings, challenging where appropriate and engaging in the development of multi-agency responses to findings.
• Deliver training and guidance to social workers and managers around Quality Assurance.
  Significant experience in children's social care.
• Strong understanding of the importance of quality assurance and learning culture.
• Knowledge of key legislation and policy frameworks surrounding children's services.