Audit & Quality Assurance Practice Improvement Officer
Role: Audit & Quality Assurance Practice Improvement Officer
Department: Children, Families and Education
Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Audit & Quality Assurance Practice Improvement Officer
on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children, Families and Education Team department.
Main purpose of position:
The Children Families & Education Department is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, edge of care and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.
As a Social Worker, you will be responsible to:
· Manage the development and implementation of the audit process and collating findings for analysis. Collating key data information to support audit reports and to be used within management reports. · Review audited cases, identifying any outstanding actions and maintain a tracking system to monitor the implementation of improvement plans. Supporting and Challenging Service Manager on issues which need to be addressed to remain statutory compliant · Assist with the preparation of dissemination of audit findings through the development and delivery of practice workshops. · Maintain an overview of analysis findings, key themes and completion of reports and to create and maintain audit service plans using Microsoft Project and/or other methods. · Act as custodian of all master copies of the service products and reports. · Organise information in a systematic way to ensure that it is accessible by senior managers when required.
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Skills and Experience
- In-depth experience of Audit Activity and complex decision making, gathering and appropriately recording highly sensitive data, and monitoring, evaluating and scrutinizing areas of w
- In-depth experience of advising, coaching, supervising and supporting staff .
- Considerable Experience of working within Children's Social Care and a quality assurance environment.
- Experience of reviewing and analysing complex data to identify themes and trends.
- Able to gather Information and assess risk to make sound professional judgements about either children and parents to inform appropriate interventions
- In-depth ability to organize, plan and prioritize tasks, meeting agreed timescales whilst working within a highly pressurized safeguarding environment.
- To understand levels of risk and articulate what a Good Case Looks like
- Able to translate practice into policy / practice guidance for a variety of professional disciplines
- Able to work flexibly with the occasional evening meetings as required.
DBS
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
About Us
Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.
Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.
We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
