Quality Assurance Reviewing Officers

Description

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Reviewing Officer to provide quality assurance and review services across varying levels of need, driving strengths-based practice and culture. The service will provide independent, professional support, challenge, and be accountable for service improvement, ensuring quality assurance of practice across the entire service. The service will champion a child’s right to family life.

Responsibility

Quality Assurance Reviewing Officers (QARO’s) ensure that statutory and regulatory safeguarding requirements are met for independent reviewing for children in care, child protection and fostering reviewing functions and go beyond that to focus on the delivery and improvement of services for children, young people and their families through the provision of high-quality independent oversight of practice, and effective partnership working with all those involved with the child.

 Qualification – Essential

• GCSE Grade (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
• A Professional Social Work Qualification
• Advanced – Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), social media and CRM.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience Requirements - Criteria to be Evaluated at the Shortlisting Stage.

Successful candidates will have:

• Demonstrate experience in undertaking quality assurance activities, including auditing, file review, and performance data analysis.
• Demonstrate understanding of organisational procedures, practice model (connections count), operational service delivery areas, and related processes.
• Demonstrate experience in delivering performance reporting, utilising professional curiosity within Children's Social Care.
• Demonstrate experience of successfully managing numerous stakeholders and of building effective relationships across multiple disciplines.
• Able to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Able to deliver presentations/ complex reports to a wide range of audiences, both internal and external.
• Demonstrate skills in advising, influencing, persuading and negotiating across a wide range of disciplines.
• Able to speak an appropriate standard of spoken English - Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
• Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively, navigate competing demands, and work collaboratively to manage expectations and deadlines.
• Able to maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job.
• Demonstrate significant knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislative, regulatory framework, and Government initiatives relating to children’s services.
• Must have a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion matters and to promote anti-discriminatory practices and behaviours.)

Essential Compliance Requirements

• 5 Years References/Work History
• Enhanced DBS
• A pre-engagement screening is mandatory for this role. Please be prepared for this additional step in the application process.

Diamond Blaque Group, a leading public sector provider, is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. Our organisation is deeply committed to fostering an environment of equal opportunity and diversity in the workplace.