Interim Head of Service Quality Assurance

Interim Head of Quality Assurance Children’s Social Care
Initial 3-6 month interim contract
Hybrid/remote working supported
£500-£550 per day, Inside IR35(via Umbrella)
South West of England, Local Authority
 
 
As the interim Head of Quality Assurance Children’s Social Care you will take the strategic lead on designing implementing and monitoring quality assurance systems and processes to ensure quality of practice across the council’s children and young people’s services and across multi agency services.
 
Reporting into the Service Director you will be responsible for Managing an experienced team of managers and staff who are on an improvement journey to ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’. You will join at an exciting time and support the service while they look to appoint a permanent Head of Service.
 
About your role as the Head of Service – Quality Assurance:

• Strategic oversight of Conference service and IRO service, line managing QA Service Manager who oversee the CP Chairs, IRO’s and Safeguarding.
• Strategic responsibility for learning and Development with close working alongside the PSW.
• Will have a key link to the Safeguarding partnership and therefore need experience of managing Rapid reviews, submission of SiN’s etc would be beneficial, and support to the business manager required.
• Work on the operational management of services, including leading and implementing policies, strategies and projects to achieve service specific outcomes.
• Oversight of Social Work academy

Your required experience as Head of Service – Quality Assurance:

• More than 2 years’ experience at a minimum Senior manager level/Head of Service equivalent within a quality assurance/review role.
• To have worked at Head of Service level across Quality Assurance and knows what ‘good’ looks like or worked within a service towards ‘good’
• Role requires a social work qualification and must have technical knowledge of performance within Children’s Services.
• Technical knowledge and understanding of reports and infrastructure for Children’s Social Care.
• Updated Enhanced DBS

 
If you’re interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail or know someone who this may be of interest to, please contact Scott Speed on 0117 3137110 or apply today by sending your updated CV to s.speed@baltimoreconsultingltd.com and arrange a confidential conversation.
 
(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)

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