Quality Assurance Officer and Independent Chair
Quality Assurance

Sutherland House
303 Chorley Road
Swinton, M27 6AT

Quality Assurance Officer and Independent Chair
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 15th May, 12 noon

The Spirit of Salford
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time post within our established Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit, based at Sutherland house in Swinton.
This is a full time Quality Assurance Officer role.

Salford is a good authority with strong and supportive leadership. Staff are proud to work in Salford and this is evidenced within our recent and previous Ofsted inspections. We are committed to recognizing good practice and to continuously improve outcomes for children, young people and families in Salford.

Our values are:
-Pride - Passion - People - Personal Responsibility 

The Candidate
We are looking for an experienced and registered social worker to become part of our Quality Assurance team, reporting to the Quality Assurance Practice Manager within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit

The successful candidate will be a key member of our team who are proud and passionate about Salford, maintaining high standards and new and innovative practice across the city. We have excellent partnership working, of which the candidate would be key to maintain and develop.

We are looking for someone who can effectively work with others and facilitate a culture of restorative, asset based practice, whilst maintaining good standards and bringing us on the journey to outstanding.  

The Role
To complete Quality Assurance work to provide an informed understanding of how practice impacts on outcomes for children and families in Salford. To offer support to social work teams and partners to complete quality assurance work. To ascertain feedback from children and families about their experiences. To support the transfer of learning into practice to support service development. To be a strong communicator, who is able to demonstrate analytical skills and resolve challenges arising from quality assurance work in a strengths based way.

To contribute to the development of the service priorities within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit, promoting a focus on children’s lived experiences. To support the implementation and embedment of an asset based and restorative approach to practice within the SQAU.

To work collaboratively and inclusively with colleagues, partners and members of the public ensuring equality of opportunity for everyone and eliminate direct or indirect discriminatory practices/behaviour. To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with service areas and external partners to ensure good practice is maintained and improved.

For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Sally Griffiths (Service Manager) on 0161 603 4304.
 
Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00.

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants.  

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment and have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr. 

Location
Sutherland House
Vacancy Description
 
Sutherland House
303 Chorley Road
Swinton, M27 6AT

Quality Assurance Officer and Independent Chair
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 15th May, 12 noon

The Spirit of Salford
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time post within our established Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit, based at Sutherland house in Swinton.
This is a full time Quality Assurance Officer role.

Salford is a good authority with strong and supportive leadership. Staff are proud to work in Salford and this is evidenced within our recent and previous Ofsted inspections. We are committed to recognizing good practice and to continuously improve outcomes for children, young people and families in Salford.

Our values are:
-Pride - Passion - People - Personal Responsibility 

The Candidate
We are looking for an experienced and registered social worker to become part of our Quality Assurance team, reporting to the Quality Assurance Practice Manager within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit

The successful candidate will be a key member of our team who are proud and passionate about Salford, maintaining high standards and new and innovative practice across the city. We have excellent partnership working, of which the candidate would be key to maintain and develop.

We are looking for someone who can effectively work with others and facilitate a culture of restorative, asset based practice, whilst maintaining good standards and bringing us on the journey to outstanding.  

The Role
To complete Quality Assurance work to provide an informed understanding of how practice impacts on outcomes for children and families in Salford. To offer support to social work teams and partners to complete quality assurance work. To ascertain feedback from children and families about their experiences. To support the transfer of learning into practice to support service development. To be a strong communicator, who is able to demonstrate analytical skills and resolve challenges arising from quality assurance work in a strengths based way.

To contribute to the development of the service priorities within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit, promoting a focus on children’s lived experiences. To support the implementation and embedment of an asset based and restorative approach to practice within the SQAU.

To work collaboratively and inclusively with colleagues, partners and members of the public ensuring equality of opportunity for everyone and eliminate direct or indirect discriminatory practices/behaviour. To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with service areas and external partners to ensure good practice is maintained and improved.

For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Sally Griffiths (Service Manager) on 0161 603 4304.
 
Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00.

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants.  

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment and have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr.