Quality Assurance Reviewing Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

Dorset Councils

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

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Description

Organisation

Dorset Council
Location
Dorchester, United Kingdom
Reference

Occupational group
Health and Social Care
Children's
Salary details

- £44,539 - £50,470

Job term
Full Time
Appointment type
Permanent
Contact
Giulia Pridmore
Contact

telephone

Closing Date
19 May :00 PM

Quality Assurance Reviewing Officer:

37 hours (flexible working considered):

Salary £44,539 - £50,470:

**Dorset
- base to be agreed, combined with home-working**:

What's in it for you:

We support flexible working hours and where possible some working from home.

What you can expect to be doing:

This role does involve basing yourself in offices in Dorset to chair meetings face to face and be available for consultations with social workers and team managers.

You will be expected to organise and facilitate a range of meetings to meet the needs of the child, young person or family as defined by statutory obligations under the Children Act & Working Together.

We need you to be able to develop relationships with children, young people and parents to ensure they have a strong voice and are able to ownership of their plans.

Having the skills to engage children, young people and their families so they are able to participate fully in meetings about them, is essential.

The role involves being able to chair complex multi agency meeting and build plans with children, families and partner agency's to promote the safety and outcomes for all the children/young people and their families.

Supporting and challenging operational practice through the escalation process to enable service improvement and positive outcomes for children and young people is also a key part of this role.

The work is varied and will involve providing specialist advice and guidance to operational staff, establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of professionals and partners, contribution to the quality assurance framework and supporting service improvement through the identification of themes and issues.

About you:

Additional Information:

Interviews to be held Tuesday 30 May 2023.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

Dorset Council:

A great place to work:
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Find out more about how to apply.