Care Quality Specialist - Wokingham, United Kingdom - Wokingham Borough Council

Wokingham Borough Council

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Wokingham, United Kingdom

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Description

Employer:
Wokingham Borough Council

Salary:
£38,223 - £42,403 Per Annum, Plus Benefit

Location:
Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End/Home Working

Contract:
Permanent

Working Pattern:
Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week.

DBS Check:
Enhanced

Closing Date: 21/04/2024 at 23:00

Reference: 710642

Wokingham Borough Council has a fantastic opportunity available for a Care Quality Specialist to join our friendly Adult Social Care team on a full time, permanent basis.

As the Care Quality Specialist, you will work within the relevant frameworks, guidance, policies, and procedures to undertake care quality assessments and reviews, support providers promoting good quality care practise.

You will play a key role in the Care Governance process supporting providers to develop their care quality.

Care Quality is everyone's business. We aim to support and promote high quality services within the Borough.

We believe that high care quality standards are established when good care practice is supported and promoted.

We assess how well services deliver care quality and work in partnership with our providers to achieve the high care quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

To undertake on site reviews of care provider services and write up a comprehensive report on the findings.
To take part in training and care quality events for providers.
To support the process and administration of the care governance protocol.
To work closely with providers who are either flagged by the care governance process or are at risk of being so.
To work closely with the Adult safeguarding team and the DoLs team
To liaise closely with other stake holders, for example, CQC, Other Local Authority, Health and Adult Social Care colleagues.
Experience of Adult Social Care.
Experience/ability to observe, record and analyse information.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to have 'difficult conversations'.

Benefits
We can offer a host of great benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement, a local government pension scheme, employee assistance programme, discounts and much more

Closing Date:
Sunday 21st April 2024, 11pm

Interview Date:

Week Commencing 29th April 202- Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.