Quality Assurance Officer - Stafford, United Kingdom - Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council

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Stafford, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

Do you have the passion and determination to make a difference for Children and Families in Staffordshire?
If you become part of our small, friendly team you'll be delivering change, knowing the work you do will have a positive impact on real people

Its a great time to join us in delivering change as we begin to embed our culture of continuous learning and improvement.

You'll be supporting the Quality Assurance Manager to work across the children and families system.

Co-ordinating and developing the quality of practice across children's social care and commissioned services you'll play a key part in improving the outcomes of children, young people and their families.

Main Responsibilities
You'll be working with a variety of stakeholders and partners in supporting Children and Families. The work you do will be a real team effort.

You'll be working with partners to:

Understand the needs of Staffordshire children, young people and their families;
Translate those needs into definable outcomes;
Enable the delivery of outcomes within available resources to achieve best value for money;
Develop the process and outcomes from a quality assurance perspective
Ensure learning feeds into practice improvement
Support the methodology and tools for the completion of data collection both quantitative and qualitative
Contribute towards the selfevaluation process
Contribute to the business planning process across the Children and Families system

We're looking for someone dynamic who can:

Complete research using appropriate methodologies
Analyse textual information/narrative from a range of sources including audits, children/carer's files and surveys, alongside basic performance information, to celebrate the positive work being done and identify areas where additional support may be needed
Use your influencing skills in a partnership environment with the ability to use resources flexibly and creatively.
You'll be effective at planning and managing projects within timescales.

Want to know more or have a question?
About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation.

Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together.

This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.

We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do.

We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.