Practice Improvement Manager
Children’s Services
£37,858 - £40,619 rising to £44,328 per annum
Office/Home Based – (with national travel)
My client is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities supporting children, their families and communities. They are currently looking for a Practice Improvement Manager to join their practice improvement team to ensure they stay current and innovative and work with other Department’s to help shape new models of service delivery.
The main duties for the role of Practice Improvement Manager will include:
- Providing a professional, responsive and collaborative approach to practice improvement, working with managers and teams identified as being in need of improvement to ensure the very best outcomes for children, young people and their families
- Undertaking a range of inspection and audit processes e.g. Service Health Checks, Mock OFSTED’s, desk based analysis of service performance, contributing to identification of consistently excellent services and those requiring improvement
- Providing support and working directly with the bid writing team to provide an operational perspective of service delivery requirements, including establishing new models of delivery and team working
- Ensuring Safeguarding practice meets organisational and national best practice standards including taking a lead on auditing processes, internal and external quality assurance processes
- Planning, leading and implementing large scale and significant transitions of service into the organisation, working closely with other departments and functions to ensure a successful outcome
- Undertaking and developing quality assurance processes on organisational safeguarding practice including internal management reporting, section 11 reporting, serious case reviews, and relevant access to records enquires
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to the life of children and their families, and you must be able to demonstrate:
- A Social Work qualification and HCPC registration
- Evidence of management development and/or training in the form of a recognised management qualification (professional diploma, post graduate study etc)
- Evidence of significant professional experience of managing interagency services for children, young people and families in their communities, preferably including Children’s Centres
- Evidence of a substantial safeguarding experience both at a practitioner level and management level
- A full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes
- The ability travel across a wide area
- A flexible approach to hours due to possible travel and supporting the needs of colleagues and service users, including occasional (sometimes consecutive) overnight stays, weekend and evening work
For more information on this exciting, rewarding and challenging post, please call Elite on 01604 879345.
