Practice Auditor

Location Kingston upon Thames
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £40.00 per hour
Reference HQ00111480_1601458825

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Practice Auditor to work two days per week based in Surrey, Kingston. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Practice Auditor job is £40 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Role purpose:

  • Support delivery of the annual programme of auditing and review of the directorate's casework and other services, engaging and consulting with key stakeholders across the council and external partners, to support business efficiency and service improvement.
  • Undertake audit and service review work, completing 'fieldwork', providing effective and timely feedback to practitioners and operational managers and producing clear and instructive reports for a range of management groups and governance bodies, to ensure that improvement is achieved.
  • Contribute to the design and development of systems to enable the dissemination of audit and quality assurance findings and other relevant activities to ensure that opportunities for improvement are acted upon.
  • Lead and support operational managers and practitioners engaged in audit/review activity and contribute to routine training for staff to promote excellence in auditing and review.
  • Undertake auditing, reporting and evidencing work in respect of auditing required for inspection and other regulatory activity to meet regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure that learning from audit/review activity is fed appropriately into learning and development processes and that links are made with partner services and agencies to enable wider organisational learning.

Requirements of the Practice Auditor:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • Must have experience working as a Practice Auditor

Contact:

This Practice Auditor job is advertised by Rob King; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.