Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Quality Assurance Manager to work full time based in Uxbridge, for Regional Fostering Service.
The salary for this permanent Quality Assurance Manager job is up to £40,000 per annum.
Main duties:
* Manage the social work assessors, both independent Social Workers and Internal Social Workers delivering the assessments to deadline, through phone, email, face-to-face and web forum.
* Decision making regarding each assessment and effective communication with families.
* To quality assure each assessment for social work content as well as all statutory checks and references.
* Manage the timing of assessments in line with the panel availability to ensure efficiency, liaising effectively with the Registered Manager and Recruitment and Panel Team, and Panel Chair as required.
* Oversee delivery of each family file coming into the organisation.
* Provide reports/statistics to the Senior Management Team on families in assessment, as required.
* Chair regular meetings within the team regarding families in assessment.
* Chair regular meetings with the team regarding post panel feedback and handover.
* Liaise with panel to gather feedback on assessment to improve quality.
* Produce clear and concise assessor guidelines.
* To recruit suitable qualified assessors.
* Provide an assessor training programme, either individually or in groups to provide clarity over RFS ethos.
* Provide guidance to the organisation on developments in assessments within the UK and any relevant changes in legislation.
* Liaison with a range of staff, including Panel Advisor, Panel Chair, recruitment and assessment team, external assessors, medical officer, referrals managers, trainers and others.
* Responsible for ensuring policies and procedures are up to date based on current legislation and guidance.
* Responsible for ensuring that Annual Foster Carers Review Reports including Reviews Following Concerns are quality assured and ready to be processed for recommendation to the ADM or Panel.
* Responsible for the timetabling of AFCR’s ensuring meetings are held within timescale and that reports are filled within timescale.
* Responsible for ensuring foster carers approval documents are filled appropriately and the agency’s policies and procedures are followed.
Requirements of this Quality Assurance Manager job:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Quality Assurance Manager job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
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