As a Quality Assurance Officer, you will lead and support our annual audit programme, playing a key role in driving continuous improvement. Your social work knowledge and experience will strengthen our audit activity and support better outcomes for vulnerable adults.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process for all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please let us know by contacting recruitment@bracknell-forest.gov.uk. We will work with you to support you throughout the process. Find out more about reasonable adjustments.

• Overall implementation of our quality assurance framework to evidence continuous improvement
• Support the Head of Service to deliver the annual audit programme
• Co-ordinate and facilitate forums with senior managers to progress the audit programme
• Engage with social work teams to implement actions from audits
• Facilitate and manage learning events
• Work closely with the Principal Social Worker and internal colleagues and multi-agency partners on our practice improvement work
• Write regular reports on audit activities, outcomes and learnings
• Attend and contribute to quality assurance forums locally and regionally
• Contribute to inspection activities
• Stay up to date with legislation and statutory requirements

We are therefore looking for a qualified Social Worker with experience in Adult Social Care and a strong commitment to building positive relationships with colleagues, both internally and externally. You will also have a sound knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and related legislation.
 
You will bring in-depth knowledge of what works well for vulnerable adults and a clear understanding of what good practice looks like. You will be confident in using a range of information sources, including statistical data, audit findings, research evidence, feedback from families and the voice of the vulnerable adult, to understand the collective impact of the teams.
 
Ideally, you will have experience of audit work, however, at a minimum, you will have excellent knowledge of operational practice in Adult Social Care and a strong understanding of what high-quality practice looks like.