About us

Warrington is an exciting place to work with a new office building in the heart of Warrington town centre with great work space with hubs and pods which provide a comfortable environment to work. There are local cafes and restaurants all on the doorstep of the office.

We are within easy commutable distance of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside regions and are proud to be Ofsted Graded Good, 2019.

The role

We are seeking to employ an enthusiastic Quality Assurance (QA) Senior Practitioner (for a full-time 12 month fixed term vacancy) with good relational, communication and analytical skills. A committed Quality Assurance practitioner who will support with the continued improvement of practice and development of social care staff. Will be focused and skilled at evidence based good practice and able to share findings from research to a wide social care staff group.

This role will support the delivery of the quality assurance framework and processes and support and assist staff with practice improvement. The QA role is a busy and challenging job that requires you to show initiative and creativity and to complete and share findings from audits and reports to staff and management.

Your role will also support the embedding of the systemic practice model working with children and families and you will have close links with the different children’s services teams.

The Quality Assurance Senior Practitioner role will support with the induction of new staff and support with and delivery of training.

What's needed?

The role is open to those with substantial experience of working within Children’s Services and social care settings.

You will need a Social Work Degree or Equivalent Social Worker qualification.

You will need to be registered with Social Work England.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
• Essential car allowance

Key Dates & Further Information

Closing date for applications is 07 August 2024.

DBS clearance is required.

This post to sit within the Safeguarding and QA Unit and is a full-time post. 

If you would like to discuss the post please email Sharon Dixon, Principal Social Worker, or email Becky Brown, QA Team Manager.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer