Defour Partnership is working closely with a National Social Care Charity recruiting for a Quality & Excellence Specialist - Part Time Hours
We are currently seeking an experienced and confident social care professional to join the Quality team covering our North West region on a Part time, 18 hour contract basis. You could be based in Penrith, Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness and surrounding areas.
What is The Deal for you?
- Flexibility! You can work 18 hours over 3-5 days! you need to be available to visit services around the Cumbria area and attend meetings at their Head office in Widnes when required. You may also need to attend other areas across the North West region if required. Otherwise you can work from home.
- Salary: Up to £16.92 per hour including a car allowance
- Pension: contributory pension scheme
- Benefits: life assurance, retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
Day to Day
As Quality and Excellence Specialist, you will work alongside other members of the Quality Team, to support operational colleagues across various local authorities in your span of control.
You will play an essential role in driving upwards standards of care quality and helping to deliver on their strategic priority of developing a culture of continuous improvement linked to agreed standards, external research and sharing best practice.
Be a champion for exceptional care and support everywhere; including a person-centred ethos (personalised care planning, promoting choices and preferences, respecting human rights and embedding equal citizenship.) in every aspect of the role.
Be able to provide a critical review of the status of care and support delivery within a service through the provision of initial benchmarking of new services and validation of Management assessments for existing services.
Audit, action planning and review. Be able to provide a critical review of the status of care delivery within a service, provide guidance and assistance on remedial action planning and then revisit homes as appropriate to test whether plans have been implemented and quality improvements achieved.
Ideal Candidate
With experience of managing a care or support related service, you will be familiar with carrying out or being subject to regulated activity/inspections. A proven track record of person centred outcomes and delivering personalised support is also essential.
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you have a full UK driving licence and can work flexibly in accordance with needs of post; occasional evening and weekend and overnight stays away from home.
Qualifications
- Professional Qualification in Health & Social Care
- Recognised Qualification in Quality Assurance
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
- Experience of managing a care or support related service
- Experience of carrying out or being subject to regulated activity/inspections
- A proven track record of person centred outcomes and delivering personalised support