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Professional Standards Officer

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Workforce Development and Professional Standards Team for a Professional Standards Officer to promote and deliver a robust quality assurance process across Adult Social Care to ensure continuous improvements to practice delivery. The Professional Standards Officer will work with the Principal Social Worker to support operational staff and managers to maintain consistent, high quality practice standards.

 The key functions of the role will include:

  1. To scrutinise data on Social Work and Social Care performance and identify, in collaboration with other managers, areas of shortfall and excellence in service delivery and professional practice.
  2. To take the lead in distributing key findings and identifying necessary changes in policy and practice, promoting continuous improvement in quality outcomes for service users as well as meeting national and local agendas, standards and targets.
  3. To identify and operate ongoing methods for the involvement of service users and carers in providing feedback on the quality of practice and ensuring that service users and carers can participate in the development and review of practice, audit and quality assurance. 

We offer several benefits for our employees including:

  • A strong commitment to professional supervision and supporting staff
  • Excellent training and support with continuing professional development

For an informal discussion please contact Rhiannon Cardillo (Principal Social Worker, Adult Services):  rhiannon.cardillo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

In return, we can offer you working arrangements that will enhance your work-life balance.  These include compressed hours, home working (dependent on service need) and a generous holiday allowance of 31 days plus bank holidays. 

In addition, we offer a range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments. A wide range of developmental opportunities is also offered.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date:  22 November 2019

Shortlisting Date: w/c 25 November 2019

Interview Date: TBC

Useful Information:

Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

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