Quality Practice Officer

We have an exciting vacancy in our Practice Standards and Quality Team for a Quality Practice Officer to join us. In this post you will have the opportunity to work across the whole service working with every part of Peterborough City Council’s Adult Social Care (ASC).
We are looking for individuals who are creative in thinking about how we deliver the best service to our communities and support our frontline staff in their roles and responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to be involved at every level of ASC operational work with shared teams including our Learning and Development, Customer Care Team and Business Intelligence.
You will carry out our quality assurance function, auditing practice, celebrating good practice and implementing improvements where required. This will include working with individual service areas, mentoring teams and supporting our Principal Social Worker (PSW) with workshops covering systemic improvements.
The team are responsible for all practice facing guidance giving the opportunity to research current best practice and legal case law to ensure we have the most up to date information available for practitioners.
This is a 37 hour post.
In return we will we can offer:
• A competitive salary*
• Agile working
• Bespoke training and career progression opportunities
• Range of employee benefits, including employee wellbeing service, lease car scheme, cycle to work scheme, exclusive offers and discounts on purchases, including high street stores and discounted private healthcare.
*Salary grade subject to experience
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Lorna Edwards (Principal Social Worker) at: lorna.edwards@peterborough.gov.uk
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.