Regulatory Assurance Lead

In Rotherham Adult Social Care, we are proud of our vision to enable every resident to live their best lives, with the people they value, close to home and with access to the right support at the right time.  To achieve this, four themes underpin our vision: wellbeing and independence, informed choices, connected to people, my support, my way.

Adult social care is about supporting people to live their best lives, by helping people to live the life they want to live, in the way they want to live it. We follow a ‘strengths-based’ principle looking at ‘what’s strong, rather than what’s wrong’ to ensure we deliver the best outcomes for people.

To ensure we can make our vision a reality, we need to ensure we get the basics right.  Our new Regulatory Assurance Lead will be central to how we will ensure regulatory compliance across both our social work teams and in-house provider services.  You will ensure that our services are delivering the expected standards for Care Quality Commission (CQC) assurance.

You will lead all aspects of inspection preparedness for the service and ensure a culture of continuous improvement is embedded in both practice and hands on care provision, to demonstrate positive impacts for our residents and communities.  This includes how we invest, develop and cultivate our workforce to ensure compliance with mandatory training, development of new roles and broader workforce planning.

You will be responsible for delivering improvement and innovation which provides a robust response to regulation, harnessing learning and insights to further influence and achieve positive outcomes.   You will understand the legislative landscape for adult social care and its partners, with a focus on assurance and best practice.

You should have experience of working in regulated services or organisations, be forward thinking and focussed on quality assurance, which drives improvements not only for the people we serve but also our wider communities as a place.  You will provide leadership and supervision to colleagues within your team, supporting the Head of Professional Practice in contributing to effective and efficient services.

If you are a compassionate, innovative, and resilient individual with the drive to deliver ever improving performance outcomes for the people of Rotherham, then this is the role for you. In return, we can offer considerable professional growth and development within an environment that is both supportive and encouraging.

We offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work-life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements. We also operate a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home. You will be entitled to a generous annual leave allowance and the local government pension scheme.

We value investment in our workforce and throughout your employment you will be supported to further develop and progress in your career.

You can find out more about our services by visiting www.rotherham.gov.uk

Alternatively, take a look at our Local Account, ‘How Did We Do?’, which celebrates everything we have achieved in Adult Social Care over the last year and shares our aims and our commitments for the forthcoming year Adult Social Care - Local Accounts – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

For an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Wilson at Rebecca.Wilson@rotherham.gov.uk

This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

This post is classed as 'politically restricted' under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended). The full details of the restrictions are set out in the Statutory Instrument, but broadly the restrictions prohibit candidature from public elected office; holding office in a political party; as well as involvement in political activities such as canvassing or public speaking/writing.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).

Closing date 29^th February 2024

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.