Assistant Director for Adult Safeguarding and Quality Assurance

Description:

Job Title: Assistant Director for Adult Safeguarding and Quality Assurance
Location: Suffolk - Hybrid
Pay Rate: £545 Per Day
Job Type: Full Time - Contract

The role:

As Assistant Director for Safeguarding and Quality Assurance, you will lead our Adult Safeguarding and Adults Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Services as well as act as the lead social work professional for all social care staff. You will provide advice, guidance and supporting to the Director of Adult Social Care on practice and risk to ensure our services meet all adult social care legal requirements. You will also be responsible for leading and driving quality assurance and practice development, ensuring the continuing improvement of practitioner skill and experience across the ASCS workforce in preparation for the new CQC inspection framework. To do so you will have advanced knowledge of national and international policies and their implications for practice. You will have in-depth knowledge on how to lead the implementation of these national guidelines and how to audit and assure the effectiveness and quality of services across all healthcare services against quality standards

The candidate:

Social Work qualification recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council.
Master's Degree and/or equivalent experience
Demonstrable evidence of high performance and achievement at a senior level within a local authority and/or large, multifunctional organisation with comparable scope, size and complexityIn-depth knowledge and understanding of the major issues and specific challenges facing public sectorComprehensive understanding of legislation, guidance, and national policy framework relevant to role for provision of services (e.g. MCA, DoLs, Care Act, MHA).
Please submit your application via the contact details provided and you will be contracted with further information about this opportunity or email your CV to me directly or call me on (phone number removed)