Job Category: Interims Job location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG United Kingdpm Swindon Borough Council Hours per week: 37 Start date: Immediate start Salary: £47.67 per hour We are looking for a Service Manager - Quality Assurance The role is to lead and oversee quality assurance activity within children’s social care including our monthly practice audits, thematic audits, identifying key learning and facilitating forums for closing the loop to ensure that learning is applies to practice. The role will also be key in support in preparation for Ofsted inspection and monit visits. In addition this role with add capacity for driving forward practice improvements needed within the broader Quality Assurance service. 3 days per week in the office We are looking for a Service Manager - Quality Assurance Job Purpose To deliver and improve services for Children, young people and their families through the provision of high-quality social work interventions, and effective partnership working with all those involved with the child. To lead and direct a team of professional social workers and other staff alternatively qualified together with support staff to provide services to children, young people and their Families requiring support/and or intervention. Services to be delivered in accordance with legislation, Corporate and Directorate policies and allocated budgetary limits. To be a champion of Social Work values and delivering interventions that work to keep children safe and where possible and achievable, within their own family or extended networks. Accountable for the team’s overall performance, the Team Manager will support and promote our focus on quality assurance, value the importance of co-production and seek out the voice of the person in all aspects of service delivery. The Team Manager will ensure delivery against key team and service performance targets, support the efficiency agenda and embed processes to ensure teams are well led and high performing. Responsible for the Team’s wellbeing, the Team Manager will ensure everyone receives effective and regular, reflective supervision, the team’s absence and recruitment requirements are well managed and everyone is provided with the right support, challenge and learning opportunities to remain competent in their role. As an innovative and reflective leader, you will be able to demonstrate: • a strong value base that informs your work with individuals, carers, families and partner organisations • a relentless commitment to quality - and to be able to talk about what good practice 'looks like' • a capacity for honest reflection and openness to learning; • Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues, individuals, families and their carers