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The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.
As an Internal Auditor, you will carry out detailed financial audits across a wide range of social care settings, including residential care, supported living, and extra care services. This is a hands-on, varied role that involves significant national travel and provides the opportunity to directly observe and influence financial practices in frontline services, both safeguarding and empowering the people who we support.
Working largely independently during service visits, you will review financial records, assess financial controls, identify areas of concern or risk, and support services to improve their governance and compliance. You will act as a trusted advisor to managers and frontline staff, offering guidance, problem-solving support, and training where required.
Your work will help ensure that individuals receiving financial support, each with different levels of capacity, experience safe, empowering, and well-managed financial care.
Key Responsibilities
Conduct planned and unplanned financial audits nationwide, typically completing three audits per week (including occasional overnight stays).
Produce clear, detailed audit reports outlining findings, risks, and required improvements.
Identify financial irregularities, risks, or non-compliance and recommend corrective actions.
Escalate potential fraud or financial mismanagement in line with organisational procedures.
Support investigations into financial concerns or discrepancies.
Provide practical advice, coaching, and on-site problem-solving support to service teams.
Deliver training to staff on financial responsibilities, procedures, and best practice.
Analyse patterns and trends to contribute to wider policy, system, and training improvements.
Represent the Internal Audit function in meetings and share key insights.
Assist with financial incident management processes.
Work proactively, managing your own schedule while providing regular updates to your line manager.
Adhere to Creative Support's values, policies, confidentiality standards, and Equal Opportunities Policy.
About You
We are looking for someone who is:
Highly organised, proactive, and confident working independently
Able to travel regularly across the country, including overnight stays.
Skilled at analysing financial information with strong attention to detail
An excellent communicator who can build rapport and offer supportive guidance
Committed to safeguarding, fairness, and high-quality practice
Motivated by making a positive difference to both staff and the people we support
Enthusiastic to contribute to our collaborative and consultative team culture, where we strive for continuous improvement by harnessing individual's strengths and interests.
Experience in auditing, financial governance, or social care is advantageous, but we welcome applicants from a range of professional backgrounds who can demonstrate the right skills and values.
Vacancy Reference Number: 88288
Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.
We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded. xsngvjr
Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK - This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas .