Overview
Salary: £35,412 - £38,220
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
Region: Rotherham
Job category/type: Social Care
Date posted: 11/03/2026
Job reference: REQ22470
Directorate: Adult Care, Housing and Public Health
Temporary for 6 months, full time, 37 hours per week.
Role purpose
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a MCA DoLS (Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) Quality Assurance Officer to work in the Safeguarding service of Adult Care and Integration. The post holder will work alongside a dedicated and skilled team of Best Interest Assessors and Mental Health Assessors and lead the specialist DoLS administration function, working closely with the Team Manager to develop initiatives and implement quality assurance mechanisms to ensure data is accurate and of high quality.
Responsibilities
* Management of the business-critical administrative support function;
* The receipt, scrutiny, recording and processing of requests for authorisation;
* Assess the quality of information received into the DoLS team from managing authorities and assessors and be confident in challenging staff across multi organisational boundaries in order to attain the desired standard;
* The recording and monitoring of conditions placed on a standard authorisation;
* Monitoring of relevant persons representatives to ensure they are carrying out their duties;
* Providing data for the legal monitoring meetings, where s21A appeals and potential appeals are kept under review;
* Providing expert advice to Managing Authorities (care homes and hospitals) and assessors on legal duties and best practices;
* Developing quality frameworks to audit practice, identifying trends, and producing performance reports for senior management or government bodies.
Further information
For further details or an informal discussion about the post please contact Amanda Coyne, MCA DoLS Team Manager. Email: [contact details not provided in original]
As a Local Government Services employee, the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a valuable part of your pay and reward package. This post will have access to the Public Services Network; if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).
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.
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