Practice and Quality Assurance Consultant (MM1)

Job Category : Executive
Category : Permanent Recruitment
Location : Claverings Industrial Estate, Enfield Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Base Salary : £39,531.00

Practice and Quality Assurance Consultant within Youth Offending Service
Full Time – 36 hours
Salary: MM1

Following the redesign of our service, we have invested in creating a new dedicated practice and quality assurance post to lead effective practice within delivery of youth justice services.
The post holder will lead on our quality assurance programme of work, workforce development and commissioned health provision, supporting the Head of Service and operational leadership team driving practice improvements.
We are looking for a high calibre experienced and motivated youth justice professional who knows what good and outstanding youth justice service looks like and is able to take the workforce on the journey to help us to achieve excellence. You will be:

• Passionate about young people involved in youth justice system.
• Highly organised, systematic and tenacious.
• Confident in your knowledge and experience of implementing quality assurance systems and process.
• Someone who knows the National Standards and HMIP inspection framework inside out?
  You will be joining well led and resourced service that is supported by committed leadership team and management board. We are highly ambitious for young people we support and service we deliver. We understand our strengths and areas for development and we have the resources to build upon the good practice to deliver excellent services.
  If you have the relevant experience, skills, knowledge and passion for making a difference to young people and would like to join our Youth Offending Service family, we want to hear from you.
  Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council
  • An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  • Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
  • Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
  • Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
  • Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
  • Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work
  • Flexible working policy
  • Wide range of continued professional development opportunities
  • High quality supervision and support from your line managers
  start date negotiable
  Essential Qualifications

1. Professional qualification in a relevant discipline (Law, Youth Work, Social Work, Teaching, Probation)
2. Recognised Youth Justice accredited training
   Essential experience:

• A proven record of being able to improve and drive the innovative practice of a Youth Offending Service.
• Experience of writing high quality reports for a variety of audience.
• Experience of testing and evaluating practice, including strong case file auditing skills
• Proven experience of establishing and effectively arranging a multi-disciplinary and partnership working arrangements.
• Experience of staff supervision, including task allocations, priority setting, performance management and training and development.
• A detailed understanding of effective quality assurance and what ‘outstanding’ looks like.
Salary up to £50,568.00