Job Description

Salary £40,778 - £46,142 Per annum | Permanent| Full Time - 37 hours per week
International Sponsorship - this role is not open to international sponsorship

CFW Audit and Quality Assurance Officer

Join Lancashire County Council - Quality Assurance, Safeguarding & Inspection Service

We're looking for a CFW Auditor and quality assurance officer to help us strengthen practice and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families across Lancashire. If you're passionate about safeguarding, curious about "what good looks like", and confident providing constructive challenge and support, we'd like to hear from you.

About the role

As a CFW Auditor and quality assurance officer, you'll deliver high-quality qualitative audits and wider quality assurance activity within the Child and Family Wellbeing (CFW) service. You'll identify strengths, highlight risk, and translate learning into practical improvement-supporting teams to develop, embed strong management oversight, and enhance outcomes.

You'll also produce clear reports and present findings to a range of audiences, contributing to themed and multi-agency audit work where required.

What you'll be doing

• Completing qualitative audits of practice and outcomes, identifying good practice and areas for development
• Moderating audits to assure quality, consistency and accuracy, providing constructive feedback
• Leading and supporting thematic and multi-agency audit activity as priorities emerge
• Analysing findings, producing insightful reports, and presenting learning to managers and practitioners
• Supporting improvement through action planning, reflective discussions and practice development
• Contributing to and refining audit tools, guidance and training

What we're looking for

We're interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• A Level 6 qualification in a relevant subject or substantial (minimum 3 years) vocational experience in children's services
• At least 3 years' recent experience supporting children, young people and families
• Experience of quality assurance/audit activity and an ability to evaluate practice against standards and frameworks
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding, thresholds and risk, and confidence applying procedures appropriately
• Excellent analysis, report writing and presentation skills (including presenting virtually)
• The ability to provide appropriate challenge and supportive feedback to colleagues at all levels
• Good IT skills (including MS Office/Excel) and confidence using systems to collate and analyse information

Role details

• Grade: 9
• Location: Hybrid/ County Hall (with travel across Lancashire as required)
• Team: Quality Assurance, Safeguarding & Inspection Service
• Reports to: QA Manager
• Staff responsibility: Potentially 1-2

Our commitment

Lancashire County Council is committed to equal opportunities, health and safety, and safeguarding. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This is a car-user post; we will consider applicants who cannot drive because of a disability.

How to apply

Please apply through the normal recruitment route and ensure your application clearly evidences how you meet the essential criteria.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

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