Midlands

37.5 - 37.5 GBP Per Hour

Children's Services

Contract

Reference 3064

Children’s Services Quality Assurance Project | Nottingham City Council
Up to £37.50 per hour (Umbrella) | Locum contract

Nottingham City Council is looking for an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join a Children’s Services Quality Assurance Project. This is a role for someone who can look at practice with a sharp eye, spot themes early, and turn audit findings into clear, practical actions that actually improve outcomes for children and families.

You’ll be completing and moderating audits, undertaking case investigations and compliance checks (including short-notice pieces of work), and producing strong, evidence-based reports that highlight risk and drive improvement. If you’re confident challenging practice appropriately and working with managers to support learning and change, you’ll fit well here.

About the Role

This project supports service improvement through a structured programme of audit and quality assurance activity. You’ll provide oversight, challenge, and reporting across a range of children’s social care practice areas, helping ensure consistent standards and measurable progress against improvement actions.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and coordinate audit activity across the year
Complete planned and short-notice audits, including compliance checks and case investigations
Produce clear audit reports with findings, risks, and recommendations
Moderate audits to ensure consistency and quality across all audit work
Track progress against improvement plans and report on impact
Provide constructive challenge and advice on emerging risks and practice issues
Support learning by contributing to best-practice resources and communications

Practice Model

Nottingham City Council’s approach is rooted in strengths-based practice (including Signs of Safety), working with the whole family, restorative practice, and trauma-informed ways of working.

Requirements

Social Work England registration
Strong post-qualifying experience in statutory Children’s Services
Experience of auditing/quality assurance, or a clear track record of case oversight and improving practice standards
Excellent analysis and report-writing skills (confident presenting risk, rationale, and recommendations)
Comfortable providing respectful professional challenge to support good decision-making
Organised, responsive, and able to work at pace when priorities shift