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Quality Assurance Auditor, Castleblayney
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Location: Castleblayney, Ireland
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
acd603041315
Job Views:
11
Posted:
21.01.2025
Expiry Date:
07.03.2025
Job Description:
JOB PURPOSE:
Ashdale Care is a leading provider of Children’s residential care in Ireland, providing specialist care for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, delivered by our dedicated care staff. The Quality Assurance Auditor reports directly to the Quality Assurance Manager, within Ashdale Care.
The Quality Assurance Auditor is responsible for planning, auditing and formulating quality control policies, procedures, systems and compliance tools within Ashdale Care. They ensure that quality controls are kept up to date and information on the same is shared with teams.
The Quality Assurance Auditor must be knowledgeable in all current legislation, carry out Internal Thematic Audits of Ashdale Care Homes in line with Organizational Policy, and complete these Audits in line with the National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres (2001), Child Care Regulations (1996), Ashdale Care's Policies and Procedures, relevant legislation and best practice.
This office-based/hybrid role requires significant engagement and commitment to ensure that all policies are implemented and aligned with our organisational values.
Essential Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills
1. A minimum qualification to Level 7 degree in Social Care or Social Work.
2. A working knowledge of the National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres.
3. Minimum of 3 years’ experience of working within a children’s residential environment or social work environment.
4. Minimum of 1 year’s experience in an auditing capacity.
5. Highly motivated with excellent planning, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
6. Ability to work independently, manage own time and schedule while travelling from location to location and adhere to deadlines.
7. Applicant must have a full, clean driving license and access to personal transport.
Work conditions
Travelling will be a large component of this role. The candidate will need a full clean driving licence in order to visit different locations. Office-based for administrative duties, but mainly travelling from home to home.
About The Role
Auditing
1. Responsible for conducting thematic audits in allocated homes in line with organisational policy, and/or requested by the Quality Assurance Manager.
2. Meet with staff members to ascertain their understanding of Policies & Procedures, Statement of Purpose & Function, Model of Care and TCI guiding and underpinning practice.
3. Meet with young people, if they are willing and able, to review their placement needs and understand their experience.
4. Provide written audit reports on findings and report directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.
5. Review the homes' monthly thematic self-audits, providing feedback to allocated Regional Managers.
6. Seek assurance that action plans issued to homes have been completed.
7. Highlight any deficits in the core mandatory training of any home following an audit.
8. Share learnings from inspections via an organisational action plan.
9. Review SERG minutes, supervisions, policy & procedures & personnel files to ensure all actions identified are complete.
10. Complete feedback meetings with the home management team and allocated Regional Manager after an annual full themed audit.
11. Train and guide home management teams during onsite visits on the auditing process and compliance expectations.
Annual Review of Compliance & Quality Improvement Plans
1. Report any areas of non-compliance as a priority to the Quality Assurance Manager.
2. Support the completion of quality improvement plans and annual compliance reports alongside Home Management teams.
3. Support systems and processes to influence quality improvement across the homes.
Governance
Input to the weekly report provided to the Senior Leadership Team via the Quality Assurance Manager.
Other duties
Be an ambassador for all our people within the organisation, driving our vision and values through our culture, policies, procedures and practices. Fulfil your job role in line with Ashdale Care’s core values: Honesty & Integrity; Mutual Respect; Personal Accountability; Pursuit of Excellence.
About The Company
Ashdale Care is the leading provider of enhanced and specialised therapeutic residential care for children and young people in Ireland. We care for young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs who cannot be adequately cared for in a mainstream setting.
For over 20 years our focus has always been ‘putting the child first’. Our child-centric ethos consists of compassionate and industry-leading therapeutic care delivered by a skilled in-house team including therapists, psychologists, teachers and creative art therapists.
We provide a range of essential services for children and young people such as sensory integration, therapy, outdoor activities, education and more.
Company Culture
Our core goal is to allow children to create relationships, develop life skills and give them a safe place to grow. We define ourselves by the care we give to everybody at Ashdale Care. We provide an abundance of training opportunities to all those on the Ashdale Care team. You will have every opportunity to grow in your role, and we reward and recognise hard work and dedication through career progression.
Our commitment to transforming lives is a mission that our team members contribute to daily and a role they are fully supported in.
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