Jobs

We are looking to appoint a full time Audit and Performance Officer to support the work of the Safeguarding Quality Assurance Service with Adult Care and Wellbeing, Sheffield City Council.

Team members work in a hybrid style and remote working is an option available, Howden House is the base when working from the office.

The Safeguarding Quality Assurance Service sits within the Office of the Chief Social Worker and supports governance, learning and training within Adult Care and Wellbeing.

The team provides a strategic oversight on behalf of Adult Care and Wellbeing of learning from Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR), Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR, Drug and Alcohol Related Deaths (DARD) and supports emerging themes from practice.

The Audit and Performance Officer will work closely with the Practice Development Officers in the development and implementation of the key learning priorities and support the Directorates requirement to moderate Safeguarding audits completed by Team Managers.

The Audit and Performance officer is responsible for the collection and reporting on SAR’s, DHR’s, DARD’s as well as monitoring overall performance data within Adult Care and Wellbeing.

They will need to work collaboratively with their manager and colleagues to co-ordinate, develop and assist, review, measurement and evaluation of the service information and data.

To work with their manager who will be responsible for taking the learning into training and development for staff across Adult Care and Wellbeing.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Adult Care and Wellbeing’s function in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness in the following areas:

• Establish effective links with all relevant local services, including regional and national partners to support in information sharing and provision of data.
• To seek out, collect, and analyse data and information from secondary sources, including setting up of databases, spreadsheets, statistical and policy analysis, presentation, and briefings.
• To identify at an early stage any issues and barriers to good practice framework and work their manager/the team to find solutions.
• Provide written reports and presentations on progress to the relevant Sheffield Adult Sheffield Partnership Board (SASPB) groups and internal Sheffield City Council meetings related to Adult Safeguarding.
• To respond to multi agency audits and reviews, including data entry, analysis and interpretation, documentation presentation and dissemination of learning.
• Develop Guidance and support the dissemination of learning through Sheffield City Council, Adult Care and Wellbeing.

More information regarding the aspects of this role can be found at:-

• Sheffield Adult Safeguarding Partnership - About the Board
• Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) | Sheffield City Council
• Appendix 3 - Q1 24-25 Sheffield Safeguarding Adults Performance Data Report.pdf

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. 

We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.  All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.