Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager – Therapeutic Care
Location: Standlake, Oxford
Salary: £40,475 – £42,985 per annum
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
As a newly-created role, this is an outstanding opportunity for you to establish standards and provide the required expertise, guidance and advice throughout The Mulberry Bush School and beyond. You will be given the space and time to manage the issues associated with your responsibilities. You will also receive considerable supervision and support from the management team to help you achieve and further develop our standing in our field.
Founded seventy-five years ago, The Mulberry Bush is a therapeutic community where the children present with complex, challenging behaviours. We are proud of the international reputation we have established for transforming the lives of all those affected by early years trauma. Our belief is that we offer something special and we hope that you will want to become a key part of it.
Working as an integral member of the Group Living management team, you will take responsibility for attaining the highest quality standards within our residential service, ensuring that they are fit for purpose, consistent as well as meet all internal and external policy and legislative requirements. This will include establishing robust and comprehensive quality systems, the effectiveness of which will need to be monitored on an ongoing basis and audited regularly to ensure that we are achieving our goals.
With at least two years’ experience in a senior role in an Ofsted-regulated childcare setting, ideally you will have had responsibility for QA management within a residential therapeutic care environment. A comprehensive understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations, the Social Care Common Inspection Framework and other relevant legislative policies, procedures and guidance is essential. You will be used to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team which has allowed you to develop outstanding interpersonal and communications skills.
Benefits:
In addition to the salary, we offer a generous and varied benefits package including:
- 50 days’ holiday
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Wellbeing support
- The genuine opportunity to further enhance the reputation of our highly professional, dedicated team
The Mulberry Bush School is an equal opportunities employer and is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as its utmost priority and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal background check from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Closing date for applications – 13th October 2023
Interview day – 1st November 2023
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Quality Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing QA Manager, Quality Assurance Supervisor, QA Supervisor, Quality Improvement Manager, Quality Improvement, Quality Auditor, Continuous Improvement Manager, Therapeutic Care, Social Care, Children’s Homes, Childrens Social Care, Care Manager, Social Care Quality Manager, Residential Care, Residential Child Care may also be considered for this role.
