Quality and Development Lead

• Be required to improve quality which will include creating and undertaking regular, cyclical audits of all aspects of service delivery and governance.
• Identify areas of good practice and areas that need improving and formulate robust plans.
• Implement these plans with all relevant staff, including leaders and front-line staff and will set up evaluation mechanisms to understand ‘what works’; impact of action plans in improving practice.
• Work with the team to ensure effective observed practice, coaching, and designing and delivering training and workshop sessions.
• Working with the senior leadership team to co-ordinate integrated quality audits across all areas of service delivery in line with the organisational audit cycle.
• Support the Designated Safeguarding Lead to ensure that the effective identification, assessment and management of risk and compliance with relevant legislation and policy and procedures are upheld.
• Ensure effective investigations of all incidents and ensure learning is disseminated appropriately throughout the service.
• You will collate lessons learned quarterly to collate themes and patterns to feed into the whole service quality improvement plan and contract monitoring reporting.
• Produce reports in a timely manner in order that the service.improve outcomes for service users.

• Experience in Social Care and the Drug & Alcohol sector, with strong knowledge of the recovery ethos.
• Background in project development, change management, and use of quality management systems.
• Skilled in root cause analysis for serious incident investigations.
• Proficient in audits and service reviews to drive evaluation and improvement.
• Experience working within regulated services, including knowledge of CQC regulations and Key Lines of Enquiry.
• Confident delivering training to diverse groups using coaching and interactive methods.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding procedures for children and vulnerable adults.
• Proven ability to analyse and cross-reference data sources to inform conclusions and improvement priorities.
• Experience in influencing stakeholders at all levels through clear, persuasive communication.
• Able to evaluate the impact of change, lead teams through improvement processes, and promote CGL’s values through action.

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There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.https://changegrowlive.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=13499&hashed=-472272305