Audit Officer - Supporting Families Division

Role: Children’s Social Care Audit Officer

Salary: Grade L: £56,733 - £59,772

Contract: Permanent

Location: LBTH Town Hall, 106 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BJ

About Us

We believe that the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so.​

In Tower Hamlets we are committed to building relationships and strengthening families by working with people in a compassionate and understanding way. ​

We are ambitious for Tower Hamlets children and families and endeavour for every child and young person to be healthy, safe and successful.

Tower Hamlets is a progressive, ambitious and diverse place to work. We place children and families at the heart of everything that we do and are relentless in our pursuit of positive outcomes for all.

Our Better Together Practice Framework is based on the ideas and concepts which underpin Restorative Practice and draws from other strength-based approaches, such as Systemic and Trauma Informed Practice

Our C-Change approach: Connect, Curious, Community, Co-Produce, Collaborate, Check,  sets out “6 Cs ” for our work with children, young people their parents and carers, and each other.

About The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Audit Officer position, in the Learning Academy.

Key Responsibilities

• To support the delivery of the Children’s Social Care Quality Assurance Framework with a particular focus on auditing activity.
• Under the leadership of the Quality Assurance Manager and in collaboration of Service Managers, to improve and assure quality of practice across Children’s Social Care.
• To support the development and dissemination of practice standards across Children Social Care.
• To undertake audits in accordance with the CSC Quality Assurance Framework ensuring effective and evaluative scrutiny of practice. 

 Please see attached JD for full details. 

Requirements

• 5 years or more post qualifying social work experience
• A Social Work England (SWE) recognised Social Work qualification. A current SWE certificate will be a condition of appointment and a condition of employment for all staff working in a qualified social work role.
• Substantial experience in children and families work, having regularly undertaken complex assessments of children and families
• Extensive experience of working in partnership in complex cases where culture, race, gender, sexuality and disability are key factors in provision.
• Experience of practice education/ mentoring/ coaching staff or students, enabling learning

Our Offer:

We are committed to developing excellent managers and practitioners and making Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. We will help you to develop excellent social work practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace. If you choose to work with us, you will benefit from:

• A competitive salary (£56,733 - £59,772)
• Up to 33 days annual leave after 5 years continual service; and 8 bank holidays
• Zone 2-3 travel card, season ticket loan
• Opportunities to develop your practice, with a clear framework for career development/leadership programme
• Good quality, regular, reflective supervision
• Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave
• Opportunities for agile/flexible working 
• Cycle to work scheme/ Rent deposit scheme/ Access to free eye tests
• Discounted gym membership & You at Work discounts and many others

How to Apply

Please complete the application form on our online recruitment system - Alvius and upload your CV.

• Closing date 20/01/2025
• Interviews to be held on Wednesday 29/01/2025 from 11am (Please hold this date)

If you would like any further information about the role, please contact Anna Muller at Anna.muller@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Additional Details

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

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This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Tower Hamlets Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.