Quality Assurance Manager

Location: Derbyshire
Job Expires: 2026-07-05

Derbyshire County Council

Closing date: 05 July 2026

The Quality Assurance Team are looking for a highly motivated individuals to join the team to ensure the council continues to provide high quality services that achieve good outcomes for children, young people and their families living and learning in Derbyshire.  

The positions offer no guaranteed hours and the demand for relief quality assurance manager support to the team can fluctuate with requirements across children’s services. The specific tasks attributed to relief work includes reflective practice reviews (audit), complaint investigations, project work, support at periods of high demand, such as inspections and thematic events such as practice learning days and practice week. 

 As a Quality Assurance Manager, you should:

  • Be able to effectively embed support and challenge through a range of quality assurance activities for both practitioners and managers
  • Continuously drive improvement and ensure both practice and values across a range of children’s services to deliver positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families
  • Be reflective, persistent and have excellent analytical, planning and influencing skills with a proven ability to manage and motivate a team of professionals
  • Have a relevant professional qualification and have considerable experience of working at a managerial level within a statutory children’s services context.

What benefits do we offer you?

  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
  • travel expenses
  • discount on leisure centre memberships
  • free car parking at most sites
  • an in-house counselling service
  • occupational health service
  • access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
  • cycle to work scheme

 Interview Dates to be confirmed.