Compliance & Quality Assurance Specialist

We are working with a leading supported housing & assisted living organisation in south east London, who are in need of a Compliance & QA Specialist. Salary is £44-49,000 per annum, dependent upon experience, with a whole host of benefits, some of which are:

* Health shield cashback plan, EAP
* Nest Pension
* Season ticket loan
* Holiday allowance of 25 days pa, plus bank holidays, rising to 28 days upon 4 years' service
* Day off for birthday or marriage or moving house and mental wellbeing
* Bereavement leave, maternity/paternity leave
* Flexible working hours
* Education grant and study leave
* Xmas gift voucher….. and there's more!

You will:

* Be responsible for auditing all homes, as required, as well as compliance and quality.
* Ensure strong strategic relationships with stakeholders & partners; that services are managed effectively and efficiently; and that challenging performance targets are met.
* Be responsible for driving a culture of excellence and continuous improvement across all services, ensuring consistently high standards of operation and quality assurance.
* Have commercial acumen and drive best practice, while supporting approaches to achieve best outcomes.
* Ensure each accommodation is fully compliant with QAF performance standards and maintains its Level A accreditation.
* Improve the already-good services, while troubleshooting any areas of concern.

The ideal candidate will have:

* An undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in business administration, operations management, or related field to compliance and quality assurance.
* Significant experience of operations and compliance management in CQC or ideally QAF frameworks.
* Experience in creating and writing policies, procedures and department handbooks.
* Experience in organising and delivering training workshops in disciplines within the Health and Social Care sector and supported housing.
* An understanding of, and experience in, running property maintenance and facilities management.
* Strong organisational skills and be adept at multi-tasking.
* Knowledge of all mental health illnesses.
* Experience in recruitment, induction and training of staff.
* Understanding of financial management.
* Knowledge of safeguarding systems, policies and processes.
* Proven experience in quality standards.
* Auditing skills, risk management, investigations, complaint handling and report writing.
* Be able to operate and perform against KPIs and analyse data to identify themes/trends and make recommendations for improvements.



Plain CVs in Word are preferred.

Please note, this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check

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