Quality Assurance Manager - Mat Cover | Part-Time, 22.5 hpw (3 Days)
A strategic role leading quality, performance and resident engagement to improve outcomes for vulnerable adults, ensuring safe, compliant and high-quality support services.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
This role will be responsible for developing and reviewing organisational standards of support in line with contractual and regulatory standards, leading on quality assurance, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement as well as supporting compliance and regulatory requirements.
To lead on the development of new models of support practice which are person centred and trauma informed, working closely with operational managers, frontline teams, and the Head of Compliance, the post-holder will ensure that services delivered to vulnerable adults are safe, effective, person-centred, compliant, and consistently achieving positive outcomes.
The role will provide strategic oversight of quality and performance data, lead on the interpretation and analysis of operational and compliance information, identify emerging risks and trends, and support leaders to implement improvements. The post-holder will also drive organisational learning, promote consistency in practice across services, and lead the development of a robust framework to capture and embed the resident voice in service delivery and improvement. Enabling residents to have a significant contribution in shaping services and contributing to an inclusive and safe community. In addition, this will support contributing to achieving the social housing consumer standard around transparency, influence and accountability.
RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES
Quality Assurance and Performance Oversight
Lead the quality assurance function across support services
Review and analyse and interpret quarterly performance, identifying risks, trends, gaps, and areas of concern, as well as providing solutions
Provide comprehensive analysis and evidence-based recommendations to operational and senior management teams
Ensure quality standards are consistently applied across all services
Monitor service delivery against contractual, regulatory, and organisational standards
Produce high-quality reports identifying key findings, themes, risks, opportunities, and improvement actions to support strategic and dynamic problem solving, as well as continuous improvement
Maintain oversight of our Service Improvement Plan and monitor progress against agreed actions and outcomes
Data Analysis and Insight
Lead on the collection, interpretation, and deep analysis of operational, performance, quality, compliance, and outcome data
Translate datasets into meaningful insights to support informed decision-making
Identify emerging trends, performance risks, and opportunities for service enhancement
Produce executive summaries and reports for senior leadership teams and governance meetings
Use data to drive continuous improvement and demonstrate service impact
Development of Support Practice
Be responsible for developing person centred and trauma-informed practice standards for our support services
Contributing to creating a Psychologically Informed Environment across the organisation
Develop our reflective practice offer across all services
Lead on the development and implementation of an accredited programme of independent living skills activities for our residents
Impact and Performance Management/Reporting
To lead on impact and performance, providing leadership and line management to Impact Specialist
Lead and facilitate regular KPI and performance review meetings with Frontline Management and services
Challenge and support managers to understand performance outcomes and develop improvement plans
Track progress against agreed targets and improvement actions
Ensure accountability and ownership for quality and performance outcomes across services
To maintain up to date project management and reporting records
To write and present regular reports for senior management and external stakeholders/partners, on the development and progress of Quality Assurance.
To contribute to the updating of InForm to capture performance requirements
Practice Development and Workforce Support
Design and deliver workshops, quality forums, and learning sessions for frontline staff and managers
Promote consistency of practice across all services
Share learning from audits, complaints, incidents, safeguarding concerns, resident feedback, and performance reviews
Develop resources and tools to support high-quality, person-centred service delivery
Foster a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and quality improvement
Resident engagement and accountability
To lead on the development of a programme of resident engagement, empowerment and involvement, which targets resources to build strong, sustainable support services that engage proactively with local communities
Establish meaningful opportunities for residents to influence service design, delivery, and improvement through expression of voice, listening, connecting and motivating each other; promoting a culture of co-production
Develop methods for gathering, analysing, and responding to resident feedback
Ensure resident experiences and outcomes are reflected within quality assurance processes
Provide leadership and management of Resident Engagement Specialist
General
To attend internal meetings as and when necessary, for example Directorate, Management and Planning meetings
To undertake such other duties within the competence of the post holder which may be required from time to time.
Ideal attributes for meeting the needs of position and being an effective member of the wider Your Place team.
Experience
Experience supporting rough sleepers and homeless people with complex needs, including mental health, substance use and physical health.
Experience developing and reviewing quality frameworks, audits, service standards, action plans and improvement processes.
Experience developing and implementing monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks.
Understanding of safeguarding and MARAC processes.
Experience of reflecting critically upon own practice in order to improve the experience for service users
Skills, knowledge & Abilities
Strong organisational and project management skills, with confident use of Microsoft Office and digital recording, analysis and reporting systems.
Strong understanding of issues affecting rough sleepers and homeless people with complex needs, including barriers to accessing services, sustaining accommodation and engaging with support.
Strong analytical skills, able to interpret performance, safeguarding, complaints, incidents, outcomes and resident feedback data into clear recommendations.
Strong communication and facilitation skills, including leading workshops, learning sessions, reflective practice and quality forums.
Ability to produce clear reports, briefings and presentations for managers, senior leaders, commissioners, boards and governance forums.
Sound knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment, confidentiality, information governance and professional boundaries when supporting vulnerable adults
Strong understanding of anti-discriminatory practice.
Good case-management recording skills, ideally with experience of InForm.
Personal qualities
Flexible and resilient
Patient and pro-active
Personable and energetic
Self-motivated
High attention to detail and accuracy
Commitment to the values of compassion, collaboration, inclusion and growth
Before starting this position, you’ll need to undergo a criminal record check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. You must be entitled to work in the UK.
- Locations
- Your Place @ Anchor House
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Yearly salary
- £24,246 - £28,711.8
Colleagues
Your Place @ Anchor House
Our offer
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Holidays 🌴
Time off to do as you please - you'll get 25 days, rising one day annually up to 30 days, plus bank holidays. -
Wellbeing 💚
We've also got reimbursements for the costs of a gym membership, a 24-hour confidential helpline for practical and emotional support (for your work or personal life), a cycle to work scheme, and activities like group yoga classes too. -
Pension 💷
Your pension will be with TPT Retirement Solutions and we match what you pay into your pension up to 7.5%. Extra money for your retirement! -
Career development 📚
We all know having the opportunity to develop in your career is really important to people, so we've got different options depending on what suits your role best. It could be getting a recognised qualification, doing some internal training, working towards professional accreditation, or having a membership to a professional body. -
Flexible working 🕘
We want to help you achieve the best work-life balance possible. We have made some promises to our residents about when we are around, so we just need to have the needs of your team in mind as well as the organsiation, to get the best out of it. -
Employee socials 📅
Fun at work is important too! Some of our teams help organise social events in the summer and winter - get involved! -
Office equipment 💻
You'll get the best possible IT equipment and if your role involves working remotely, you can order items like desks, chairs or other equipment to help with your comfort and wellbeing. -
Discounts 🛒
You'll have access to discounts for holidays, shopping, eating out, and loads more with our Proud to Care scheme. -
Family friendly 👪
We have a variety of family-friendly leave available to all employees for maternity, paternity, and adoption. -
We've put together this employee benefits package to make sure we give our best so you can give yours!
About Your Place
Your Place where homelessness is solved one person at a time.
Your Place is much more than somewhere to call home. We work one-to-one with people experiencing homelessness, helping them to regain their self-belief and rebuild their lives. We can’t end homelessness for everyone overnight. But we can solve it one person at a time.
We run two main services from our base at 81 Barking Road - our core hostel (which accounts for approximately 80% of our bed spaces) supporting people experiencing homelessness with low to medium support needs, as well as our intensive support service for people who need extra help on their journeys.
You can find out more about how we help people by visiting our website.
Registered Charity No. 1147794 - in England and Wales
Registered Company No. 08075329 - in England and Wales
Registered Office: 81 Barking Road, London, E16 4HB