This is a bank role with a competitive hourly rate of £29.79 per hour, plus an additional 15% annual leave allowance per hour. These rates include preparation time and travelling.

We are excited to be hiring a new Residential Childcare Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) to join our fantastic Apprenticeship team. As Surrey County Council are planning to expand the number of residential childcare homes across the county, we're looking for someone who is flexible and responsive to change in an evolving sector to join us in making this apprenticeship delivery a success!

This is a zero hours (bank) contract. The amount of work you are offered will depend on how many apprentices we have enrolled onto the Residential Childcare Apprenticeships, however this is likely to be at least 1 day per week.

We are committed to providing a healthy work life balance which includes flexible working. Although you will occasionally be required to attend meetings at our Woking Adult Learning Centre, staff can work in an agile way, including from home. Travel within Surrey to our other centres and learner work placements within Surrey's Children's Residential care homes will be required. We will supply you with a work laptop to carry out your work duties flexibly.

Surrey has both urban and rural areas therefore you will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Rewards and Benefits

• Annual leave allowance
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Carers leave and volunteering days dependant on agreed working hours
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Role

As our Residential Childcare IQA you will be responsible for supporting at least two Trainer/Assessors who deliver these apprenticeships. IQA duties include portfolio sampling, chairing sector based standardisation meetings, being involved in EQA visits with the Awarding Organisations, carrying out observations of teaching, learning & assessment, supporting and training our trainer/assessors. We use OneFile e-portfolio portfolio when sampling and giving written feedback to Trainer/Assessors.

This role is to Internally Quality Assure the Residential Childcare Apprenticeships at Level 4 and Level 5. These apprenticeships include the Level 3 and Level 5 NCFE/CACHE Diplomas.

Level 4 - Children, young people and families practitioner / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

OPTION 1: Practitioner in children's residential care
Level 5 - Children, young people and families manager / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
OPTION 1: Manager in Children's Residential Care

Shortlisting Criteria

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application must evidence the following:

• Experience in delivering and internal quality assuring residential childcare apprenticeships at level 4 and level 5
• A verifiers qualification (V1 or equivalent)
• An assessor qualification (TAQA/A1 or equivalent)
• Residential/social childcare qualification and/or significant professional experience in a senior residential childcare role
• Thorough knowledge of current children's home legislation in England
• Excellent IT and organisational skills

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check is required for this role and will be discussed further at interview. Online searches may be carried on applicants who are shortlisted for interview.

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. The job advert closes at 23:59 on Monday 7th October 2024 with interviews to follow on Wednesday 16th October 2024.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.