Quality Assurance Officer

Job Summary

We have an exciting vacancy in the Quality Assurance team for a Quality Assurance Officer working across Cambridgeshire County Councils Children’s services, including Targeted Support, Youth Justice and SEND. For more information please see the below.

Date posted: 23 February 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £45,588 to £48,696 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: A

Job locations: Huntingdon, PE29 3AD

Interviews to be held in person at Scott House in Huntingdon on 31st March 2026 and will include a young people panel as the voice of those receiving a service is at the heart of practice in Cambridgeshire County Council from the very start of your journey with us.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Do you know what good Social Care practice looks like? Are you interested in showcasing good practice and helping colleagues to do their best work? Do you want the chance to make a difference to the way services are delivered to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families? We would love to hear from you.

As a Quality Assurance Officer you will have the opportunity to work across all of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Children’s Services, including Targeted Support, Youth Justice and SEND. You will be part of a small team that has a strong emphasis on social care values and practice standards. After your induction, this role will be hybrid and includes travel across Cambridgeshire as well as home working.

Our current team base is Scott House, Huntingdon.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please email Helen Love, Service Manager Quality Assurance, Participation and Independent Visitors at hele to arrange a phone call or Teams meeting.

• Interpreting data, utilising feedback and liaising with the service to plan audit activity.
• Completing audits (both desktop and side by side with practitioners).
• Engaging with those who receive a service to ensure their voice is at the centre of all we do.
• Report writing.
• Sharing your findings in creative ways, with a wide‑range audience, including senior leaders.
• Informing and delivering workforce development activities, such as workshops working closely with colleagues in our Learning and Development Service and the Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE).
• Assisting leaders in coordinating quality and performance monitoring activity within services.

Ideally, you are a Social Worker who is registered with Social Work England. But if you have a degree (or equivalent) in a related field, or extensive experience of working in social care or youth justice, we would love to hear from you too!

You are professionally curious and want to understand why something has happened, what the impact might be and how we could improve it.

You can be flexible with changing demands and are creative in your approaches to meeting work challenges.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage.

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing
  , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro‑rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
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• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities
  , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
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• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support…