As a Principal Children's Auditor, you'll be at the forefront of our commitment to excellence. You'll evaluate the quality and impact of our social work practice, ensuring that every interaction makes a positive difference in children's lives. Through in-depth auditing, coaching, and analysis, you'll help shape a service where high-quality practice isn't just an aspiration-it's the standard.,

• Conduct comprehensive case audits that place children and young peoples' voices and experiences at the heart of everything we do.
• Work alongside practitioners and managers to assess practice quality and impact
• Coach social workers and managers to build on strengths and address areas for development.
• Analyse audit findings to identify patterns and trends across the service.
• Present clear, compelling insights to leaders that drive meaningful improvement.
• Train and mentor others in effective auditing techniques.
• Ensure that our Family Safeguarding Model is being implemented to the highest. standard and consistently throughout the service.
  
  Are you passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children? Does your previous experience give you knowledge of what good practice looks like, an eye for detail and the expertise to evaluate and elevate social work practice? Swindon Borough Council is seeking two exceptional Principal Children's Auditors to join our newly created Practice, Performance and Quality Assurance team., You are a very experienced qualified social worker with a passion for excellence and a keen eye for detail. You'll bring:
• Social work qualification with current Social Work England registration.
• In-depth knowledge of what outstanding social work practice looks like.
• Extensive experience with audit methodologies and quality assurance processes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify themes and trends.
• Experience in the Family Safeguarding Model (ideally).
• Exceptional communication skills-both written and verbal.
• The ability to deliver constructive feedback that inspires improvement.
• A collaborative approach that builds strong relationships across all levels.
Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act - for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery and have been shortlisted for the 'Most Improved Council' at the Local Government Awards (LGA). We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that's who we're doing it for - the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you'll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It's all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.