Manager – Quality, Improvement and Review

Job Description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is Workstyle 5 – Hybrid+

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Are you ready to make a real impact in children, families, and justice services?

Angus Council is seeking a dynamic Manager for Quality Improvement and Review to lead a multi-skilled team, drive service transformation, and champion best practice in social work.

In this exciting role, you’ll also have oversight of our Senior Practitioners — ensuring robust scrutiny of professional practice, supporting quality assurance, and leading service-wide improvement activities.

If you’re passionate about inspiring others, delivering innovative solutions, and building strong partnerships to achieve positive outcomes for children and families, this is your chance to shape the future of social work in Angus.

Bring your leadership, creativity, and commitment to continuous improvement — and help us deliver high-quality, children-focused services that make a difference every day.

This job is temporary for up to 9 months from date of appointment.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

If you would like further information on this position, please contact Rebecca McNeil mcneilr1@angus.gov.uk  for an informal chat.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.