MRC Webinar - Auditing for Quality: How Quality Assurance Processes can Support Good Outcomes for Children and Young People
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Description
Audit has become an increasing feature of how casework and services are managed in local authorities. As well as serving as an important quality assurance mechanism for individual children and families, it can also be an invaluable source of learning, providing insight into the wider practice system.
However, auditing has been criticised as being reductionist and “tick box” in its nature.
This webinar will explore the potential of auditing to be used in more constructive ways by examining :
• Common models of audits used in children’s services, and what can be learned from other disciplines;
• How we use audit to understand the quality of the work being carried out;
• How we use audit to promote the rights and perspectives of children and their families;
• What we understand by outcomes in children’s services, and the potential and limitations of acronyms such as SMART;
• Audit as a tool for learning and enhancing the environment for practice.