Location
National
About The Job
Job summary
HMI, Social Care undertake inspections of local authority, Cafcass, and other children’s social care services. Local authority children’s services inspections focus on the contribution of local authorities and their partners to the protection and improvement of outcomes for vulnerable children and may be undertaken jointly with other inspectorates.
HMI work to support and promote improvement in all the services that Ofsted inspects and regulates, developing a critical understanding of provision and working with senior leaders and stakeholders.
Please refer to job specification.
Person specification
Please refer to job specification.
Licences
Current registration with Social Work England
Qualifications
Social work degree or an equivalent professional social work qualification – for example a CQSW or DIPSW.
Memberships
Current registration with Social Work England
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- A detailed knowledge and understanding of current social care issues and legislation gained in a suitably wide range of settings.
- Demonstrate clear understanding of how local authorities deliver social care.
- An understanding of the key stakeholders in children’s social care including the operational context of each.
- An awareness of the current changes taking place in children’s social care and inspection and the ability to keep up to date across a wide range of professional matters.
Benefits
Ofsted is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially, or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities, 32.5 annual leave days per annum (plus eight days public holiday) and access to counselling and advisory services.
Please be aware that any move to Ofsted from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.
All applications will be considered by the selection panel. The panel will consider how your application demonstrates that you can fulfil the criteria set out in the person specification. We will inform you whether or not you were successful at each stage.
The most suitable candidates will be invited to complete an online assessment in early September. Candidates who pass the assessment will be invited to a final interview in early October. Successful candidates will commence in post in April 2024.
Please note that due to maintenance, our application platform will be subject to disruption all day on Thursday 10 August. We recommend that you do not work on your application while maintenance takes place.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Contact point for applicants
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