Job Description

Details

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Reference number

436500

Salary

35,787 - 43,759
A starting salary of up to point 3 (40,341) may be considered for candidates who demonstrate the essential skills, knowledge, and experience to an exceptional level at interview. Current salary is not a consideration.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Carmarthen, Merthyr Tydfil

About the job

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Job summary

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) is the independent regulator of social care and childcare. CIW registers, inspects, and takes action to improve the quality and safety of services for the well-being of the people of Wales. Inspection and enforcement are key functions in the delivery of safe, high quality regulated services to the citizens of Wales.

Job description

The primary task of an Inspector is to ensure that regulated care services provide good quality, safe care and to encourage and drive improvement. Inspectors can use their knowledge and skills to safeguard and protect the wellbeing of people using regulated services and to gather information about outcomes for people. This can be used by CIW in its evaluation of local councils and for informing policy development.


Inspectors will be responsible to a Team Manager. They will have a critical function to perform to ensure the effective and timely delivery of CIW's core responsibilities across the full spectrum of Regulated Care Services.

Person specification

Maintaining oversight and management of a caseload of regulated services, ensuring the required inspections take place, monitoring levels of risk, assessing incoming concerns, and ensuring all records are kept up to date. Carrying out inspections in line with an agreed programme (including joint inspections with Estyn in childcare and play), observing and reporting on the well-being of people using the service, identifying, and monitoring areas of non-compliance, raising and responding to safeguarding concerns. Taking responsibility for following and progressing actions in relation to services of concern and liaising with other key stakeholders including commissioners, other regulatory bodies and safeguarding leads. Preparing and undertaking enforcement activity including drafting statutory notices. Collating, providing evidence to and attending Care Standard Tribunal hearings. Working with managers to contribute to the setting and achieving of organisational performance objectives, including both quantitative and qualitative measures. Ensuring effective communication across the team to ensure that good practice is shared, and areas of concern reported. Contributing to the development and improvement of practice to ensure robust, consistent regulatory standards where issues of diversity and equality are fully addressed and integrated. Keep up to date with changes in legislation, guidance, and policies, procedures and best practice development. Ensuring the development of, and ongoing effective engagement with other stakeholders including people who use services and carers. Preparing correspondence in relation to specific issues raised about services. Maintaining accurate records management including the use of CRM database (CaSSI). Take responsibility for own performance management and own professional development and seek appropriate development opportunities in accordance with the Welsh Government/CIW performance and development / management support process and in discussion with the team manager.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Making Effective Decisions Leadership Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


What relevant qualification do you hold and what experience do you have of working in social care, health or adult or children's social care Sound knowledge/experience of safeguarding and best practice in relation to work with Vulnerable adults or children in care and care leavers. Significant understanding of relevant legislation and statutory guidance in relation to vulnerable adults, children and young people

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 35,787, Welsh Government contributes 10,367 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our AI candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection Process and Stages

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:

2 stage process

Stage 1 Application Form


Stage 2 Interview

Assessment Stages:

There will be a 2-stage assessment process.


Stage 1 - Application


Stage 2 - Interview/Presentation (based on a scenario)

Stage 1:

Application form only the 3 Technical criteria will be tested at this stage.


In the event of a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted against the lead assessment criterion: TECHNICAL 1 -

What relevant qualification do you hold and what experience do you have of working in the social care, health or adult or children's social care

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Stage 2:

Applicants that pass stage 1 will be invited to attend an interview and presentation. All the behaviours and technical skills will be tested at interview stage.


For the presentation topic you will be emailed a scenario 5 days prior to your interview. The scenario will be based on a situation you can expect to find yourself in whilst out on Inspection. The presentation will be assessing candidates' reaction in line with CIW values and the behaviour '

Communicating and Influencing'.

If after interview stage, there are two successful candidates with the same score the panel will review interview score for technical skills, then behaviour 1, then behaviour 2, then behaviour 3, then behaviour 4.


The highest scoring candidates after interview will be offered a role in merit order.



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.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Care Inspectorate Wales CIW Email : CIWHR@gov.wales
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Recruitment team

Email : SharedServiceHelpdesk@gov.wales

Further information

Recruitment principles and complaints




We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Please see the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles on the Commission's website.




If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email complaints@gov.wales. Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.




If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: info@csc.gov.uk