His Majesty's Inspector (HMI), Social Care

Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

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Reference number

370277

Salary

£75,735 - £80,735

£75,735 rising to £80,735 on successful completion of probation (typically six months) + Home-based working and vehicle user allowances + Performance-related pay awards for outstanding achievement.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Grade 7

HMI

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

OFSTED - Inspection and Improvement

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

About the job

Job summary

I want our inspections to be of the system, by the system, for children and families. That means that inspections are something that is done with providers, not to them. That they are built around professional dialogue, and are conducted with professionalism, empathy, courtesy, and respect. - Sir Martyn Oliver, HMCI

We are seeking professionals with significant leadership and achievement in children’s social care who want to take their career to the next level. You will bring your talent, expertise, and recent practice to the inspection workforce, improving the lives of children and young people across the country. You will share our values of professionalism, empathy, courtesy, and respect.

As an HMI, you will broaden your knowledge through inspecting in a wide range of settings. You will be working with many other talented professionals from other key services, exercising your professional curiosity.

HMI, Social Care work primarily in local authority services but may also inspect services and settings that are registered with Ofsted, such as children’s homes and independent fostering agencies, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). HMI, Social Care also undertake joint targeted inspections with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and HMI Probation and Area SEND inspections with CQC. When not on inspection or meeting with colleagues, you will be able to work from home.

You will join an experienced team and engage in high-level professional discussion that can influence national policy. At Ofsted, there will be many opportunities to continue your professional development and enhance your career. Becoming an HMI could provide an excellent stepping stone to becoming an experienced and highly skilled social care inspector and/or a senior leader in Ofsted or back in the sector later in your career.

Job description

For more information about the role, please visit our recruitment brochure.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,735, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £21,940 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

For more details, please visit our Ofsted Offer brochure.

Ofsted is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are always looking to recruit candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader. We continually engage with our staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. Our selection processes are fair, impartial and consistent for all candidates. We make our appointments on merit.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

The panel will assess your application against the essential criteria outlined in the job specification. The most suitable candidates will be invited to complete an online assessment 16-22 October 2024 and a final assessment and interview in one of our regional offices in the week commencing 4 November 2024.

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) (opens in a new window)
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

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (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.