4048 - HEO Inspectors for Childcare & Play - Welsh Essential

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.

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.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Assessment Stages: all assessment stages will be conducted in the medium of Welsh

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 Technical criteria will be tested at this stage, please submit evidence in Welsh

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 in social care, health or education and what relevant experience in childcare, play sector, health or social care do you have.

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

Stage 2: Candidates who pass stage 1 will be invited to attend an interview and give a presentation in Welsh. All behaviour and technical skills will be assessed during the interview in Welsh.

For the presentation topic you will be emailed a scenario 5 working 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’.

The presentation will be no more than 5 mins and will be timed. Visual slides will not be accepted; this will be a verbal presentation only although candidates can read from prompt cards.

Behaviour questions will be shared with the candidates prior to interviews.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.