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Adult Social Care Inspector - London

Care Quality Commission

Department
Care Quality Commission
Location
London
Openings
2 posts
Grade
Other
Salary
£42,044
Closing
3 days left
Profession
Other
Contract
Permanent
Security clearance
BPSS
Working pattern
Full-time, Homeworking
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Job summary

In this field-based role you will visit providers to conduct inspections, speak with people who receive care, and work with providers and key external partners to help drive real, positive change. On occasion this may require you to work out of hours, including weekends.

As an Adult Social Care Inspector in the South Network, you will:

  • Lead inspection activity to understand how well a service supports people, using evidence and insight to help guide important decisions in accordance with regulatory frameworks. This role may, at times include conducting investigatory work and conducting civil and/or criminal enforcement activity.
  • Respond to new risks, collaborating with teams across CQC and key partners externally including Local Authorities, ICBs, Police and Coroner to protect people when safety concerns arise.
  • Analyse data and evidence, from multiple sources and use this to triangulate and form regulatory judgements whilst maintaining oversight of services within your team.

What they’re looking for

  • We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge, and experience in your application form:
  • Experience working in health or social care, including leadership or oversight responsibilities: This could include roles in adult social care, the NHS, or other environments where you have supported teams, led activities, or taken responsibility for quality of care.
  • Ability to assess risk and make informed decisions: Show how you’ve used data, feedback, or evidence to make clear decisions, prioritise actions, and take responsibility for outcomes.
  • Experience leading or working with others to improve quality: Demonstrate how you’ve guided teams, coordinated work, or worked with partners to manage sensitive situations and drive improvements in services.

Job description

You will play an important part in delivering our mission. In this role, you will:

  • Inspect services: Conduct onsite or off-site inspections, reviewing information from people who use services, staff, partners, and data to build a clear picture of quality and safety.
  • Lead and collaborate: Work with inspection teams, partners, and people who use services to gather insight, share learning, and help make improvements.
  • Analyse and report: Review evidence, use digital systems, and write clear reports that help others understand how well services are performing. You will play an important part in delivering our purpose.

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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Selection process

TBC

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