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Job summary

The Criminal Investigator, Unregistered Social Care will work in a team of other Criminal Investigators and Assistant Criminal Investigators to investigate those operating unregistered social care and bring about an appropriate disposal outcome, including caution, fine or prosecution.

The successful candidate will be an experienced criminal investigator with a wide range of investigatory skills.

You will need to be flexible, confident and show initiative from the outset. You must also be able to quickly familiarise yourself with the legislation that underpins criminal investigations into unregistered social care services.

Job description

Please refer to the job specification for more information. The job specification is available for download at the end of this page.

Person specification

Please refer to the job specification for more information. The job specification is available for download at the end of this page.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,941, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £17,364 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Annual leave 32.5 days + 8 bank holidays
• See our Ofsted Offer brochure for full details of the many benefits available.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

Stage one: We will assess all applications against the essential qualifications criteria. Candidates who meet these criteria will progress to the next stage.

Stage two: We will assess progressed applications against the essential ability criteria and the following essential experience criteria. Candidates should describe how they meet the criteria in their employment history and focus on the first criteria in their statement of suitability. Candidates who meet these criteria will progress to the next stage.

• Experience of conducting criminal investigations, with a proven track record of implementing a wide range of investigatory skills.
• Proven experience of collating and evaluating intelligence and information from various sources.
• Experience of recording and retaining evidence in a format that is evidentially admissible to support the investigative and prosecution process.
• Proven experience of conducting interviews and taking statements in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

Stage three: We may assess progressed applications against the desirable qualifications and experience criteria if the number of candidates who meet the benchmark exceed the number of interview slots available.

Stage four: We will invite the most suitable candidates to an assessment and interview.

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

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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Ofsted Resourcing team
• Email : jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
• Telephone : 03000 131 487

Recruitment team

• Email : jobs@ofsted.gov.uk

Attachments

Criminal Investigator - Job specification Opens in new window (pdf, 213kB)