Inspector (adult services)
Salary: £46,569 - £54,975 plus excellent benefits
Location: Various locations across Scotland
Closing Date: 08:00 on Monday 27 October 2025
Help shape the future of adult health and social care in Scotland
At the Care Inspectorate, we believe that everyone has the right to high-quality care that supports their choices, respects their rights, and meets their needs. That’s why our inspectors play such an essential role: working directly with care providers, people experiencing care, and partner organisations to drive up standards, support improvement, and ensure that care is consistently safe, effective, compassionate, and person-centred.
We are currently recruiting for experienced professionals to join our adult services team as inspectors, to fill vacancies in line with our future inspection plans. In addition, we are looking to build our talent pool so we can respond more flexibly to future workforce needs and continue to deliver high-quality scrutiny and improvement support across Scotland.
Join us in shaping a more inclusive and equitable care system. If you’re driven to make a difference, we want to hear from you.
What the role involves
As an inspector in our adult services team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting better experiences and outcomes for adults and older people across Scotland. You’ll plan and carry out scrutiny and assurance activities in registered care services, working closely with providers, managers, staff, and, most importantly, people experiencing care.
Your work will involve inspecting services, evaluating quality, providing feedback, and supporting improvement. You’ll assess services against the Health and Social Care Standards, highlight good practice, and, where necessary, take regulatory action.
You’ll also contribute to internal learning, support national projects, and collaborate with other scrutiny bodies and the Scottish Government to help deliver the best outcomes for adults and older people using care services.
Listening to people experiencing care is central to how we work. Their voices shape what we focus on and how we support improvement.
What you’ll bring
You’ll have recent experience of supporting the delivery of high-quality care for adults and older people, along with a strong understanding of current developments and the challenges facing the sector. You will bring insight, compassion, and a deep commitment to improving the lives of people experiencing care.
You will have leadership experience from roles such as registered care service manager, deputy manager, social worker, senior practitioner or service lead. This could be through formal management responsibilities or through leading key projects, quality improvement work or strategic developments. We are particularly interested in those with backgrounds in care homes for adults and older people, care at home or housing support services.
You’ll be confident in assessment, critical analysis, and evidence-based decision-making, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally, both in writing and in conversation. You’ll also bring a strong value base rooted in listening to people and acting on what matters to them.
Qualifications and registration