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Foster Care Associates (The FCA) Senior/Supervising Social Worker Salary: Up to £40,081.10 per annum - dependent upon experience Benefits: • Company car or £2,000 car allowance, • 30 days' annual leave, rising to 35 days with length of service plus Bank Holidays, • Life assurance, • Company pension, • On-site free parking, • Employee discount scheme, • Medical cash plan Office Location: Hybrid - supporting our Foster Parents across Birmingham, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, with an expectation to travel to the regional head office in Bromsgrove on occasions. Ofsted Rating: Outstanding - February 2024 This is an exciting chance to join FCA Midlands and make a real impact. We're looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior/Supervising Social Worker to join our inspiring, friendly team and help drive the growth and development of our fostering services across the Midlands. With a Bromsgrove-based office and a flexible hybrid working model, you'll enjoy the freedom to balance office collaboration with working from home. About Us Set up by a former foster parent and former social worker in 1994, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is an established fostering agency which forms part of the Polaris Community - one of the UK's largest leading communities of children's service providers. The business was born out of an enthusiasm for delivering fostering services to make a positive difference to the lives of looked after children. Our first office was in the Worcestershire countryside, and that's still where our Head Office is today. We've come a long way since those early days and, over the years, FCA has built a strong reputation for excellence and now offers a wide range of services to children and families. But our purpose remains the same; 'to make a positive and lasting difference for children, families and communities', and it's underpinned by a series of values designed to help us assist children and young people to reach their full potential. Today, we're one of the country's largest and most experienced independent fostering agencies. But just because we're large doesn't mean we're impersonal. At FCA we're one big family, and we're committed to supporting every single child and foster parent, every single minute of the day. Duties Will Include • Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care., • Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people., • Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures., • Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards., • Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family e.g. respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined., • Ensure each child and foster parent is fully compliant in respect of all key documentation., • Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care., • Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community., • Participate in an out-of-hours support service on a rota basis., • Undertake occasional initial home visits and Form F Assessments. You Must Have • A Social Work qualification., • Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent., • Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing., • A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures., • The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away)., • Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations., • A full driving licence. Interested in joining us? For an inspiring and friendly conversation about this exciting role, get in touch with Rachel Lowe, Fostering Service Manager, on 07483 140 323. Ready to make a difference? Apply today, and we'll be in touch with you shortly! No agencies, please. Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by Jobcentre Plus. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. PandoLogic. Category:Social Services, Keywords:Adoption Social Worker, Location:Walsall, ENG-WS5 4SG

Our client is seeking an experienced and passionate Head of Quality Standards & Registered Service Manager to join their Senior Leadership Team.\n\nThis is a pivotal leadership role where you will drive excellence, compliance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement across our supported accommodation services, including Ofsted registered provision.\n\nYou will play a leading role in ensuring our services meet and exceed:\n\n The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023\n\n The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023\n\n Local Authority commissioning requirements and quality standards\n\n Ofsted and Department for Education expectations\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs Head of Quality Standards & Registered Service Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for supported accommodation quality standards across our organisation.\n\nYou will lead on:\n\n Quality assurance, compliance, and service improvement\n\n Oversight of Ofsted registered supported accommodation services\n\n Regulatory inspections, audits, and reporting\n\n Workforce development, coaching, and supervision of managers\n\n Safeguarding and support standards for looked after children and care leavers\n\n Partnership working with Local Authorities and commissioners\n\n Development of policies, frameworks, and service standards\n\n Business development, tendering, and strategic growth opportunities\n\nYou will also complete the Ofsted registration process as the Registered Service Manager and act as a key point of contact for Ofsted-regulated provision.\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\n\nWe are seeking an experienced leader with strong knowledge of supported accommodation, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance.\n\nEssential Experience & Knowledge\n\n Significant management experience within supported accommodation, housing, youth work, social care, education, probation, or related services\n\n Strong knowledge of Ofsted supported accommodation regulations and quality standards\n\n Experience of leading quality assurance, inspections, audits, and service improvement\n\n Experience of managing and developing staff teams\n\n Strong understanding of safeguarding, Children Looked After (CLA) and care leaver responsibilities\n\n Knowledge of relevant legislation including:\n\n Equalities Act 2010\n\n Care Act 2014\n\n Children Act\n\n Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023\n\n Ability to build effective partnerships with Local Authorities and external stakeholders\n\nOur client is proud of their values-driven culture and commitment to supporting young people. They are looking for a leader who can inspire, empower, and create environments where both staff and young people can thrive.\n\nIn return, our client offers:\n\n The opportunity to influence and shape high-quality services across the West Midlands\n\n A senior leadership role within a respected and innovative organisation\n\n Ongoing professional development and training opportunities\n\n A supportive and inclusive working environment\n\n The chance to make a real difference to the lives of young people\n\nSafeguarding & Equality\n\nOur client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All successful applicants will be expected to share this commitment.\n\nThey are also committed to equality, diversity, inclusion, and anti-discriminatory practice and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.\n\nApply Now\n\nIf you are an experienced leader with the passion, expertise, and commitment to deliver outstanding supported accommodation services for young people, we would love to hear from you on behalf of our client

Principal Fire Engineer – High Speed Two (HS2)\n\n📍 London (up to £83,500) or Birmingham (up to £77,500)| Hybrid Working (3 Days Office)\n\n💰 £75,000 – £83,500 + 12% Pen + Health + 25 Hol\n\n📈 Progression: Lead Fire Engineer (£92k – £100k+ Package)\n\n🚄 Major National Infrastructure Programme | Long-Term Career Security\n\nShape Fire Safety on One of Europe’s Largest Infrastructure Programmes\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd within the Chief Engineer directorate, taking a senior technical role with real ownership and autonomy across one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure programmes.\n\nWorking client-side within a specialist Fire Engineering team, you will assure the fire safety design of major rail infrastructure including stations, tunnels, shafts, depots, rail systems, and civils assets across the HS2 network. You will take ownership of major assets such as Curzon Street Station (£570m) and Interchange Station (£370m).\n\nThis is not a traditional consultancy delivery role.\n\nYou will act as a technical authority overseeing and assuring the work of Tier 1 contractors and design consultancies, ensuring designs and completed assets comply with fire engineering standards, legislation, and operational requirements across a multi-billion-pound railway.\n\nWith core standards already established, the role now focuses heavily on technical assurance, systems integration, design review, and testing & commissioning.\n\nWhy This Role Stands Out\n\n Client-side technical authority role on a nationally significant programme\n\n Real ownership of assets throughout the project lifecycle\n\n Influence fire engineering across stations, tunnels, depots, and rail systems\n\n Work within a highly experienced specialist Fire Engineering team\n\n High visibility across engineering, delivery, and operational stakeholders\n\n Complex multidisciplinary environment involving civils, MEP, rail systems, and operations\n\n Long-term programme security with major delivery and commissioning phases ahead\n\n Strong work-life balance and flexible hybrid working culture\n\nThe Role\n\nReporting to the Head of Fire Engineering, you will provide technical leadership and assurance across fire engineering design, construction, and commissioning activities.\n\nA major challenge within the programme is the transition from heavy civils into MEP fit-out and rail systems delivery. As new contractors mobilise, the number of Tier 1 interfaces across the programme is significantly increasing, creating a highly complex integrated environment.\n\nYou will sit at the centre of this transition, ensuring fire engineering standards, life safety strategies, and technical assurance remain coordinated across all assets and systems.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n Assure fire engineering designs & built assets across stations, tunnels, depots, rail systems, and infrastructure assets\n\n Review contractor fire strategies, technical submissions, and safety documentation\n\n Support fire standards, specifications, and technical assurance activities\n\n Ensure integration between fire systems and wider rail infrastructure systems\n\n Support Qualitative Design Reviews (QDRs), risk assessments, and operational readiness\n\n Liaise with Fire & Rescue Services and support emergency planning activities\n\n Support testing, commissioning, and assurance of completed assets\n\n Participate in site inspections and live construction assurance reviews\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\n\n Degree qualified or Chartered Fire Engineer (or working toward Chartership)\n\n Experience within rail, tunnels, stations, heavy civils, rail systems, or major infrastructure projects\n\n Strong understanding of evacuation, compartmentation, detection, suppression, and life safety systems\n\n Experience reviewing or assuring complex fire engineering designs\n\n * Strong stakeholder management and multidisciplinary coordination capability\n\nOpen to candidates from client-side, consultancy, or contractor backgrounds.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThis is a career-defining opportunity for a Fire Engineer wanting to move beyond pure design delivery into a strategic client-side role with genuine ownership and influence across one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.\n\nYou will help shape how fire safety is assured, integrated, tested, and ultimately operated across a transformational national railway for decades to come

Lead Project Engineer / Engineering Manager - control Centre\n\n📍 Birmingham / Washwood Heath | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office/Site)\n💰 £85,000 – £92,000 (potential to £101,500 subject to approval) + 12% Pension + Benefits\n🚄 HS2 Washwood Heath Depot – National Infrastructure Control Centre (NICC)\n⏳ Long-Term Programme | Flagship Critical Infrastructure Asset\n\nShape One of the UK’s Most Critical Control Centres (Data Centres)\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to join High Speed Two Ltd in a senior client-side engineering leadership role, taking ownership of the National Infrastructure Control Centre (NICC), a mission-critical facility at the heart of Britain’s new high-speed railway. This control centre building is similar to a Data Centre & will have similar power, cooling and building systems to cope with large amount of computers and electrical equipment. Candidates from both from rail & non rail environments are sought.\n\nThe NICC is a highly complex operational control environment, requiring exceptional levels of resilience, systems integration, and engineering assurance. You will lead the technical delivery, coordination, and assurance of the building from design through to construction, commissioning, and operational handover.\n\nYou will act as the client’s senior technical authority, ensuring the supply chain delivers a fully compliant, integrated, and operationally robust facility that meets stringent safety, performance, and regulatory requirements.\n\nWhy This Role Stands Out\n\n Client-side leadership role on a nationally significant infrastructure asset\n\n Ownership of a mission-critical control centre within HS2’s rail operations network\n\n High exposure across MEP, building systems, controls, and infrastructure interfaces\n\n Full lifecycle involvement: design, construction, testing & commissioning\n\n Significant stakeholder engagement across contractors, engineers, and senior leadership\n\n Complex systems integration environment with multiple interfacing work packages\n\n Strong long-term programme security and career progression\n\n Opportunity to lead and develop a small team of senior engineers\n\n Hybrid working with a delivery-focused, flexible culture\n\nThe Role\n\nReporting into the Head of Engineering, you will lead the risk-based technical assurance of the NICC building across all phases of delivery.\n\nYou will act as the key interface between HS2 and multiple Tier 1 contractors, ensuring that mission-critical building systems are designed, built, and commissioned in line with client, regulatory, and operational requirements.\n\nA core focus of the role is systems integration and assurance, ensuring mechanical, electrical, HVAC, digital, and control systems operate cohesively within a high-availability operational environment.\n\nYou will also be responsible for supporting CDM Principal Designer duties and NEC Supervisor responsibilities, working closely with project managers, commercial teams, and technical specialists.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n Lead technical assurance of NICC building design, construction, and commissioning\n\n Review and approve contractor submissions against client and regulatory standards\n\n Manage systems integration across MEP, controls, and building infrastructure\n\n Discharge CDM Principal Designer Representative and NEC Supervisor duties\n\n Ensure compliance with operational, safety, and resilience requirements\n\n Coordinate technical interfaces between multiple contractors and work packages\n\n Identify and manage technical risk, assumptions, and engineering change\n\n Support commissioning, testing, and operational readiness activities\n\n Provide clear technical direction and resolve complex engineering challenges\n\n Lead reporting on technical progress, assurance, and risk\n\n Manage and support a small team of Senior Project Engineers\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\n\nYou are likely a senior engineer or engineering manager with experience delivering or assuring complex, mission-critical infrastructure buildings.\n\nEssential Experience\n\n Strong background in MEP, building services, or complex infrastructure delivery\n\n Experience on large-scale buildings (£100m+), ideally mission-critical environments\n\n Understanding of systems integration across multi-disciplinary engineering teams\n\n Experience working under NEC contracts\n\n Familiarity with CDM 2015 and Principal Designer responsibilities\n\n Strong stakeholder management across contractors and client organisations\n\n * Ability to manage technical risk and drive engineering decisions\n\nDesirable Backgrounds\n\nData centres or control centres\n\nRail, aviation & nuclear control centres\n\nTelecommunications hubs or mission-critical environments –\n\nLarge-scale industrial or automated facilities\n\nClient-side, consultancy, or Tier 1 contractor experience\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThis is a career-defining opportunity to lead the technical delivery of one of HS2’s most important operational buildings.\n\nYou will play a central role in shaping how a mission-critical control environment is delivered, integrated, and commissioned, directly influencing the safe and reliable operation of Britain’s future high-speed railway for decades to come

We're working with a major client delivering Britain's high-speed rail infrastructure programme, and we're recruiting a Lead Project Engineer ( Engineering Manager ) to lead the technical delivery and assurance of the Washwood Heath Depot project.\n\n This is a leadership role. You'll be responsible for the progressive risk-based technical assurance of the depot design, construction and handover into operations. You're the strategic link between the client's technical requirements and what the supply chain delivers, ensuring Washwood Heath is built to specification, on time and ready to support operational rail services.\n\n You'll combine hands-on depot engineering experience with the ability to lead across complex interfaces. You'll manage the technical coordination between multiple contractors, ensure CDM Principal Designer duties are discharged properly, and translate complex depot technical challenges into clear solutions. Your work ensures the depot meets all regulatory and operational requirements.\n \nWhat You'll Be Doing\n\nLead the risk-based technical assurance of depot design, construction and commissioning, reviewing and approving technical deliverables against client requirements and standards\nDischarge the duties of Principal Designer Representative and NEC Supervisor under CDM 2015, managing coordination and interface assurance across contractors\nAccept that design, construction and commissioning comply with technical, sponsor and regulatory requirements before handover to operations\nManage technical coordination and integration between depot contractors and other interfacing rail systems contracts, ensuring seamless integration\nCommunicate client engineering requirements to contractors and respond to technical queries, providing clear guidance on design solutions\nLead engagement on environmental, planning and consenting deliverables with relevant teams\nWork with commercial and project managers on cost and schedule impacts, identifying risks and mitigation strategies\nSupport the Head of Engineering with internal and external reporting on technical progress and risk management\nActively manage and communicate engineering issues and changes affecting the depot delivery\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nYou're an engineering manager or senior engineer with substantial hands-on depot experience. You've worked on rail depot projects in industry managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards.\n\nYou understand depot systems including OCS, M&E, HV Power, Comms, Track, Trains, CCS and Testing and Commissioning, and you've been directly involved in design, installation, testing and handover.\n\nYou understand CDM 2015 and have worked within Principal Designer and Designer roles on complex projects. You've managed competing project and engineering demands in construction programmes and understand cost and schedule implications. You're comfortable with digital engineering tools and procedures.\n\nYou have the leadership capability to influence across disciplines and work effectively with multiple contractors. You can communicate technical complexity clearly to stakeholders and contractors. You're pragmatic about balancing technical rigour with delivery timescales and you understand what it takes to get a depot operational, from design to handover.\n\nLocation: Birmingham \n\nRight to work : UK

M&E Coordinator\nMidlands | UK-Wide Project Travel | Civil Engineering & Infrastructure\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious M&E professional to develop their career within a progressive, supportive and highly respected Tier 1 contractor.\n\nYou’ll be joining a collaborative and people-focused team environment, reporting directly into an experienced Head of M&E who is heavily invested in mentoring, training and long-term development. The business has a strong team ethic, an excellent reputation within the infrastructure sector, and genuinely encourages individuals to grow, take ownership and progress their careers internally.\n\nWe’re working in partnership with a major UK contractor delivering complex civil engineering and infrastructure projects across the UK, who are now looking to appoint an experienced M&E Coordinator to support a growing pipeline of highways, utilities and industrial schemes.\n\nThis is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business with long-term secured work, strong project values and genuine career progression within infrastructure delivery.\n\nThe Role\n\nYou’ll play a key role in coordinating M&E packages across live civil engineering projects, working closely with operational teams, designers, subcontractors and clients to ensure works are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with programme expectations.\n\nResponsibilities will include:\n\n Coordinating M&E works from design through to installation and commissioning\n\n Managing subcontractors and monitoring progress against programme\n\n Reviewing technical drawings and identifying buildability or coordination issues\n\n Supporting procurement and construction methodology planning\n\n Managing quality processes, inspections and testing documentation\n\n Liaising with project, commercial and design teams throughout delivery\n\n Supporting commissioning activities and project handover documentation\n\n Ensuring works are delivered in line with safety and compliance requirements\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\n\n Experience working on civil engineering, infrastructure, highways, utilities or industrial projects\n\n Strong understanding of M&E installations within live construction environments\n\n Ability to coordinate subcontractors and manage technical/project interfaces\n\n Good awareness of programme management and project delivery\n\n Electrical bias or strong electrical understanding would be highly advantageous\n\n Previous experience within Tier 1 or major project environments is beneficial\n\n Strong communication and stakeholder management skills\n\nWhat’s On Offer\n\n Competitive salary and package\n\n Car allowance\n\n Pension and additional benefits\n\n Long-term pipeline of secured infrastructure work\n\n Ongoing support, mentoring and development from senior leadership\n\n Career progression within a growing division\n\n Exposure to high-profile UK infrastructure projects\n\nIf you’d be interested in hearing more, please apply or contact us directly for a confidential discussion

We're working with a major client delivering Britain's high-speed rail infrastructure programme, and we're recruiting a Lead Project Engineer to lead the technical delivery and assurance of the NICC (National Infrastructure Control Centre) Building project.\n\nThis is a leadership role. You'll be responsible for the progressive risk-based technical assurance of the NICC building design, construction and handover into operations. You're the strategic link between the client's technical requirements and what the supply chain delivers, ensuring the NICC building is built to specification, on time and operational.\n\nYou'll combine deep technical knowledge of mission-critical building systems and infrastructure with the ability to lead across complex interfaces. You'll manage the technical coordination between multiple contractors, ensure CDM Principal Designer duties are discharged properly, and translate complex technical challenges into clear solutions. Your work ensures the NICC building meets all regulatory, operational and integration requirements.\n\nWhat You'll Be Doing\n\nLead the risk-based technical assurance of NICC building design, construction and commissioning, reviewing and approving technical deliverables against client requirements and standards\nDischarge the duties of Principal Designer Representative and NEC Supervisor under CDM 2015, managing coordination and interface assurance across contractors\nAccept that design, construction and commissioning comply with technical, sponsor and regulatory requirements before handover to operations\nManage technical coordination and integration between NICC building contractors and other interfacing systems and infrastructure\nCommunicate client engineering requirements to contractors and respond to technical queries, providing clear guidance on design solutions\nLead engagement on environmental, planning and consenting deliverables with relevant teams\nWork with commercial and project managers on cost and schedule impacts, identifying risks and mitigation strategies\nSupport the Head of Engineering with internal and external reporting on technical progress and risk management\nActively manage and communicate engineering issues and changes affecting the NICC building delivery\nProvide technical direction on design solutions, promoting best practice engineering techniques that drive consistency and efficiency\nWhat We're Looking For\n You're a senior engineer or programme manager with substantial hands-on experience leading the delivery of mission-critical facilities at scale. You might come from data centre, control centre, telecommunications hub or similar critical infrastructure backgrounds. You understand the technical complexity of buildings designed for continuous operations with high availability and resilience requirements.\n You have experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering, mechanical, electrical, HVAC and building systems integration on large complex projects at £100m+ scale. You understand CDM 2015 and have undertaken or directly supported Principal Designer duties. You've worked with NEC contracts and understand supervision responsibilities. You've managed competing project and engineering demands with cost and schedule implications. You're comfortable with digital engineering tools and building information management systems.\n You have the leadership capability to influence across disciplines and work effectively with multiple contractors. You can communicate technical complexity clearly to senior stakeholders and contractors. You're pragmatic about balancing technical rigour with delivery timescales. You understand what it takes to deliver critical infrastructure buildings that function reliably from day one.\n The Position\n Location: Birmingham or London, flexible between both sites Contract: Full-time, permanent role What's involved: You'll work closely with contractors, internal engineering teams, commercial and project managers. The role requires technical authority and the confidence to challenge designs when standards are at risk. You'll interface regularly with supply chain partners and senior client stakeholders. You'll manage a team of approximately one to two Senior Project Engineers

Project Engineering Manager Hybrid role with travel across UK site We're looking for a Project Engineering Manager to join our high performing team in the UK & Ireland Packaging Division. As our Project Engineering Manager, you will manage the engineering and technical elements of the design, execution and commissioning of significant change programmes and continuous improvement projects across the division, ensuring the technical aspects of each project are delivered within scope, to standard, on time, in budget and within our agreed parameters. Supporting our Head of Engineering and the UK&I Senior Leadership Team you will be a key player in delivering identified projects and overseeing a project portfolio that drives significant operational improvement and increased efficiencies to current processes, in order to implement world class industry working practises. For each project in your portfolio, you will ensure a robust technical design and implementation plan that leads to accurate cost and complexity estimation. You will identify project workstreams, technical specification development, support the tendering process, supplier selection, project planning, supplier/contractor management and daily project execution activities. You will ensure data analysis is used and produced in a meaningful and appropriate way, to help support the successful delivery of each project. Working with our P...

Nottinghamshire County Council is looking for a Head of Service, Commissioning Strategy to lead the strategic commissioning and market shaping of adult care services. Candidates should have a degree qualified in a relevant area and strong understanding of adult social care legislation. The post offe

KB Competency Framework: Tier 4 Number of posts: 1 Interview date: 16 June 2026 Closing Date: 07 June 2026 23:55 As the Head of Service, Commissioning Strategy, you will work with people and partners to ensure that care and support enables people to live fulfilling lives and that we meet our respons

As Head of Operations, you'll take full responsibility for the delivery of multiple data centre projects, overseeing performance across all departments from design and commercial through to site execution and commissioning. With a strong presence in the data centre sector and a growing pipeline of h

Foster Care Associates (The FCA) Senior/Supervising Social Worker Salary: Up to £40,081.10 per annum - dependent upon experience Benefits: Company car or £2,000 car allowance 30 days' annual leave, rising to 35 days with length of service plus Bank Holidays Life assurance Company pension On-site free parking Employee discount scheme Medical cash plan Office Location: Hybrid - supporting our Foster Parents across Birmingham, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, with an expectation to travel to the regional head office in Bromsgrove on occasions. Ofsted Rating: Outstanding - February 2024 This is an exciting chance to join FCA Midlands and make a real impact. We're looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior/Supervising Social Worker to join our inspiring, friendly team and help drive the growth and development of our fostering services across the Midlands. With a Bromsgrove-based office and a flexible hybrid working model, you'll enjoy the freedom to balance office collaboration with working from home. About Us Set up by a former foster parent and former social worker in 1994, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is an established fostering agency which forms part of the Polaris Community - one of the UK's largest leading communities of children's service providers. The business was born out of an enthusiasm for delivering fostering services to make a positive difference to the lives of looked after children. Our first office was in the Worcestershire countryside, and that's still where our Head Office is today. We've come a long way since those early days and, over the years, FCA has built a strong reputation for excellence and now offers a wide range of services to children and families. But our purpose remains the same; 'to make a positive and lasting difference for children, families and communities', and it's underpinned by a series of values designed to help us assist children and young people to reach their full potential. Today, we're one of the country's largest and most experienced independent fostering agencies. But just because we're large doesn't mean we're impersonal. At FCA we're one big family, and we're committed to supporting every single child and foster parent, every single minute of the day. Duties Will Include Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care. Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people. Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures. Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards. Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family e.g. respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined. Ensure each child and foster parent is fully compliant in respect of all key documentation. Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care. Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community. Participate in an out-of-hours support service on a rota basis. Undertake occasional initial home visits and Form F Assessments. You Must Have A Social Work qualification. Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent. Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing. A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures. The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away). Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations. A full driving licence. Interested in joining us? For an inspiring and friendly conversation about this exciting role, get in touch with Rachel Lowe, Fostering Service Manager, on 07483 140 323. Ready to make a difference? Apply today, and we'll be in touch with you shortly! No agencies, please. Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by Jobcentre Plus. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. TPBN1_UKTJ

Location; UK field based - head office – Walsall We are working with a specialist engineering business supplying industrial washing and hygiene systems into food manufacturing, pharmaceutical and industrial processing environments across the UK. The business designs, installs and maintains bespoke washing systems, supporting customers where uptime, reliability and service response are critical. Due to continued growth, the business is looking to recruit a Field Service Mechanical Engineer to join a small, experienced engineering team. This is a field-based role working on customer sites across the UK, supporting planned maintenance, breakdown response, installation work and ongoing equipment reliability. You will be working on industrial washers, conveyor systems, spray bars, air knives, bin lifts and utensil washing equipment. The role combines hands-on mechanical maintenance with customer-facing service work, offering good variety and strong long-term stability. This role would suit a mechanically biased Maintenance Engineer or Mechanical Fitter who enjoys field-based problem solving, travel, varied site work and working with specialist industrial equipment. Electrical experience is useful, but the business is happy to provide training where needed. Responsibilities of a field service mechanical engineer: Carry out planned maintenance, repairs and first-line fault finding on industrial washing systems Replace worn or damaged components to maintain safe and reliable equipment performance Work on industrial conveyor systems, spray bars, air knives, bin lifts and utensil washers Support installations, commissioning and planned service work on customer sites across the UK Carry out TIG welding where required as part of repair and modification work Work independently on service visits or as part of a team on larger installations Maintain high standards of health, safety and customer service while working on site Complete service reports and communicate clearly with customers and internal teams Skills & qualifications of a field service mechanical engineer: Strong mechanical maintenance background within industrial, manufacturing or service environments Mechanical or maintenance qualifications beneficial but not essential TIG welding experience essential Experience working on conveyors, production equipment or industrial plant desirable Electrical fault-finding experience advantageous but not essential Ability to work independently and manage field-based workloads Good communication skills and customer-facing attitude Full UK driving licence required Benefits of a field service mechanical engineer: Salary: £33,000 – £37,000 (with review based on experience) Monday to Thursday: 07:15 – 16:00 Friday: 07:15 – 12:00 Overtime paid at 1.5x UK-wide field-based role with varied customer sites and equipment Stop-out allowance including hotel accommodation plus meal allowance / £20 per night Pension scheme Training and development in electrical systems and specialist machinery Long-term stable role within a growing specialist engineering business If you feel this Field Service Mechanical Engineer role is right for you, please contact Dan Fergus at Maintech Recruitment for more information or click apply. Maintech Recruitment – Engineering Great Careers Maintech Recruitment are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of sex, religion, belief, political opinion, race, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. Please note by applying for this role your data will be processed in line with our privacy policy, available on our website. Top of Form Bottom of Form

Role: Principal Clinical/Forensic Psychologist Location: 1 Avenue Rd, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4DU, UK Job type: Full time permanent Salary: As per market Start date: Immediate Job purpose: Shared responsibility for the leadership and management of the Healthy, Safe, Behaviour Team (HSB Harm-ful Sexualised Behaviour Team). Provide clinical and professional supervision, leadership and management of Clinical / Forensic Psychology services across HSB. Provide clinical & strategic advice and support to Heads of Service in HSB in relation to the emotional/psy-chological health and sexual wellbeing and development of children and young people with consideration to the wider family and support network. Ensuring the development and systematic provision of a high quality, multi-level specialist psychology service to children and their families across all sectors of care and support within the remit of HSB; to help under-stand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and harmful behaviour and improve the mental health, well-being and sexual behaviour of service users. Ensure the Clinical / Forensic Psychology provision meets BCT and directorate objectives, national strategic and policy guidelines, and the needs and expectations of children, young people, parents and carers. Work autonomously within guidelines and exercise responsibility for ensuring the quality and standards of professional practice and performance in the relevant areas of service delivery. Ensuring equality of access to the service, and collaborative working between service users/carers and key partner agencies. Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. Essential: Post graduate doctorate level training in clinical or forensic psychology (e.g. DForenPsy or DClinPsy) accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specific models of psychopathol-ogy, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, 2 AF/Q or more distinctive psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS state-ment of equivalence. Qualification: Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professionals Council. Essential Experience : Minimum 4 years supervised post qualification experience working with children, young people & and families. Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for specialist psychological assessment (including cognitive & neuro-psychological assessment), formulation, planning & delivering interventions across a range of care settings. Minimum 2 year working with children who present with children and young people who present with harmful sexual behaviour including mental health difficulties (including complex trauma, attachment difficulties, loss, dual diagnosis), challenging behaviour, and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties (e.g. ASD, ADHD). Minimum 12 months supervised experience of providing clinical supervision, and/or specialist training in providing clinical supervision. Experience of undertaking service evaluation, audit, and / or clinically relevant research. Advanced level knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, for-mulation, and intervention frequently requiring sus-tained and intense concentration. Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism and make appropriate decisions in the face of highly emotive and distressing issues (including significant child abuse & neglect), stress and conflict, possible verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex qualitative and quantitative data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology. Advanced computer, IT & keyboard skills, including ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Evidence of continuing professional development, including willingness to participate in further training, as recommended by BPS/HCPC in line with expectations of a highly specialist role. Key responsibilities: To lead the development of Clinical / Forensic Psychology support services within HSB. To clinically and professionally supervise, oversee and line manage the work of Clinical / Forensic Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologists within HSB. Ensuring the allocation of work meets the needs of customers/service users To lead the recruitment, appraisal and personal development plans of clinical / forensic psychology staff, and assist in the recruitment of other staff as required. Undertake disciplinary, grievance, managing attendance and complaints investigations To deploy and control the use of psychology resources and be responsible for budgetary control. To provide effective management support and individual supervision and guidance to staff within HSB, and/or the wider service as required. Actively support the work of the Head of Service HSB by undertaking any other duties commensurate with the post or the needs of the service as necessary. To manage referrals to Psychology, prioritising according to need and informing allocation of as-sessment and therapy cases to both internal and external providers. This includes close liaison with partner agencies and externally commissioned providers. To develop and deliver highly specialist psychology services to meet the needs of children and their families accessing a HSB service. This includes the assessment of children with complex social care, psychological health needs, and offending sexualised behaviour and at times high risk presenta-tions; based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a number of sources including psychological (and neuro-psychological) tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct & semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and multi-agency profes-sionals involved in a service user care. To formulate and implement plans for psychological treatment and psychologically informed care plans, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy across a range of care and support settings; to re-formulate over time as appropriate, drawing upon different psychological models, theories and principles and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about a broad range of treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To be responsible for the implementation of a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for children in care, care leavers, their parents, carers, families and groups, within and across teams. Communicating highly complex condition related information to children, young people, their families and/or carers, where there may be significant defensiveness, resistance or even hostility and which requires empathy, reassurance and the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills. Frequently managing painful and/or upsetting events whilst dealing with family dysfunction, relationship breakdown, abuse and trauma histories and/or significant psychological health difficulties. High exposure to people who may exhibit verbal and/or physical aggression or manipulative behav-iour, harmful sexualised behaviour, or disturbed personality where there is a potential for aggres-sion or malicious complaint and managing clinical risks involved. Taking responsibility for highly specialist risk assessment and risk management plans for children and young people and providing advice and consultation to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and man-agement. ? Frequently carrying out complex and focused clinical assessments and interventions that require intense concentration for long periods. To undertake risk assessments and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on aspects of risk assessment and management as required. To provide highly specialist advice, guidance, consultation to other professionals on their assessment, formulation and therapy, intervention or care plans for children and families. To identify and share psychologically informed best practice within HSB in the field of children, young people, and their families and psychological therapies and support and related topics; through the provision of advice, consultation, teaching and training and dissemination of psychological knowledge, research & theory. To be responsible, as Principal Clinician, for the development and co-ordination of comprehensive, high quality psychological support services for children and families. Including advice and guidance to Team Managers and Heads of Service. To contribute to wider services developments across agencies (e.g. health) and commissioning processes. Keep under regular/systemic review the effectiveness of policies, procedures and practices, includ-ing recommending changes in the light of developments in national guidance/legislation. Ensure changes are effectively communicated internally. ? Represent the Service/Department in meetings etc. as required. ? Lead on the development (and delivery where appropriate) of psychologically informed teaching and training programmes for professionals, parents and carers as required. ? To contribute to teaching on the University Clinical / Forensic Psychology Doctorate programmes in areas relevant to children and young people and harmful sexualised behaviour and provide spe-cialist third year clinical / forensic placements to clinical / forensic psychology doctorate trainees. ? To undertake and contribute as appropriate to the supervision of Clinical / Forensic Psychologists and other HSB staff whilst keeping abreast of current developments in psychological research, theory and practice, and maintain expertise in areas of special interest. ? Observe the professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical / Forensic Psychology, and HCPC, and adhere to all Birmingham Childrens Trust policies and proce-dures. Including maintaining the highest standards of clinical record keeping, electronic data en-try, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance. Contributing to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of prac-tice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development pro-grammes, in consultation with the Head of Service ? Contributing to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the ser-vices by continuing to develop the reflective and scientific-practitioner model, taking part in regu-lar professional supervision and appraisal, and maintaining an active engagement with current de-velopments in the field of Clinical / Forensic Psychology and related disciplines. ? To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to mental health, emotional well-being, and harmful sexualised behaviour TPBN1_UKTJ

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