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Foster Care Associates (The FCA) Role: Supervising Social Worker Salary: Up to £32,449.71 per annum - Dependent upon experience Hours: 35 hours per week Location: No Base - supporting our Foster Parents across Birmingham, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, with an expectation to travel to the regional office in Bromsgrove on occasions. 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, • Free on-site parking, • Employee Discount Scheme, • Medical Cash Plan ASYE applications welcome! This is an exciting chance to join FCA Midlands and make a real impact. We're looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic ASYE/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 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 and young people, • Ensure that Foster Parents 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 using a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family, for example, respite, activities, therapy and holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined, • Ensure records for each child and Foster Parent are 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 and 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 high-quality written reports, • 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 challenging situations, • Full UK driving licence Interested in joining us? To discuss the role further, please contact Karen Hodder, Registered Manager, on 07967 381039. 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 Disability Confident Employer status through Jobcentre Plus. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. PandoLogic. Category:Social Services, Keywords:Adoption Social Worker, Location:Bromsgrove, ENG-B60 4AD

Polaris Tender Writer and Contracts Officer Contract: Permanent Location: Flexible - home-based or office-based Salary: Up to £27,040 per annum, dependent on experience Benefits 30 days' annual leave, rising to 35 days with length of service, plus bank holidays Company pension Life Assurance x2 Employee Discount Scheme Medical Cash Plan Free parking About Us We are Polaris, one of the UK's leading communities of children's service providers. Within the Polaris Community, we have independent fostering and adoption agencies that have been passionately improving the lives of children and young people for over 30 years, as well as residential services, education and bespoke children's services contracts. Our nurturing community works collectively to support the very best outcomes for every child in our care. We're ambitious for our children and young people, families and staff, and believe in their futures. About the Role Help us grow services that change lives. Lead the creation of compelling tender submissions, build relationships across the organisation and play a vital role in securing opportunities that support vulnerable children, young people and families. If you're looking for a role that combines creativity, variety, and the chance to make a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you. What We're Looking For We're looking for a driven, organised and confident professional who thrives on deadlines, loves bringing people together, and can turn information into compelling, winning submissions. You'll be a natural relationship-builder, an exceptional communicator, and someone who takes pride in delivering high-quality work that makes an impact. If you're proactive, detail-focused, and excited by the challenge of securing new opportunities and driving growth, we'd love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery of multiple tender submissions from start to finish, creating clear, compelling and persuasive responses that stand out from the competition Produce high-quality, tailored bid content that directly addresses customer requirements and is delivered on time, every time Collaborate with operational experts to gather service information and transform it into engaging, evidence-based content that showcases the strengths and impact of our services Build strong relationships across the organisation, working closely with managers, service specialists and key stakeholders to drive successful tender outcomes Coordinate and manage tender projects, ensuring deadlines are met, actions are completed, and opportunities progress smoothly Review, edit and quality assure submissions, producing polished, coherent responses that fully address client requirements within specified word limits Monitor and report on tender activity, supporting continuous improvement and sharing progress with the wider team Support contract management and performance reporting, helping ensure commitments are effectively tracked and delivered Play a key role in business growth, contributing to the successful acquisition and retention of contracts across the Polaris Community Skills You'll Need Proven experience creating clear, compelling written content, ideally within tender, bid or report writing Exceptional written English, with outstanding attention to detail, accuracy and quality Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to produce polished, professional documents A confident communicator who can build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels Highly organised and deadline-driven, with a track record of delivering high-quality work on time Self-motivated and proactive, able to work independently while thriving as part of a team Calm under pressure, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in everything you do Eager to learn and take ownership, using initiative while knowing when to seek support and guidance You'll excel in this role if you're a strong writer, a natural organiser, and someone who enjoys turning ideas, information and collaboration into successful outcomes. If this role sounds like a fit for you, please apply. We'll be in touch. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified and eligible individuals, regardless of background. We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. As part of our safer recruitment commitment, all offers of employment are subject to a Standard DBS check, confirmation of your right to work in the UK, and satisfactory pre-employment checks. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert without notification. TPBN1_UKTJ

Set up design research from scratch, inside a new innovation team a global group is building in the UK. You'd go into people's homes, watch how they really live with the products, and turn what you find into what the industrial designers and engineers build next. Ensure you read the information regarding this opportunity thoroughly before making an application. This is one of the UK's best-known home appliance brands, part of a large, profitable global group. The group is bringing its innovation for the category to the UK and building a concept-led team here, with advanced development, industrial design and design research side by side. It's fast and hands on, built around design, build and test. The role You'll lead the design research discipline and run the work yourself: home visits, contextual inquiry, usability testing, concept validation and co-creation sessions. You'll turn what you learn into opportunities, design principles and innovation roadmaps. You'll sit alongside the industrial designers and advanced development engineers, and work closely with product management. A big part of the job is telling the story, so the business acts on what you find. You'll set the methods and standards from a near standing start. If you're a senior researcher ready for your first lead role, this is a discipline to make your own. What you'll need Proven experience leading design research on physical products, including going into people's homes and watching them use what they own. A track record of turning research into product direction, with a concept, feature or roadmap decision you can point to that came from your insight. Confidence across mixed methods: ethnography, contextual inquiry and usability testing, plus designing a survey and reading quant data. Experience working side by side with industrial designers and engineers, and presenting evidence well enough to change a senior stakeholder's mind. The details Reporting to the Head of Industrial Design and Design Research Working alongside industrial design and advanced development Travel for in-home and field research Commutable from Worcester, Birmingham and Cheltenham Start: ASAP 10% bonus, half personal and half company Private medical insurance after six months 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with three more to buy Pension, protection cover and free product after probation What it isn't This isn't a research team to inherit. You build the discipline from close to zero and run the home visits and workshops yourself. It isn't screen-based UX either. It's physical products, used in real homes. The innovation team is still taking shape, so expect loose briefs and fast cycles. And it's four days a week on site in Droitwich, so be sure the commute works first. xrnqpay If this sounds like your next move, click Apply and we'll be in touch.

50000 - 60000 per annumWorcestershire, England Permanent Sales Engineer - Engineering Services & SolutionsLocation: Worcestershire (Hybrid - minimum 1 day per week in the office)Salary: 50,000 - 60,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Excellent BenefitsAre you a commercially driven Sales Engineer who enjoys solving complex customer challenges rather than simply selling products?Our client is a growing engineering consultancy delivering high-value engineering services, technical consultancy, and outsourced development solutions into some of the UK's most innovative and technically demanding sectors. This is an opportunity to work with organisations developing cutting-edge technologies across aerospace, defence and space industries.This role is focused on selling engineering services and project-based solutions, helping clients access specialist expertise in embedded software, firmware, electronics, and systems engineering to solve complex technical challenges.The OpportunityAs a Sales Engineer, you'll be responsible for identifying and securing new business opportunities, developing strategic customer relationships, and managing the sales process from initial engagement through to contract award.You'll work closely with engineering teams and senior decision-makers to understand customer requirements, shape service-based solutions, and deliver compelling technical and commercial proposals.This is an ideal opportunity for someone who understands consultative selling and enjoys engaging with both technical and commercial stakeholders.Key ResponsibilitiesGenerate new business opportunities across target markets and sectorsDevelop relationships with engineering leaders, programme managers, procurement teams, and senior stakeholdersBuild and maintain a robust sales pipeline against agreed targetsLead customer discovery meetings and solution discussionsTranslate customer challenges into tailored engineering service offeringsOwn the creation of proposals, quotations, bids, and tender responsesSupport project scoping, effort estimation, and delivery planningLead commercial negotiations and contract discussionsRepresent the business at industry events, exhibitions, and networking opportunitiesProvide market intelligence and identify emerging growth opportunitiesWhat We're Looking ForEssentialDegree-qualified (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, or a related disciplineExperience in technical sales, business development, account management, engineering consultancy, or professional services salesProven track record of generating opportunities and delivering against revenue targetsUnderstanding of embedded software, firmware, electronics, or systems engineering environmentsExperience producing technical and commercial proposalsStrong communication, networking, and stakeholder management skillsAbility to convert customer requirements into commercially viable solutionsFull UK driving licenceEligible to obtain SC ClearanceDesirableExperience selling engineering consultancy, professional services, outsourced development, or project-based solutionsExposure to aerospace, defence, space or other safety-critical sectorsFamiliarity with regulated industries and technical procurement processesKnowledge of high-integrity engineering standards and certification environmentsWhat's on Offer?Competitive base salaryCar allowancePerformance-related bonus/commissionPrivate medical insuranceLife assurancePension schemeExcellent career development opportunitiesCollaborative and supportive team cultureIf you're looking for a role where you can combine technical understanding with consultative selling and help customers solve complex engineering challenges through specialist services and solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

Clinical Professor / Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Severn Campus Full-Time Permanent Tuesday 03 November 2026 Thursday 19 November 2026 RES2603 The University of Worcester and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust are seeking an outstanding clinical academic to lead a programme of research in child and adolescent mental health. This joint appointment combines research leadership in the University’s growing mental health portfolio with a substantive consultant psychiatrist role. The postholder will spend three days each week in clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and two days undertaking research at the University. They will work within the NIHR-funded Mental Health Inequities Research Unit (MHIRU), developing a distinctive children and young people’s research strand aligned with the Unit’s wider programme. The appointment may be made at Clinical Professor or Associate Professor level. The level offered will reflect the successful candidate’s research outputs, external funding, doctoral supervision and breadth and significance of research leadership, considered in relation to career stage and opportunity. The University of Worcester is an inclusive, ambitious and civic-minded university whose research addresses significant social, health and environmental challenges and seeks practical impact. The post will be based in the Three Counties Medical School at the St John’s Campus in Worcester, providing an interdisciplinary environment linking clinical practice, medical education and research. The postholder will contribute primarily as a research leader, with opportunities to support the MBChB and postgraduate, doctoral and researcher development where this complements the role. MHIRU is supported by significant investment from the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Its programme addresses mental health inequalities across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, particularly through early intervention and prevention, suicide prevention, and digital innovation in mental health interventions. The Unit brings together university researchers, health and social care professionals, public health, voluntary and community partners, and people with lived experience. • Develop an ambitious, coherent programme of research in child and adolescent mental health aligned with clinical expertise and MHIRU priorities;, • Lead applications for substantial external funding, particularly from NIHR and other health research funders, and act as Chief Investigator or Principal Investigator for funded studies;, • Produce internationally excellent or world-leading outputs and support translation into policy and practice;, • Supervise doctoral researchers, mentor early career researchers and research-active clinical and academic colleagues, and contribute to research capacity and culture;, • Build partnerships across universities, the NHS, the Integrated Care System, public health, voluntary and community organisations, and people with lived experience; and, • Contribute to relevant journals, funding bodies, committees and national or international networks. Relevant interests may include earlier intervention and detection, inequalities in access or outcomes, self-harm and suicide prevention, digital approaches, service innovation, or transition between child and adult mental health services. This list is indicative rather than restrictive. For three days each week, the postholder will work with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch. Detailed duties, service arrangements and the job plan will be agreed with the Trust, aligned where possible with the candidate’s expertise and research interests. The role includes multidisciplinary working, clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, education and professional leadership. It may involve travel to other Trust sites and a blend of face-to-face and remote working. There is no on-call commitment, although consultant cross-cover may be required. A formal joint job plan will be agreed within three months of appointment and reviewed at least annually. Full-time joint clinical academic appointment Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester Two days per week Community Core CAMHS Team, Redditch, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Three days per week You will be an accomplished clinical researcher and practising psychiatrist with the ambition to develop a nationally and internationally recognised programme of research. You must be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise and in good standing and be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of inclusion. You must hold an MB BS, MBChB or equivalent qualification and a relevant higher research degree, normally a PhD or equivalent. You should demonstrate strong research outputs, successful delivery of mental health research, experience of NIHR research infrastructure, external funding, doctoral supervision and research leadership. Approved Clinician status, or the ability to achieve it within three months, is also required. Appointment at Clinical Professor level requires a sustained track record of professorial scale, quality and significance; other appointable candidates may be considered at Associate Professor level. The appointee will have a jointly agreed job plan, continuing professional development, annual consultant appraisal and revalidation. For the University component, they will be mentored by Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor Research Professor Eleanor Bradley and have access to researcher development and appropriate external training. The Trust provides postgraduate teaching, a consultant peer group, occupational health and staff wellbeing support. We value diversity and wish to promote equality at all levels. #J-18808-Ljbffr

As the Optics Product Manager, you will be the day-to-day product owner for the MiTek Optics business management SaaS solution. You will translate customer, stakeholder and business needs into clear, prioritised product work for agile delivery teams, owning backlog health, feature definition, acceptance criteria, release readiness and feature-level quality. You will work closely with development, user-experience, customer-facing and product portfolio teams to ensure MiTek Optics delivers valuable capabilities for regional customers. • Act as Scrum Product Owner for assigned Optics product areas, linking product decisions to team goals and customer outcomes, and aligning and motivating the scrum team through influence., • Maintain an ordered, understandable backlog, balancing value, risk, dependency, urgency and capacity so work is ready for delivery teams., • Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, feature requirements and supporting notes that reduce ambiguity for Dev and QA., • Collect and synthesize input from customers, implementation teams, support, regional stakeholders, telemetry and product usage data, and build domain knowledge across EMEA regional deployment contexts., • Assess whether increments are ready to ship, making necessary trade-offs while considering customer impact, quality, deployment readiness and stakeholder expectations., • Validate that delivered functionality solves the intended problem and meets agreed acceptance criteria before release to customers., • Provide concise, timely status updates and decision rationale, ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, trade-offs and delivery implications., • Partner with Product Portfolio Management on market-facing context, roadmap direction and go-to-market inputs, contributing product and delivery perspective to those decisions., • Help internal teams understand new functionality, release changes and the business/customer context behind features., • Identify and communicate product risks, including compliance, security, operational, financial and reputational risks, and track mitigations where appropriate., • Use approved AI tools responsibly to accelerate product work while maintaining quality and ownership, validating outputs, and following data-handling rules., • Experience working in a software development environment, ideally in an agile / scrum setting., • Strong organization and personal accountability, able to shield the delivery team from avoidable churn while keeping stakeholders informed., • Curiosity and analytical thinking; asking why, challenging assumptions and using evidence to improve decisions., • Adaptability; able to respond to changing product priorities, customer needs, delivery realities and ways of working., • Familiarity with software development concepts is beneficial., • Experience as a Scrum Product Owner, Software Product Manager, Business Analyst or closely related role., • Experience with Azure DevOps or comparable product backlog management tooling., • Experience working directly with customers or regional implementation teams in business management, construction, manufacturing, ERP, scheduling, logistics or adjacent domains., • Permanent, full-time role, based at MiTek’s Worcester office, • Collaborative, cross-functional environment., • Opportunity to shape a strategic SaaS product used by customers across EMEA., • Generous time off including Paid Time Off, 13 annual holidays, and volunteer time off, • Day One Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision Plans, • Family friendly benefits including Paid Caregiver Leave, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Reimbursement, • Performance/Incentivebonuses, • Career advancement, training opportunities, Employee Resource Groups, and tuition reimbursement, • Retirement programs including Matching 401(k) Contributions and Profit Sharing, • Employer paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and LifeInsurance, • myFlexPay partner – allows you to track, manage and access your pay anytime MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. In 1955, MiTek transformed residential construction with the invention of the Gang-Nail plate and a digital platform that provided an affordable and scalable way to manufacture wood trusses. Today, MiTek delivers software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions that enable the building industry toimprove efficiencies by optimizingthe balance between off-site and on-site. With nearly 5,600 team members worldwide, MiTek collaborates across the building industry to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction to transform the way the industry designs, makes, and builds. As a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B) company since 2001, MiTek has a record of continuous growth and innovation. We are an equal opportunity employer; and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or transgender status), age (40 and over), genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. For accommodation to assist with completing this application, please contact Human Resources at . #J-18808-Ljbffr

As our Senior Bid Manager, you'll play a key role in driving business growth by leading the end-to-end tender and bid process for PfP Students. Working closely with the Head of Business Development and key stakeholders across the business, you'll develop compelling, high-quality submissions that differentiate our offering and support the delivery of our growth strategy. You’ll manage multiple bids simultaneously, identify new opportunities through procurement portals and sector intelligence, and ensure all submissions meet client requirements, company standards and branding guidelines. You’ll also lead bid reviews and debriefs, monitor bid performance, maintain an up-to-date tender pipeline and help shape future bidding strategies through continuous improvement and market insight. You may also provide leadership to temporary bid writers during periods of high activity. This is a national role and you would be expected to attend meetings on client sites as required. At Places for People we are committed to a safe working environment so a basic DBS check is mandatory. As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours. At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities. • Proven experience operating at Bid Manager level within a competitive tendering environment, with a track record of successfully managing bid submissions., • Strong knowledge of public sector procurement processes and local government procurement portals., • Demonstrable experience managing multiple complex bids and tender opportunities simultaneously., • Experience building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships across a large organisation, including influencing senior stakeholders., • Experience within Property/ Student Accommodation is preferred though not essential. You’ll be an experienced bid professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys taking ownership of complex opportunities from identification through to submission. You're highly organised, able to manage competing priorities and have a strong eye for detail. You’ll be confident presenting proposals and influencing stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally. Experience within facilities management, property management or a related sector would be beneficial, as would experience working across large, matrix organisations. You’ll be comfortable challenging constructively, using insight and evidence to shape winning solutions, and you’ll have strong written skills supported by the ability to use a range of IT systems and bid management tools. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives forward every day by building, managing and supporting thriving Communities. From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK. And that takes People who care about doing the right thing. People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do. We're looking for Colleagues who bring energy, curiosity and ownership. People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar. Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our Customers, our Communities and each other. Experience matters, but it's only part of the story. If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact, we'd love to hear from you. As part of Places for People Group, PfP Students are experts in providing facilities management solutions for university campus buildings and student accommodation. Our service is focused on our partnership approach with our clients and the student experience. We know rewarding work deserves rewarding benefits. That's why, alongside a competitive salary, you'll have access to a package designed to support you at work and beyond. • Pension with matched contributions up to 7%, • Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%, • 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell days, • Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs, with private GP and health support services available, • Comprehensive wellbeing support including counselling, flu jabs, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to our Wellbeing Hub, supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing, • Access to Our Place Rewards, offering discounts and savings on groceries, travel, shopping, home products and other lifestyle purchases, • Ongoing training, professional qualifications, internal development programmes and career progression opportunities, • Recognition programmes including Star Awards and Colleague Awards, celebrating achievements and recognising great work, • Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement, • Free membership to Places Gyms, • Life Assurance to provide financial security for your loved ones, alongside access to will writing services to help you plan for the future with confidence #J-18808-Ljbffr

Clinical Professor / Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Sub Department Research, Innovation & Impact Office Location Severn Campus Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Post Type Full-Time Contract Type Permanent Closing Date Tuesday 03 November 2026 Interview Date Thursday 19 November 2026 Reference RES2603 The University of Worcester and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust are seeking an outstanding clinical academic to lead a programme of research in child and adolescent mental health. This joint appointment combines research leadership in the University's growing mental health portfolio with a substantive consultant psychiatrist role. The postholder will spend three days each week in clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and two days undertaking research at the University. They will work within the NIHR-funded Mental Health Inequities Research Unit (MHIRU), developing a distinctive children and young people's research strand aligned with the Unit's wider programme. The appointment may be made at Clinical Professor or Associate Professor level. The level offered will reflect the successful candidate's research outputs, external funding, doctoral supervision and breadth and significance of research leadership, considered in relation to career stage and opportunity. The University, Medical School and MHIRU The University of Worcester is an inclusive, ambitious and civic-minded university whose research addresses significant social, health and environmental challenges and seeks practical impact. The post will be based in the Three Counties Medical School at the St John's Campus in Worcester, providing an interdisciplinary environment linking clinical practice, medical education and research. The postholder will contribute primarily as a research leader, with opportunities to support the MBChB and postgraduate, doctoral and researcher development where this complements the role. MHIRU is supported by significant investment from the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Its programme addresses mental health inequalities across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, particularly through early intervention and prevention, suicide prevention, and digital innovation in mental health interventions. The Unit brings together university researchers, health and social care professionals, public health, voluntary and community partners, and people with lived experience. The research role The postholder will: - Develop an ambitious, coherent programme of research in child and adolescent mental health aligned with clinical expertise and MHIRU priorities; - Lead applications for substantial external funding, particularly from NIHR and other health research funders, and act as Chief Investigator or Principal Investigator for funded studies; - Produce internationally excellent or world-leading outputs and support translation into policy and practice; - Supervise doctoral researchers, mentor early career researchers and research-active clinical and academic colleagues, and contribute to research capacity and culture; - Build partnerships across universities, the NHS, the Integrated Care System, public health, voluntary and community organisations, and people with lived experience; and - Contribute to relevant journals, funding bodies, committees and national or international networks. Relevant interests may include earlier intervention and detection, inequalities in access or outcomes, self-harm and suicide prevention, digital approaches, service innovation, or transition between child and adult mental health services. This list is indicative rather than restrictive. The clinical role For three days each week, the postholder will work with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch. Detailed duties, service arrangements and the job plan will be agreed with the Trust, aligned where possible with the candidate's expertise and research interests. The role includes multidisciplinary working, clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, education and professional leadership. It may involve travel to other Trust sites and a blend of face-to-face and remote working. There is no on-call commitment, although consultant cross-cover may be required. A formal joint job plan will be agreed within three months of appointment and reviewed at least annually. Contract: Full-time joint clinical academic appointment Academic base: Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester University component: Two days per week Clinical Base: Community Core CAMHS Team, Redditch, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Clinical component: Three days per week RCPsych approval: W MIDS-CO-NTH-2026-03529 About you You will be an accomplished clinical researcher and practising psychiatrist with the ambition to develop a nationally and internationally recognised programme of research. You must be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise and in good standing and be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of inclusion. You must hold an MB BS, MBChB or equivalent qualification and a relevant higher research degree, normally a PhD or equivalent. You should demonstrate strong research outputs, successful delivery of mental health research, experience of NIHR research infrastructure, external funding, doctoral supervision and research leadership. Approved Clinician status, or the ability to achieve it within three months, is also required. Appointment at Clinical Professor level requires a sustained track record of professorial scale, quality and significance; other appointable candidates may be considered at Associate Professor level. The appointee will have a jointly agreed job plan, continuing professional development, annual consultant appraisal and revalidation. For the University component, they will be mentored by Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor Research Professor Eleanor Bradley and have access to researcher development and appropriate external training. The Trust provides postgraduate teaching, a consultant peer group, occupational health and staff wellbeing support. We value diversity and wish to promote equality at all levels. TPBN1_UKTJ

This job is with LexisNexis Legal & Professional®, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. AI Architect Excited to uncover insights from complex data and turn them into impactful business decisions? Do you enjoy building predictive models, experimenting with advanced analytics, and solving real-world challenges with data? About the team: LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions (LNIP) is the global leader in patent intelligence, bringing clarity to innovation for businesses, law firms, universities, and government agencies worldwide. Our mission is to help the innovation community make better decisions faster, with greater confidence, combining the world's most trusted patent data with sophisticated analytics, AI-powered insights, and purpose-built workflows. Protégé in PatentSight is LNIP's next-generation agentic AI assistant, purpose-built for strategic patent analysis. Protégé replaces complex filter-based workflows with natural language questions, surfacing structured, decision-ready insights grounded in trusted data and established metrics. About the role : As an AI Architect, you will be the technical authority for the AI systems that power Protégé within PatentSight+. You will work across the full stack, from the agentic layer down, ensuring every layer is coherent, scalable, secure, and aligned with RELX Responsible AI standards. This is a senior individual-contributor role with broad influence. You will partner closely with Engineering Leads, Product Managers, Data Scientists, and data teams within LNIP. Key Responsibilities: • Define and own the AI architecture vision for Protégé in PatentSight+, ensuring technical decisions are coherent, future-proof, and aligned with product strategy., • Evaluate and recommend AI technologies, modelling approaches, and platform components., • Stay up to date with advances in agentic AI and domain-specific AI research. Translate emerging capabilities into practical architectural recommendations., • Author and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and system design documentation, providing a clear and durable record of technical choices and their rationale., • Architect the agentic reasoning systems that enable Protégé to decompose complex patent questions, plan multi-step analyses, and compose insights from multiple data sources., • Design retrieval and search architectures that deliver accurate, low-latency patent intelligence across both structured analytics and unstructured text corpora., • Define patterns for AI-driven enrichment and classification of patent data at scale, ensuring results are dependable, auditable, and consistent with established IP metrics., • Establish prompt engineering standards, evaluation harnesses, and quality frameworks to govern LLM behaviour and maintain output accuracy in production., • Partner with Product Management to assess technical feasibility and shape the AI roadmap, translating product goals into deliverable system designs., • Collaborate with Security and Platform teams to ensure AI systems meet enterprise requirements for access control, data privacy, and regulatory compliance., • Ensure all AI systems comply with RELX Responsible AI Principles., • Lead AI risk assessment activities, contributing to compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks., • Communicate complex architectural decisions clearly to senior leadership, engineering teams, and non-technical stakeholders. Requirements: Essential - • Strong professional software engineering expertise, with experience in a dedicated AI/ML architecture, principal engineer, or distinguished engineer role., • Proven track record delivering production LLM-based systems, including RAG pipelines, agentic/tool-use frameworks, and multi-step reasoning workflows., • Strong proficiency in Python for AI service development; working knowledge of C# or equivalent compiled language for enterprise microservice integration., • Hands-on experience with vector databases and semantic search pipeline design., • Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP)., • Experience with large-scale data platforms such as Databricks and search engines such as Elasticsearch, in an analytical or AI feature engineering context., • Demonstrated ability to design enterprise-grade AI systems with strong non-functional requirements: security, privacy, reliability, cost governance, and observability., • Experience communicating complex architectural decisions through written documents, diagrams, and presentations to diverse audiences. Desirable- • Background in the intellectual property, legal technology, or scientific information domain; familiarity with patent data structures and classification systems., • Knowledge of Responsible AI Principles., • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field., • Experience designing event-driven, cloud-native architectures using Kafka (or equivalent streaming platforms), including topic design, schema governance, and consumer patterns. Why Join Us? Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. Working for you We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days., • Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits, • Wellbeing programs, • Life assurance, • Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme, • Save As You Earn share option scheme., • Travel Season ticket loan., • Electric Vehicle Scheme, • Optional Dental Insurance, • Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children, • RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you., • Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer., • Access to extensive learning and development resources, • Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work About the Business At LexisNexis Intellectual Property (LNIP), we believe that whenever a person works on a patent and understands the future trajectory of a specific technology, that person has the potential to fundamentally change how society operates. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations, and ultimately achieve superior results. By harnessing the latest advances in machine learning combined with expert analysis, LexisNexis Intellectual Property is disrupting how actionable insight is extracted from patent data. Information can now be accessed with efficiency, accuracy and at a speed that is just not possible by traditional methods. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click _ to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. 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As the Optics Product Manager, you will be the day-to-day product owner for the MiTek Optics business management SaaS solution. You will translate customer, stakeholder and business needs into clear, prioritised product work for agile delivery teams, owning backlog health, feature definition, acceptance criteria, release readiness and feature-level quality. You will work closely with development, user-experience, customer-facing and product portfolio teams to ensure MiTek Optics delivers valuable capabilities for regional customers. As the Optics Product Manager, you will be the day-to-day product owner for the MiTek Optics business management SaaS solution. You will translate customer, stakeholder and business needs into clear, prioritised product work for agile delivery teams, owning backlog health, feature definition, acceptance criteria, release readiness and feature-level quality. You will work closely with development, user-experience, customer-facing and product portfolio teams to ensure MiTek Optics delivers valuable capabilities for regional customers. • Act as Scrum Product Owner for assigned Optics product areas, linking product decisions to team goals and customer outcomes, and aligning and motivating the scrum team through influence., • Maintain an ordered, understandable backlog, balancing value, risk, dependency, urgency and capacity so work is ready for delivery teams., • Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, feature requirements and supporting notes that reduce ambiguity for Dev and QA., • Collect and synthesize input from customers, implementation teams, support, regional stakeholders, telemetry and product usage data, and build domain knowledge across EMEA regional deployment contexts., • Assess whether increments are ready to ship, making necessary trade-offs while considering customer impact, quality, deployment readiness and stakeholder expectations., • Validate that delivered functionality solves the intended problem and meets agreed acceptance criteria before release to customers., • Provide concise, timely status updates and decision rationale, ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, trade-offs and delivery implications., • Partner with Product Portfolio Management on market-facing context, roadmap direction and go-to-market inputs, contributing product and delivery perspective to those decisions., • Help internal teams understand new functionality, release changes and the business/customer context behind features., • Identify and communicate product risks, including compliance, security, operational, financial and reputational risks, and track mitigations where appropriate., • Use approved AI tools responsibly to accelerate product work while maintaining quality and ownership, validating outputs, and following data-handling rules., • Experience working in a software development environment, ideally in an agile / scrum setting., • Strong organization and personal accountability, able to shield the delivery team from avoidable churn while keeping stakeholders informed., • Curiosity and analytical thinking; asking why, challenging assumptions and using evidence to improve decisions., • Adaptability; able to respond to changing product priorities, customer needs, delivery realities and ways of working., • Familiarity with software development concepts is beneficial., • Experience as a Scrum Product Owner, Software Product Manager, Business Analyst or closely related role., • Experience with Azure DevOps or comparable product backlog management tooling., • Experience working directly with customers or regional implementation teams in business management, construction, manufacturing, ERP, scheduling, logistics or adjacent domains., • Permanent, full-time role, based at MiTek’s Worcester office, • Collaborative, cross-functional environment., • Opportunity to shape a strategic SaaS product used by customers across EMEA., • Generous time off including Paid Time Off, 13 annual holidays, and volunteer time off, • Day One Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision Plans, • Family friendly benefits including Paid Caregiver Leave, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Reimbursement, • Performance/Incentive bonuses, • Career advancement, training opportunities, Employee Resource Groups, and tuition reimbursement, • Retirement programs including Matching 401(k) Contributions and Profit Sharing, • Employer paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance, • myFlexPay partner – allows you to track, manage and access your pay anytime MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. In 1955, MiTek transformed residential construction with the invention of the Gang-Nail plate and a digital platform that provided an affordable and scalable way to manufacture wood trusses. Today, MiTek delivers software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions that enable the building industry to improve efficiencies by optimizing the balance between off-site and on-site. With nearly 5,600 team members worldwide, MiTek collaborates across the building industry to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction to transform the way the industry designs, makes, and builds. As a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B) company since 2001, MiTek has a record of continuous growth and innovation. 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