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FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATES (THE FCA) Senior Participation Officer (Children & Families - Fostering) - Full Time Location: The Regional Office is in Sheffield and the successful candidate will be based here. There will be an expectation that if successful you will travel throughout the region that includes Yorks, Lincs, East Midlands and Northants. There will be some opportunity to work from home when relevant. Basic Salary: £28,500 Benefits: Company Car or £2,000 car allowance (pro rata), 30 days' Annual Leave (rising to 35 with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance x2, Employee Discount Scheme & On-site Parking 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. 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. Role responsibilities We are seeking someone who is passionate about working with children and young people and supporting them to make a difference in their community. This is an exciting opportunity that involves leading a dynamic team to deliver a service to children and families that puts young people at the forefront. We are looking for a confident individual who can share our vision and support us to develop the service. • To lead and manage a team in establishing strong consultation systems with foster children, foster carers and their birth children, through a programme of activities, events, and other creative mechanisms - ensuring their voices are heard, actions implemented and outcomes monitored through the Regional Service Improvement plan, • To work with the Registered Manager and regional management team in developing the agency's Participation Strategy, • To supervise two members of staff, • To lead on groups, events and activities specifically for children and young people, • Take an active and professional role in the continuing development of the Participation Service., • To represent the region in relation to Participation within the Polaris community and with external stakeholders, • Arranging activities and workshops for children in our care and children who foster, • Forge close and productive working relationships with colleagues, Foster Parents, external professionals and multi-agency networks, • Attendance at meetings with Professionals from Education, Health and Social Services sectors to support our Children and Young People's care plans, • Complete reports and maintain clear records, • Be aware of, and take responsibility for staying up to date with professional practice standards, legislation and company policy including confidentiality, GDPR, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, • Ideally you will have experience of working with children and young people, supporting and advocating to ensure their voices are heard, • Experience of fostering is not essential, however, experience of working with and/or understanding of children and young people who have experienced trauma, helping them to achieve positive outcomes, will be useful, • You will be expected to demonstrate passion and aspiration for our children and young people to help them reach their full potential, • You will have some previous experience of leading a team or projects to ensure the service is delivered, • Ideally you will possess a relevant qualification or evidence of formal training in childcare, childhood studies, education, social work, youth work, community work and/or psychology, • You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, with an ability to communicate with and present to children and adults and build strong connections., • You will need to demonstrate an ability to remain calm when under high levels of pressure, emotionally traumatic situations and when dealing with difficult or confrontational behaviour, • You will be expected to possess good written skills and IT skills to include Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) and databases, • You will need to have a full driving licence and unrestricted access to a vehicle For an informal discussion about this exciting role, please contact Jo Barrass - Fostering Service Manager on 07967 381036. No agencies please. Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by the jobcentre plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. PandoLogic. Category:Personal Care, Keywords:Foster Parent, Location:Sheffield, ENG-S2 5JA

FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATES (THE FCA) Participation Officer (Children & Families - Fostering) - Full- Time 35 Hours Location: The successful candidate will be expected to regularly travel to the regional office based in Sheffield. There will be an expectation that if successful you will travel throughout the region that includes Yorks, Lincs, East Midlands and Northants. There will be some opportunity to work from home when relevant. Basic Salary: £23,542.56 per annum Benefits: Company Car or £2,000 car allowance (pro rata), 30 days' Annual Leave (rising to 35 with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance x2, Employee Discount Scheme & On-site Parking 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. 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. Role responsibilities This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about working with children and supporting them to make a difference in their community. The successful candidate will be part of a small team supporting the delivery of the agency's Participation Service. • Arranging activities and workshops for children in our care and children who foster, • Planning family events and days out, • Forge close and productive working relationships with regional colleagues, Foster Parents, external professionals and multi-agency networks, • Attendance at meetings with Professionals from Education, Health and Social Services sectors to support our Children and Young People's care plans, • Maintain clear records, • Be aware of, and take responsibility for staying up to date with professional practice standards, legislation and company policy including confidentiality, GDPR, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, • Ideally you will have some experience of working with children and young people, supporting and advocating to ensure their voices are heard, • Some experience of working with and/or understanding of children and young people who have experienced trauma, helping them to achieve positive outcomes, will be useful, • Ideally you will possess a relevant qualification or evidence of formal training in childcare, childhood studies, education, social work, youth work, community work and/or psychology, • You will have excellent communication skills, with an ability to build a strong rapport with both children and adults with an array of different needs and expectations, • Able to remain calm when under high levels of pressure, emotionally traumatic situations and when dealing with difficult or confrontational behaviour, • Good written skills with Intermediate IT skills to include Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) and databases, • Have a full driving licence and unrestricted access to your own vehicle For an informal discussion about this exciting role, please contact Jo Barrass - Fostering Service Manager on 07967 381036. No agencies please. Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by the jobcentre plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. PandoLogic. Category:Personal Care, Keywords:Foster Parent, Location:Sheffield, ENG-S2 5HE

Role: HW Build Team Lead or electrical technicians looking for a step up! Location: Sheffield Salary: Competitive + Bonus Other benefits: Enrolment in the Annual company bonus scheme in first full FY Bonus based on profitability and growth of the company and awarded as a percentage of salary. As an example end of 2026 the bonus averaged as 2.5% of salary and we are expecting this to increase in coming yrs. ( we want emp to feel valued & owner mentality ). Onsite work at customer site bonus allowance for every 4 days onsite £100. e.g. every 10 weeks onsite would constitute an extra £1000 earned Must hold a full UK driving licence We are looking for an experienced Hardware Build Team Leader to join our growing team to carry out assembly and manufacture of bespoke control systems and instrument racks in a fast-paced and consistently varying environment. You’ll be part of our dynamic team that is responsible for developing bespoke hardware and software solutions, specialising in data acquisition, automated control and systems integration for customers across a broad range of industries. THE ROLE A Hardware Build Team Leader is a dual-purpose role that combines hands-on technical expertise with supervisory management. You will be responsible for your own project builds and the day-to-day coordination of electrical and light mechanical build activities, both in our workshop and onsite during project installation and commissioning. Other responsibilities include ensuring projects are completed on time & budget, to high-quality standards, and in strict compliance with electrical and safety regulations, through the effective supervision of team members, equipment, materials and suppliers. JOB PURPOSE To build electrical and mechanical projects, while being the lead of the electrical technicians team, managing daily workloads and ensuring efficient, safe, and high-quality hardware builds are delivered on time and budget. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Team Leadership: Act as the primary point of contact for electrical technicians, providing technical guidance, conducting performance reviews, and managing staff development through coaching, mentoring and training., • Operational Oversight: In conjunction with the Project Manager, plan and prioritise daily/weekly build schedules to achieve project deadlines and targets., • Workshop Management:, • Hands-on management of day-to-day activities in the workshop to ensure efficient and effective hardware builds,, • Manage & monitor workshop stock levels, and coordinate with purchasing for necessary parts, materials and tooling., • Overseeing the correct handling and booking in of materials, • Continually monitor and assess all department procedures and update as necessary., • Electro-Mechanical Assembly & Installation: Building sub-assemblies or complete systems to drawings and build procedures. The role will involve working both in-house at Sheffield Workshop and on-site at customer locations around the UK. Hardware build activities include: Panel layout and assembly. • Assembly of 19" rack systems., • Wiring harness and looms., • Wiring of control units and interface boxes., • Mechanical assembly, typically extruded aluminium frame assemblies and fixturing, requiring proficiency with basic machining, such as drilling, tapping, counter sinking, cutting, grinding, deburring etc, • Functional testing of works, including continuity and electrical test (PAT Testing, Earth Bonding), with pragmatic and efficient problem-solving skills., • On-site installations/pre-commissioning site fit out, including electrical installations (single and 3-phase), running and dressing cabling, which may include the use of height access equipment, and installing suitable containment, • Completing testing documentation, RAMS, site visit reports and maintaining accurate records of any modifications, deviations to design specifications., • Health & Safety: Responsible for the Health & Safety of all staff within the Engineering Workshop and on site, including completing RAMS documents and ensuring they are adhered to., • Maintaining a tidy and safe working environment, • Overseeing and managing the inspection and calibration of equipment and tools, • Technical Support: Maintain hands-on involvement in engineering tasks, such as complex diagnostics, repairs, or fabrication, while serving as an escalation point for technical blockers., • Hardware Design: Providing feedback and contributing to electrical and mechanical designs throughout the project lifecycle REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS • Experience: 5+ years of experience in an engineering workshop environment, with at least 1–2 years in a leadership or mentoring capacity., • Education: A recognised mechanical engineering qualification such as an NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds in Electrical Installations or Electrical Maintenance or equivalent. Technical skills (required recent hands-on experience & ability to lead, train and assess others) • Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and schematics., • Ability to interpret schematics and engineering drawings and make informed decisions on elements such as cable selection and effectively redline/update technical drawings., • Ability to lay out components on a back-plate to drawings and also in-line with previous builds or experience, including performing panel fabrication to a high standard, i.e. drill/cut/punch holes for cable entry, glands, connectors, indicators etc and other similar tasks., • IET Wiring Regulations 18th Edition., • Practical electrical debug experience and can demonstrate a pragmatic approach to problem-solving., • Experience of on-site installations, ideally including pre-planning and quality control., • Experience with mainstream PLCs (Siemens, Beckhoff, etc) based control hardware or NI instrumentation., • Applicants should demonstrate a sound knowledge of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and other relevant legislation, regulations, and safe practices., • General Health & Safety knowledge (Manual Handling, Work at Height, Asbestos Awareness, • etc.), • Strong IT ability, including use of email and Microsoft Teams and completion of electronic site survey documents and ideally familiar with eView from EPlan. CORE COMPETENCIES: • Calm and pragmatic approach to Lead & work under pressure to meet deadlines, achieving high work standards, in a dynamic environment, • Excellent attention to detail., • Ability to prioritise workload and juggle multiple tasks., • The ability to adapt and be flexible to the requirements of the project scope and deadlines. This may also include undertaking alternative jobs/duties within your existing or potential capabilities. This flexibility is essential for operational efficiency as the type and volume of work is always subject to change., • Excellent communication skills for leading, motivating & developing the build team, collaborating and liaising across internal departments, including senior management, and also external engagement with customers and suppliers., • Ability and confidence to represent the company professionally and communicate effectively with the customer when on site, providing timely updates and reassuring the customer when handling situations such as scope creep, or third-party impacts in a correct, professional and calm manner, in line with the company's core values., • Coaching & Mentorship: Training & guiding the hardware build team/electrical technicians, to develop build and problem-solving skills., • Must maintain a high quality of workmanship and have a desire for continuous improvement and a willingness to learn, • Strong time-management and organisation skills to ensure tasks are completed in line with the Schedule of Works. LOCATION: • Main working location will be Sheffield, where our main office and our workshop for hardware builds is located. There will also be regular travel to customer locations UK-wide, with potential trips outside the UK with advanced warning., • Flexibility to travel throughout the UK to customer sites, including at short notice, 50% of the time. OTHER: • Legal right to live and work in the UK. Valid passport for global travel., • Must hold a full, clean, valid UK driving licence and be insured to use own private vehicle for work travel. BENEFITS: • Competitive Salary., • Holiday 23 days, rising to 24 after 5 yrs service, plus optional Annual Leave buy-back scheme., • Health benefit cash plan scheme with access to 24hour online GP services, annual monetary contribution towards medical care such as physio, dental, optician, etc., • Employee assistance programme (EAP) offering access to advice and Counsellors for wellbeing, legal and financial., • Workplace pension., • Enrolment in the annual company bonus scheme, after first years’ service., • Employee referral scheme., • Cycle to work scheme. How to Apply Please email your CV to

Lead DevOps Engineer Pay up to £92,522 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. This is a real and significant DevOps leadership role in the UK's largest government department. Here you will have the freedom and autonomy to drive the development of our technical landscape and define what DevOps looks like in DWP DWP. Digital with Purpose. We're looking for someone who has the vision to lead multiple teams through the adoption of cutting-edge infrastructure and development technologies. You'll be a leading, expert voice in a DWP Digital community that is driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of public services. We have a unique purpose - putting better, more efficient services in the hands of DWP users. The scale of our engineering challenge is also huge: We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages. We run around 294 days' worth of testing every day through automation. Our APIs receive 173 million requests, and we spin up 280,000 AWS servers every month. Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK's adult population access our services daily. Over 100,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools and systems we roll out. We build and maintain systems behind payments worth over £195bn payments annually. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience of leading and supporting Engineers in multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment and sharing knowledge and good practice with the wider organisation. Significant experience of version control systems as well as building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines e.g. git with GitLab CI or Jenkins. Significant experience of Infrastructure-as-code and configuration of code for one or more cloud providers. Experience of containerisation and container orchestration. Experience of multiple scripting and/or programming languages (e.g. Bash, Python). Significant experience of the full life cycle of Azure cloud-based platforms and applications from designing, through deployment to supporting and operating in production, test and development environments. You and your role Our Lead DevOps Engineers lead and set the strategy as well as build our products and applications with researchers, testers, architects, analysts and designers as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams. You'll also be part of a supportive Engineering community of practice, with hundreds of engineering experts from across the UK, united by passion and purpose. We'll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham. Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £92,522. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just three stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Presentation: A short 10 minute presentation on how you would mature a DevOps culture across multiple multidisciplinary teams. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. TPBN1_UKTJ