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The Role:

The family contact worker role involves supervising family time. This means working with children, who are predominately looked after, along with immediate and extended family, to ensure that the time they spend together is safe, child appropriate and enjoyable. There is a requirement to complete written recordings of observations of family time which, when in proceedings, will be filed to Court. The written recordings are to be accurate, factual, and reflect the time the family have spent together. The family time team is a large team who work across Worcestershire. We facilitate family time sessions both within venues and within the community. This is a diverse role, and no day is the same.

Main Activities & Responsibilities:

• To supervise contact between children and their families as part of an assessment, plan or review.
• To carry out direct work and support children and their parents and/or other relatives/carers as part of an assessment, plan or review.
• To encourage and empower parents/carers to take responsibility for meeting needs of their children.
• To work in partnership with other agencies as part of the 'team around the family'.
• To work flexibly based on the needs of children and families.
• To undertake work outside of normal office hours and at weekends.
• To work one weekend each month on a rota basis.
• Where necessary to provide transport to children to and from the contact venue when required.
• To provide accurate and timely records of each supervised contact
• Work closely with Safeguarding Children and Families Social Workers as part of agreed plans for children.
• To comply with Safeguarding policies and procedures and keep written records and produce reports

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Requirements of the role

The Independent Football Regulator
We lead the Government's work on the future governance of football. At present, there is a Shadow Football Regulator made up of circa 60 members of staff, led by an interim Chief Operating Officer. This team will transfer out of DCMS to be the Independent Football Regulator in 2025, no earlier than October.

The team is currently undertaking a range of activities in preparation for the establishment of the IFR, which was created when the Football Governance Act became law in July.

While this role is being advertised through DCMS, it will be based in the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) and will not start until the IFR has been fully established as an independent body from 1 November 2025.

You will be employed on the terms and conditions of the Independent Football Regulator. Please see slide 10 on the candidate pack for more information.

Job Description
We are looking for a Supervision Manager to join the Independent Football Regulator (IFR)

The supervision function will sit at the heart of the Independent Football Regulator, undertaking core regulatory activity such as conducting financial analysis of the clubs, processing applications for licences as well as monitoring ongoing compliance with licence conditions and rules. It will also be a focal point for managing the IFR's relationship with the clubs it regulates.

Alongside the day-to day activity, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing the supervision function within the new organisation, building capability and the operational processes and controls necessary to ensure effective oversight of clubs within the scope of the new regulatory framework.

They will need to ensure close working with data, policy, legal and enforcement teams so that regulatory oversight is effective and coherent and that the IFR's board is supported to take robust regulatory decisions.

Person specification

Essential Requirements

• Experience of financial supervision or ensuring compliance in a regulated sector, demonstrating sound judgement.
• Demonstrating sound judgement and ability to reach evidence-based decisions, balancing a range of considerations and complex sources of information to ensure legally defensible outcomes.
• Strong delivery capability, successfully delivering at pace in a complex and high risk project / programme environment.
• Ability to influence direction and vision for the supervision function, setting it up for future success.
• A collaborative, stakeholder-focussed approach, with an ability to think creatively about new and emerging supervisory issue

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Location

Manchester

Contract type

Full time, Permanent

Profession

Manager, Supervision

Working pattern

Flexible working, Hybrid

Closing Date

13/10/2025