Job Introduction
Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to enhance the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear, to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours.
So, if you’re up for the Challenge we’d love to hear from you!
About The Role
The Family Group conferencing team (FCG) offer FCGs with Families to support and build family networks to keep children safe. The FCG team manager is responsible for managing the FCG Service and staff including the FCG Coordinators. The Post holder will support and contribute to the development of the scope and vision for the service ensuring that the family group conferences are used to strengthen families.
Key Responsibilities
- To ensure effective leadership, management and supervision of the FGC coordinators and any other relevant staff in the team.
- To be responsible for the planning, coordination facilitation and review of Family Group Conferences in a way that ensures the key principles of FGC are observed and contribute appropriately to the outcomes for children and their families from a diversity of backgrounds.
- When relevant, recruit and train new FGC coordinators to required standards.
- Provide high quality leadership and direction to FGC staff, setting out the team goals and plan and making it clear how they support the fundamental purpose and contribute to the wider Trust’s values, strategies and plans.
- To ensure that requests for FGC’s are allocated among the coordinators in a timely manner.
- To support and contribute to the development of and vision for the service and ensure that Family Group Conferences are used to strengthen family involvement and relational ways of working with families, to safely achieve best outcomes for children.
- To use qualitative and quantitative data to provide regular reports on the team and its effectiveness of the FGC service to be used to support service improvement, making recommendations for change and be responsible for taking action to improve standards as required.
- To contribute to the development, implementation and review of FGC policies and procedures ensuring accurate representation in the context of relevant legislation and statutory guidance.
- To ensure the quality of the service is of a high standard and meets departmental policies and guidelines, including being sensitive to the diversity of needs across the district.
- To oversee the FGC process and ensure the key principles of FGC are observed and contribute to better outcomes for children and their families.
About You
- Substantial and recent experience of managing staff and/or students working directly with children and families.
- Experience of liaising with other professionals and working as a part of multi-agency groups.
- Experience of managing, motivating and empowering staff to achieve improvement
- A relevant professional, academic or management qualification minimum NVQ Level 5 and/or able to demonstrate equivalent experience and evidence of on-going training and CDP.
- Substantial years’ experience working in a relevant role is desirable and relevant years’ experience in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
- To have completed Family Group Conference facilitator training through an accredited organisation.
List of Benefits:
- Generous Employer Contributions in a Local Government Pension Scheme
- Competitive salary and pay progression structure.
- Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay
- Supportive carer and parental policies
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
- Supportive staff networks
- Access to Blue Light Card Discounts
- Professional development/support
- Career Progression
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement
- Social Worker Registration Fees paid
- Flexible Working/Hybrid options subject to service need
Next Steps
The closing date for this role is 2nd June with interviews taking place during 23rd June. For any queries, please contact Jo Else on jo.else@bradfordcft.org.uk or call 07890971289.
Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.