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 time coordinator will support the Team Manager with the day to day running and development of the district wide family team, ensuring the highest standard of service is provided to front line teams who refer into the service and for the children and families the services work with. The post holder will support the development and facilitation of supervised contact services according to policy, procedure and guidelines always ensuring that safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to. Finally, the role will support the team managers to ensure that services are planned and delivered in a way that maximizes participation and reflects Children Rights in relation to the way that children, young people and families are worked with.
Key Responsibilities
- To assist the Team Manager in overseeing the development of the processes and procedures that support the functions of the Family Time team.
- To be responsible for the day-to-day management and supervision of Family Time Contact Supervisors within the team. To support the Team Manager with recruitment and selection, coaching, motivating, supporting, and challenging staff and to be responsible for your own, and their professional development through formal and informal, individual and group supervision, appraisal and undertaking training needs assessments as necessary.
- To be organised and able to prioritise and manage your own workload in a creative and flexible way ensuring that statutory requirements are met.
- To develop positive working relationships with Foster Carers and colleagues from a range of partner organisations, including Children’s Social Care, the Family Courts, and legal services.
- To undertake in-service audits, using this information to share learning from these with the wider team and create development plans, this may involve liaising with external training sessions if necessary.
- To support and oversee the quality assurance of recordings, reports, and assessments.
- To observe, critically reflect on situations and where necessary offer appropriate challenge to colleagues and families accessing the service making evidence-based child focused decisions, in complex situations on behalf of the Trust and to support others in developing these skills.
About You
- Substantial experience of working with children, young people and parents in a professional context. To have a knowledge of Family Time. Experience of working with all service user groups and with service users from the minority ethnic groups.
- Experience of supervising staff, students or volunteers.
- Experience of interpreting and applying safeguarding information relating to children and / or to adult services.
- Experience of child protection and childcare work and issues arising.
- NVQ 4 (prior to 2011) or Diploma 5 in Health & Social Care or Children & Young People or equivalent (e.g. relevant degree, Dip SW, RGN, Teaching, Youth and Community etc) as specified by the service. Equivalent must include work based assessed competencies working with children and families.
- NVQ 3 Health & Social Care or Children & Young People or equivalent and a willingness to study towards Diploma 5 in Health & Social Care or Children & Young People or equivalent
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
Closing date: 13th July 2025
Interview date: 24th and 25th July 25
Recruiter Contact Details: Sobia Akram - sobia.akram@bradfordcft.org.uk - Please contact for informal discussions
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.
