Job Introduction
It is an exciting time to join us in Bradford Children’s and Families Trust. We have a strong Senior Leadership Team who are focussed and have a clear vision to embed quality of practice across the Bradford District. Children are at the heart of everything we do. We are and continue to embed Trauma informed, relationship-based practice with focus on the Strengths based model, working with key partners across the district within our work with families and we have a clear model of care for the children and young people we look after.
We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our Quality Assurance Team, and we want to hear from you if you.
- Have excellent innovation skills to join us on our journey to excellence.
- Have the ability to work within and contribute to a team.
- Have a flexible approach when the need arises.
The role you would be coming to do
Within this role, you will drive and influence practice improvement by managing and leading learning and development activity across Bradford Children’s and Families Trust.
Within this role, you will drive and influence practice improvement by managing, developing and leading in high quality training programmes for practice within the Trust to improve the delivery of a good service for our children and families in Bradford. This role is also central to developing a culture of continues learning and development and building relationships with external partners.
You will also work closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that the findings from auditing is feeding into the learning and development activities as well as providing support to the development of Students and ASYEs.
The person we are looking for
We are looking for someone who has experience of learning and development services, including the development of training, identifying and understanding learning needs as well as being able to feedback to senior management the difference that the learning opportunities are making to the workforce.
You need to ensure that the child/young person’s voice is heard and is listened to alongside all key professionals working with children and young people. You need to be highly organised. You need to be highly professional, offering high support and high challenge to the practitioners and their teams across Bradford Children’s and Families Trust when sharing areas of strengths and areas of learning. You need to be able to evidence a sound knowledge of local and national policies and procedures and keep up to date with research and good practice.
Recognised Social Work Qualification
Registration with Social Work England
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
The closing date for applying for this post is: 23/1/2025
The panel are expecting to short list on 24/1/2025 with interviews to be held on 31/1/2025
Young People’s Panel TBC
If you would like to contact us with any questions about the role or working for Children & Families Trust, please do not hesitate to contact:
Anna Culver on 07483970750 or by e-mailing anna.culver@bradfordcft.org.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertake for this post.
