Job Introduction
Job Introduction
Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to bring a step change in 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. We are looking for passionate, driven and person-centred individuals committed making a positive difference to lives of children with learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions and their families. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience. You will be supported by a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes.
Working for the Bradford Children and Families Trust offers the opportunity to work with some great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it’s geography. You can make a real difference to families and children and be an active part in delivering the service Bradford families should receive.
Bradford Children and Families Trust are looking for dedicated and innovative Team Manager for a new multi-disciplinary Children’s Intensive Support Team to drive our services forward and to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of Children and Young People in Bradford becomes a reality. You will embrace a restorative culture of continuous learning and reflective practice that enables you to give the best in your role. If you’re up for the Challenge and want to help us achieve our vision, then we’d love to hear from you!
About the role:
As part of an exciting new service, we are looking to recruit a full time Team Manager with a high level of passion and drive to work within a multi-disciplinary intensive support team that has been developed to support children and young people with mental health difficulties and/or intellectual Disabilities and Autism. Within the role you will offer support that will help these children and young people to improve their daily functioning and help us achieve our aim of delivering improved outcomes for children, young people and families in Bradford. The role will enable you to provide an enhanced function that supports the work of our social work teams in the Children and Families Trust and the work of our core CAMHS Teams. If you have the enthusiasm, creativity, compassion and optimism for children and young people to live good quality lives in their own communities then we’d love to hear from you.
Here in Bradford, we lead from the front, and we know our most valuable resource is our staff, helping us to meet the needs of our communities. We have built a strong culture of listening to our staff and involving them to ensure every child receives the right help. Bradford is a great place to build and develop your career. You’ll be part of a Multi-Disciplinary team which includes a Social Care practitioners, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Nurse Specialist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Assistant Psychologist and Assistant Practitioner. To give you the best opportunity to excel you will be provided with robust professional and clinical supervision and multiple opportunities to develop your professional skills through an extensive training and support package, a manageable caseload that will enable you to make a difference and the backing of a supportive leadership team.
We would welcome discussion regarding this post in how it might work for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, manage and lead a multi-disciplinary team and to be directly responsible for the day to day management and supervision of the staff within the team. This includes participation in recruitment and selection, leading, coaching, motivating, supporting and challenging staff and to be responsible for their professional development through formal and informal supervision, appraisal and undertaking training needs assessments as necessary.
- Supporting the team to help and support families while managing and reducing risk.
- Offering reflective supervision to workers both child focused and personal.
- Supporting progression of your workers and tackling performance issues when needed.
- Performance monitoring of your team through audit activity, reflective group supervision and quality assurance activity.
- Undertake audit activity and disseminate identified learning.
- Undertake practice development projects with those who use our services, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Attendance at relevant partner agency meetings and service manager meetings.
- Implementing and supporting change within the team and offering a supportive and nurturing leadership style.
- Chairing multi-agency meetings and making decisions linked to a thorough understanding of safeguarding thresholds.
About you:
- Hold a DIPSW or equivalent qualification and registered with the Social Work England as a qualified social worker, with at least four years post qualifying experience.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Experience and expert in managing the delivery of quality outcomes for children and young people.
- An ability to build strong relationships with children, their families, colleagues, and partner agencies.
- Passionate about the development of others.
- Embrace change and strive for excellent practice placing children and young people at the heart of decision making; you have experience of tackling the most complex needs with enthusiasm drive and determination.
- An experience and understanding of relevant statutory and legal requirements to safeguard children and young people.
Benefits:
- Retention Payment Applicable – as part of this role you will be eligible for our annual retention payment, paid in 12 monthly instalments. This is non contractual (reviewed annually).
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund membership – with generous employer contributions
- 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 - 31 days and rises to max of 34 days with service. (plus, public holidays)
- Social Worker Registration fees paid
- Flexible working / hybrid options subject to service need
Want to know more?
If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Bradford Children and Families Trust feel free to contact David Stephens -David.stephens@bradfordcft.org.uk
Next Steps:
The closing date for this role is 5th October 2025 with interviews taking place on 15th October 2025. The interviews will be held at Shipley Town Hall and the panel will include David Stephens, Sandra Renga and Eleanor Hinchcliffe.
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.
