Job Introduction
We currently have a full time 37 Hours opportunity for a Team Manager. You will be supporting a team of community resources workers working with parents in pre-proceedings where domestic abuse is a concern and there have a child either under one or who are expecting a baby.
The Born into Care research revealed a concerning rise in newborns entering care proceedings, with cases in England and Wales increasing. Also, troubling were statistics showing that in 2019/20, 86.3% of newborn cases in England and 74.8% in Wales involved short-notice hearings.
A significant proportion of these parents were also in care as children. Broadhurst et al. (2017) found that 40% of mothers experiencing recurrent care proceedings had looked after status as children. This gives the state an additional moral and ethical responsibility towards these parents, as corporate parent and grandparent.
These patterns reflect a growing need for holistic, multi-agency, ‘personalised’ support for parents who experience separation from their children to help them make lasting changes and build more positive futures for themselves and their families, whether or whether not they are able to care for their children themselves
You will deliver a planned and focused intensive intervention utilising trauma informed approaches to coordinate and ensure delivery of individualised support packages to help parents to build strength, resilience, overcome challenges, gain confidence and acquire the personal and social assets to move forwards in their lives to become safer adults and parents.
The role will require you to support work directly with parents and building relationships and trust with. This really is a hands on role and at the frontline of ensuring that every child has the best start in life.
Our strategic vision and values https://www.bradfordcft.org.uk/about-us/our-vision-and-values/ are upheld across the Trust, fostering a reliable and supportive environment for both staff and the children in our care.
Our approach is rooted in restorative and relational practice, fostering trust, mutual respect, and meaningful relationships with children, families, and professional
Key Responsibilities
- Managing a team of 6 community resources workers.
- Supporting community resources workers to help and support families and reduce 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 are registered with the Social Work England as a qualified social worker, with at least four years post qualifying experience.
- Be registered with Social Work England (Formerly HCPC) as a qualified Social Worker
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Experienced 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
You’ll also be joining an organisation that truly values its people, offering a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance, including:
- Retention Payment: You will be eligible for our annual retention payment, paid in 12 monthly instalments. This is non contractual (reviewed annually)
- Generous annual leave - 31 days rising to 34 with service, plus bank holidays
- Excellent Local Government pension
- Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave
- Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling
- Professional development and career progression opportunities
- we are a National Living Wage employer
For full details of our benefits, please see the attached ‘Our Benefits’ brochure.
Want to know More
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Sarah Metcalfe at sarah.metcalfe@bradfordcft.org
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.
Closing Date – 19th July 2026
Interview Date - TBC
