Senior Family Support Worker (Bradford West)

The role

We are looking to appoint a Senior Family Support Worker with direct experience of carrying out assessment, planning and intervention with children and families. Our Children, Young People and Families team deliver whole family work and one2one work with children, young people and parents in a variety of settings including family homes, schools, youth and community settings.

Key purpose of the role:

• To hold and support families that are classified as getting more Early Help within the Bradford District Safeguarding Children Partnership Continuum of Need and Risk Identification Guidance 
• To engage children and families and carry out comprehensive assessment and planning using analysis which is led by the family.   
• To engage and work in partnership with other professionals involved with the children and families to deliver tailored intervention that makes a positive difference.   
• To understand and work within Early Help policies and procedures appropriate to children and families.   
• Using your experience and track record of achieving high levels of engagement with families presenting with complex needs, provide peer support, mentoring and development to the Family Support Team assisting their development. 
• To support the Team Manager to manage workflow including family allocations, discussions and assessment of safeguarding risk. 
•  Support performance using information from Family Support Scorecard, key performance indicators and audits 
• Deputise in the absence of the Team Manager, attending meetings and supporting the team.   

About you

Are you inspired by playing an important role in changing people’s lives? Do you have over 3 years experience of high quality delivery within a relevant area, where you have also provided support to colleagues and a minimum L3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent? Interested in applying?

To apply

Closing date for the role is 9am Tuesday 26th May 2026. Applications submitted and/or received after this time will not be considered.

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Please complete the Equal Opportunities Form along with your application

Job Reference: BRAD44

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving, we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 14 working days of the closing date, please consider you application unsuccessful at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

The benefits

Salary £32,000

To the successful candidate we offer:

• Flexible working environment
• Comprehensive induction and essential training courses provided relating to the job role
• An opportunity to work for a company who offer on-going development within your role
• Opportunities to apply for other internal roles
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days (excluding bank holidays)
• The post holder must be aware of equal opportunity principles and comply with the YMCA Bradford equal opportunity procedures.

This post involves work in the community and travel within the Bradford West Locality. The successful candidate will work from our office base with some hybrid work possible as appropriate to the role

Job Pilot: This is a new and developmental role within the VCS Early Help Family Support model and will initially operate as a pilot until 31 March 2027. This will allow time to review the role’s impact, scope, and overall viability.

During the pilot period, the role will continue to develop across the partnership, informed by learning and evaluation. Subject to performance, learning from the pilot, role viability, and funding agreement from the Trust, it is anticipated that there will be a proposal for permanent Senior roles to be created within the staffing structure following this initial pilot period.