Family Aide Worker (Maternity Cover)

The role

We are looking to appoint a dynamic individual to join our Children, Young People and Families team to deliver family support in a variety of settings including family homes, schools, youth and community settings.

Job Purpose

To provide, practical family support which improves parenting capacity, access to employment and training and educational attendance of children in line with Bradford Early Help targets and outcomes.
To work with parents and their children in their homes, outside of core office hours, to increase the skills, confidence and abilities of all family members to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way.
This will involve
• Support parents to implement routines and boundaries with their children
• Support parents to ensure their children attend school. This could involve directly taking children & YP to school initially and then monitoring progress as routines are established and consolidated
• Direct work with children and young people in order to support access (by making referrals and support attendance) to services that will meet their support needs e.g, CAMHS, befriending, youth services
• Direct work with parents to support their capacity to parent through access to targeted / specialist services which meet their needs e.g. mental health, substance misuse, debt advice

About you

Are you inspired by playing an important role in changing people’s lives? Do you have experience of working to holistically address identified needs of children/young people aged 0-19 in paid or voluntary capacity and a minimum L2 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent? Interested in applying?

To apply

Closing date for the role is Monday 9th December 2024 9:00am. Applications submitted and/or received after this time will not be considered.

To complete an Application Form please click on the Apply Now button

Please return the Equal Opportunities Form and back page of the Privacy Notice to – Bradfordrecruitment@fyldecoastymca.org

Job Reference: BRAD27

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 £23,400 Full Time Equivalent

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.
• Job Share will also be considered