Family Time Coordinator
Salary: Grade PO1, SCPs 27 - 30 - £19,110 to £20,388.50 per annum (FTE £38,220 - £40,777), Permanent, 18.5 hours per week, Based in Bradford
About Us
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.
We are fully committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
About The Role
Our Family Time Coordinators support the Team Manager with the day to day running and development of the district wide family team, ensuring the highest standard of service is provided to front line teams who refer into the service and for the children and families the services work with. The post holder will support the development and facilitation of supervised contact services according to policy, procedure and guidelines always ensuring that safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to. Finally, the role will support the team managers to ensure that services are planned and delivered in a way that maximizes participation and reflects Children Rights in relation to the way that children, young people and families are worked with.
Key Responsibilities
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To assist the Team Manager in overseeing the development of the processes and procedures that support the functions of the Family Time team.
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To be responsible for the day-to-day management and supervision of Family Time Contact Supervisors within the team. To support the Team Manager with recruitment and selection, coaching, motivating, supporting, and challenging staff and to be responsible for your own, and their professional development through formal and informal, individual and group supervision, appraisal and undertaking training needs assessments as necessary.
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To be organised and able to prioritise and manage your own workload in a creative and flexible way ensuring that statutory requirements are met.
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To develop positive working relationships with Foster Carers and colleagues from a range of partner organisations, including Children’s Social Care, the Family Courts, and legal services.
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To undertake in-service audits, using this information to share learning from these with the wider team and create development plans, this may involve liaising with external training sessions if necessary.
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To support and oversee the quality assurance of recordings, reports, and assessments.
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To observe, critically reflect on situations and where necessary offer appropriate challenge to colleagues and families accessing the service making evidence-based child focused decisions, in complex situations on behalf of the Trust and to support others in developing these skills.
About You
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Substantial experience of working with children, young people and parents in a professional context. To have a knowledge of Family Time. Experience of working with all service user groups and with service users from the minority ethnic groups.
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Experience of supervising staff, students or volunteers.
Experience of interpreting and - ing safeguarding information relating to children and / or to adult services.
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Experience of child protection and childcare work and issues arising.
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NVQ 4 (prior to 2011) or Diploma 5 in Health & Social Care or Children & Young People or equivalent (e.g. relevant degree, Dip SW, RGN, Teaching, Youth and Community etc) as specified by the service. Equivalent must include work based assessed competencies working with children and families.
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:
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Generous annual leave - 31 days rising to 34 with service, plus bank holidays, with part-time entitlement calculated on a pro rata basis.
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Excellent Local Government pension
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Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave
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Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling
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Professional development and career progression opportunities
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We are a National Living Wage employer
For full details of our benefits, please see the attached ‘Our Benefits’ brochure.
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.
If you wish to discuss this role further, please contact Jo Else, Service Manager [email protected]
Closing Date: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 3rd September 2026
