Family Aide Worker (Maternity Cover)

Family Aide Worker (Maternity Cover), YMCA Bradford. This is a part-time role at 22.5 per week (30 hours may be considered). The salary is £23,400 per annum FTE (£14,040 pro-rata). The role is fixed-term from December 2024 to September 2025 – Maternity Cover.

Job Reference – BRAD27

We are seeking individuals who are inspired by playing an important role in changing people’s lives and therefore communities. We are all about creating inspirational pathways and opportunities, opening doors and welcoming all to get involved and make a positive difference. Working with us means helping children, young people and families at all levels of ability, from all walks of life, to develop their self-esteem and potential in new ways.

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.

To the successful candidate we offer:

• Flexible working environment.
• Opportunities to apply for other internal roles.
• An opportunity to work for a company who offer on-going development within your role.
• The post holder must be aware of equal opportunity principles and comply with the YMCA’s equal opportunity procedures.
• Job Share will also be considered.

The post holder must be aware of equal opportunity principles and comply with the YMCA Bradford equal opportunity procedures.