Family Aide Worker

Bradford YMCA; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Opportunities to apply for other roles

Ongoing development within the role

Job summary

Bradford YMCA invites applications for a family support role focused on improving parenting capacity, access to employment/training, and children's attendance. The role involves working with families at home and after school hours to build skills and safety in daily life.

You will collaborate with services to connect families with CAMHS, befriending, youth services, and other supports, while maintaining accurate EHM records.

Responsibilities

• 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 to access services meeting their support needs (e.g. CAMHS, befriending, youth services)
• Direct work with parents to improve parenting capacity through access to targeted or specialist services (e.g. mental health, substance misuse, debt advice)
• Keep accurate records of support delivered on the Early Help Module (EHM) database

Job description

If you are looking for a meaningful job, a caring, progressive work environment and an opportunity to reach your fullest potential, consider a career with the YMCA.

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 school 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.
• Keep accurate records of support delivered on the Early Help Module (EHM) database

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.

Closing date for the role is Monday 16th November 2026 at 9:00am.

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.