Family Connector

Mencap; Bradford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization is looking for a Family Connector to help engage and connect with parent caregivers of children with SEND in Bradford. The role is part-time, fixed term for 5 months, requiring someone with lived experience and strong community development skills. This position involves supporting families, facilitating peer groups, and co-delivering community sessions. Benefits include extensive paid holidays and various perks.

Benefits

32 days paid holiday

Discounts at leading retailers

Access to health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Must be a parent or caregiver of a child with SEND.
• Experience in community engagement and support.
• Strong communication and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and empower families using personal experience.
• Facilitate peer groups and community networks.
• Co-deliver workshops with service providers.
• Promote co-production for better community support.
• Help families understand their rights.

Skills

Lived experience as a parent or caregiver of a child with SEND

Community development skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Knowledge of the SEND landscape

Information collation using MS Office

Job description

Job Advert

Do you have previous experience working with SEND families? Are you a strong communicator and planner? If so, we may have the perfect role for you. This is a fixed term (10 hours per week) contract for 5 months based in Bradford with travel across the area essential.

An exciting and highly rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Family Connector to join Mencap on a fixed-term contract, utilising lived experience to engage and connect with parent caregivers of children with SEND in their community. Working together alongside local services, you support families to thrive. Local knowledge of the Bradford City Centre SEND community offer will be very beneficial in this role.

Do you have the skills and experience to join us as a Family Connector? We’re seeking someone who:

• Is a parent or caregiver of a child with SEND
• Can support others and developing communities for the better
• Work as part of a team or in partnership Knowledge and experience of the SEND landscape and local assets
• Support group work/community engagement
• Collate information using MS Office (Word / Excel)
• Can coproduce activities with families of SEND children

Key responsibilities

• Use your lived experience to support and empower families
• Facilitate peer groups and community networks
• Co-deliver sessions with service providers
• Promote co-production to shape better community support
• Help families understand their rights through workshops
• Raise awareness of families with SEND children
• Gather feedback to measure impact and learning

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

This vacancy closes on Sunday 30th November, with interviews to be held week commencing Monday 8th December.

Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.

JOB ID: 35037

Benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We’re here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. · Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.