Senior Navigator, Multiple Needs Navigator Service

The Bridge Project; Bradford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days annual leave

5% employer pension contribution

Learning & Development programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Death‑in‑service benefit

Refer‑a‑friend £500 bonus

Wellbeing time

Mindfulness activities

Blue Light Card access

Job summary

The Bridge Project in Bradford is seeking a Senior Navigator to lead a team delivering support to individuals with complex needs. The role involves managing a caseload while ensuring coordinated care packages are implemented and reviewed to support recovery and empowerment.

You will provide day-to-day leadership, supervise staff to high standards, and collaborate with the Service Manager to drive performance improvements within a Mindful Employer setting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in a vulnerable client setting.
• Understanding of trauma-informed approaches and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of Navigators to deliver coordinated care packages.
• Manage a caseload alongside Service Manager, ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Oversee supervision and development to maintain performance standards.
• Engage with service users to promote empowerment and recovery.

Skills

Team leadership

Trauma-informed care

Staff development

Caseload management

Job description

The Bridge Project is a Bradford based charity with over 35 years’ experience delivering services and projects addressing a range of issues such as drug and alcohol use, risk taking behaviours, relationships, housing, physical/mental health, and employment. We work with individuals, families, partners, and communities to improve people’s lives in a sustainable way, empowering people experiencing multiple barriers to achieve positive change.

We have an exciting opportunity within our well-established multiple needs navigator service for a permanent Senior Navigator, who will work with a team of Navigators delivering support to people who have multiple needs and find it difficult to engage. The service supports people with the most entrenched needs, within the domains of mental health, criminal justice, substance misuse, homelessness and physical health.

The successful candidate will be an experienced professional who can lead, inspire and develop a team and who has an understanding of trauma informed care approaches, along with the knowledge and experience of delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards.

You will be an ideal fit if you are great with teams, ensuring that the team stays focused and the service runs smoothly, making certain that staff working in the service produce comprehensive coordinated care packages with each service user that is implemented and reviewed. You will empower staff to promote hope, empowerment, choice and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.

In addition to carrying a caseload, the Senior Navigator will work with the Service Manager by demonstrating day-to-day leadership and performing a range of delegated tasks.

Bridge is a value driven organisation, and these strong values are the foundation of our organisation stability and are at the heart of what we do. It is essential that you have an understanding and can deliver on reflective/restorative supervision and case formulation supervision to a high standard.

A driving licence with access to a vehicle and fully comprehensive business insurance is essential for this role. A willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check is also a requirement of the post (the results of which would not necessarily exclude applicants from consideration).

Joining The Bridge Project means becoming part of a team that values you, your wellbeing, your growth, and your future. Alongside a rewarding career, you’ll enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive:

• Competitive salary that reflects your skills and contribution
• 32 days of annual leave to rest, recharge, and enjoy life outside work
• 5% employer pension contribution to support your long‑term financial security
• A dedicated Learning & Development programme to help you grow and progress
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice whenever you need it
• Death‑in‑service benefit worth three times your salary for added peace of mind
• Refer‑a‑friend bonus of £500 when you help us bring great people on board
• Two hours of monthly wellbeing time to pause, connect, and reset with your team
• A programme of mindfulness activities to boost focus on overall wellbeing
• Access to a Blue Light Card, giving you discounts across hundreds of retailers, restaurants, and leisure brands.

The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and to creating safe, inclusive services. All staff are expected to share this commitment

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Angela Berthebaud, Service Manager on [e-mail]

Closing Date: 9.00 am on Monday 5 October 2026

Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026

Interview Dates: Thursday 8 October 2026 & Friday 8 October 2026

Please note the above dates as we will be contacting candidates by telephone on the shortlisting date to invite them for interview.

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