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YMCA Bradford - Family Aide Worker

Bradford Council • Full-time • BD1 2EP, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England • max £26,227 / year • 2w ago

Job Introduction

Family Aide Worker

YMCA Bradford

Full-Time – 37.5 per week

£26,227.50 per annum

Job Reference – BRAD45

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.

JobPurpose:

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.

For an application pack for the above role, please visit https://bradfordymca.org.uk/ymca-vacancies/ or https://www.ymca-fyldecoast.org/about-ymca-fylde-coast/careers-at-ymca-fylde-coast/

Closing date for the role is Monday 14th September 2026 at 9:00am. Applications received after this time will not be considered. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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.

Attached documents

1. Job Pack - Family Aide Worker - YMCA Bradford.pdf

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