Bradford, West Yorkshire
Circa £33,300 per annum
Permanent, Full Time working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Baby Steps a 'relationships-based' antenatal parent education programme, mostly delivered in a group setting. Baby Steps is particularly suitable for vulnerable and socially excluded parents who often face additional challenges and 'overload' in pregnancy and in early parenting. This is the group that the Better Start Bradford Baby Steps is designed for. Parents join in mid pregnancy and continue till around 2 months after their baby is born. The Baby Steps programme was developed by the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children [NSPCC] nationally and has previously been delivered by their local service throughout the Bradford district.

As a Service Coordinator, you will be managing and leading a team to provide a wide range of services to children, young people and families, enabling positive outcomes to be achieved.

You will make a difference by:

- Leading as well as covering the delivery of the Baby Steps Project if cover is unavailable.
- Ensuring there is a strategic drive of the service at all times.
- Attending multi agency meetings with commissioners and other stakeholders.
- Ensuring safeguarding policies and procedures are in place across the service.
- Building and supporting a strong team by line managing, supervising and training them to achieve positive outcomes.

You will need:

- To be Midwife Qualified.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Previous experience in a supervisory role.
- Previous experience working with parents is Essential.
- Previous experience delivering parenting programmes would be an advantage.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

Interviews will be held on 28th of September 2020.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.