About Us

Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to enhance the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear, to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours.

So, if you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you!

List of Benefits:

• Generous Employer Contributions in a Local Government Pension Scheme
• Competitive salary and pay progression structure.
• Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay
• Supportive carer and parental policies
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
• Supportive staff networks
• Access to Blue Light Card Discounts
• Professional development/support
• Career Progression
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Social Worker Registration Fees paid
• Flexible Working/Hybrid options subject to service need

We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our expanding Safeguarding and Reviewing Unit and we want to hear from you if you: 

• Have excellent innovation skills to join us on our journey to excellence.
• Have the ability to work within and contribute to a team.
• Have a flexible approach when the need arises.

The role you would be coming to do:

To ensure that Bradford’s foster carers are operating to a high standard by undertaking independent, statutory reviews of all Bradford foster carers (including foster carers providing short breaks and friends and family foster carers) ensuring that key stakeholders (foster carers, children and young people, social workers, independent reviewing officers etc) and relevant professionals across agencies are fully consulted in the reviews.

To use their expert knowledge to perform a credible quality assurance function and to identify opportunities for learning, development, improvements and the achievement and maintenance of high standards of quality and efficiency in the services provided by Bradford Children and Families Trust.

To promote positive approaches to diversity and identity within the service and across the department, providing guidance and challenge as required, implementing policy development and decision making in line with overall service and legislative requirements.

The person we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who has experience of chairing meetings and quality assuring the delivery of services to Bradford’s foster carers. You need to be able to review foster carer’s ability operate effectively. You need to ensure that the child/young person’s voice is heard and is listened to alongside all key professionals working with children and young people. You need to be highly organised. You need to be highly professional, offering high support and high challenge to the fostering teams who supervise foster carers providing homes to children in care. You need to be able to evidence a sound knowledge of local and national policies and procedures and keep up to date with research and good practice. You will also hold the following:

• Recognised Social Work Qualification  
• Registration with Social Work England

Next Steps

For an informal Discussion about the role please contact Chris Reeves (Independent Reviewing Manager) on chris.reeves@bradfordcft.org.uk or 07582 101887 

Closing Date: 2nd March

Interview Date: 13th March   

Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. 

If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.  

An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.