ID: 1733 Children and Families Domestic Abuse Support Workers
1 X FTE
1 X 22.2 hrs over 3 days
Service: Survive and Thrive Domestic abuse Service
Salary: Grade 2, point 16-19: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum (£15,132.60 - £16,668.00 per annum, pro rata for 22.2 hrs)
Location: Based in Central Bradford, working across the Bradford District
Our main office is in Bradford city centre, however support sessions are delivered across the Bradford district.
Hours: One full time post (37 hours per week) and one part time post (22.2 hours per week over 3 days)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Fixed term – 12 months from start date. Extension of contracts subject to funding
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
The Survive and Thrive Integrated Children’s Service provides specialist support to children, young people and families affected by domestic abuse. We are seeking a Domestic Abuse Support Worker to deliver trauma-informed support to children and young people, helping to reduce the impact of trauma and support the rebuilding of safe, healthy relationships following domestic abuse.
Main Responsibilities:
• Completing whole family assessments to identify need
• Building support plans with families to address the impact of domestic abuse
• Delivering trauma informed interventions with children, young people and their families
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Experience of working directly with children, young people and their families where there has been domestic abuse.
• An understanding and experience of trauma informed approaches to working with children and families
• Experience of safeguarding risk assessment, identifying safeguarding concerns and following procedures
Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Child Workforce Child Barred Lists
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Monday 6th April 2026 at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Monday 20th April 2026.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: moji.alaiyemola@family-action.org.uk
All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
