Programme Lead - Families First Reform

Teqniq is searching for a Programme Lead - Families First Reform to work in the public sector.

37 hours per week.

3 months contract.

09:00-17:00

Job Description:

As the Programme Lead you will effectively manage delivery and coordination of our flagship Families First Reform Programme — a high-impact, high-profile transformation initiative that will shape the future of family support and children’s social care in Bradford and across the country. This role combines technical expertise with strategic oversight of portfolio, programme, and project management, ensuring alignment with the priorities.

The purpose of the role is to work in the Children, Young People and Education (CYPE) directorate and multi-agency stakeholders (Police, Education, Health, etc) to facilitate change and improvements for children, young people and families by managing the implementation of Children Services system change as described in the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill; through designing, coordinating, overseeing, and executing of a multiagency delivery plan, to ensure Bradford Children and Families Trust deliver a family support offer and multi-agency child protection teams. The role will ensure that Children Services are set up as a single integrated system that supports the wellbeing of and protects all children from significant harm, inside and outside of the home. The role will ensure the programme is delivered to meet the national statutory guidance for Families First to a developed model by April 2027. This will require working closely with key partnerships including Health, Police and the voluntary and community sector. The role includes budget oversight of any grant money, oversight of the progress of the delivery plan and monitoring and evaluation. The role will work closely with senior managers within Trust services and external partners reporting on progress of the delivery plan to governing boards and government departments.

• Accountable for team management, business planning, workforce planning budget management and future direction of the Families First Programme Team
• Providing day-to-day programme management to manage the design and implementation of the Families First model in Bradford Main duties and Responsibilities
• Advise on appropriate application of project delivery tools, lessons learnt and resources, to suit the needs of the Families First Programme
• Collaboratively design programme and project strategy, governance, methodology, evaluation and plans in a way that generates buy in and collective ownership to ensure the succeeds at all levels
• Lead, coach and coordinate multi-disciplinary and sometimes multi-partner workstreams - coordinating tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring the project team is working effectively
• Provide expert advice, guidance and training to colleagues working across programme in relation to project and change management
• Lead the monitoring of the progress of the Families First programme, leading the resolution of programme issues, identifying scope for improvement to the current programme or any problems or constraints as determined by legislation, national and local policy, and initiatives, in order to develop programme proposals and business cases which support agreed and changing objectives
• Lead and coordinate on stakeholder engagement internal within BCFT and externally with our partners, incl. Health services, Police, Members, parents, schools, young people, DfE etc
• Lead on promoting Families First reforms within BCFT and across partner agencies to ensure full user and stakeholder participation in the development of appropriate initiatives. This may include the drafting of project reports, briefing papers and presentations
• Manage the development of the business case that meaningfully makes the case for change or investment in certain services and initiatives that align the Trust and Directorates strategic objectives

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