THE BRIDGE PROJECT

The Bridge Project is currently looking to recruit a Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Navigator, to work within our Bradford RESET service. The Bradford RESET service, which stands for Recognising, Engaging and Supporting Everyone to Transform, officially launched on April 1st, 2025. This innovative service brings a trauma-informed approach to support individuals who have caused or who are causing harm in their intimate and/ or family relationships and for those with additional complex needs within our community. Bradford RESET is led by Bridge in partnership with Create Strength Group.

This is an exciting role, taking referrals and working with people who are identified as but may not self-identify as perpetrators of domestic abuse. Referrals into this element of Bradford RESET will come through two routes, 1. the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) Police Team who are based within the DA Unit – for standard and medium risk cases and, 2. the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) – high risk cases.

Specifically, the post holder will work with standard, through to high-risk people harming in their intimate and/or family relationships. The primary role is to proactively engage and provide trauma informed motivational intervention and prevention to perpetrators, identifying their strengths and areas of unmet need and navigate people into a wide range of health and wellbeing services to meet these needs.  Once fully engaged in services and a reduction/ cessation of offending has been achieved, the post holder will work to engage the person into the longer-term support element of the Bradford RESET service. This will evolve clear transition processes to ensure full engagement, aimed at longer term cessation of offending and improved wellbeing.

The successful candidate will:

• Provide aspirational person-centred, trauma informed support through building a trusting relationship with the person to start to address issues that contribute to incidents of abuse.
• Proactivity and intensively conduct face to face work with the perpetrator to build all the networks of support that wrap around the individual to facilitate recovery, building and sustaining hope.

This is a full-time, fixed term contract until at least 31 March 2026, and expected to be longer term subject to funding.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic practitioner, who is positive and enthusiastic. The post is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring check (the results of which would not necessarily exclude applicants from consideration).  The postholder requires a full driving licence, access to a vehicle and business insurance for work related purposes.

In return, as well as a rewarding career, we can offer a competitive salary, 4% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, an L&D programme, employee assistance scheme, life insurance, a monthly team wellbeing session and a programme of mindfulness activities for staff. The Bridge Project is a Mindful Employer.

If you have any further questions and would like to speak to someone about the role, please contact Shelley Pawson, Service Manager to arrange this on shelley.pawson@thebridgeproject.org.uk

No CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.

There is no closing date, the vacancy will be removed on appointment.  Please apply promptly.

 

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Working in partnership, Waythrough and the Bridge Project, are providing temporary accommodation on behalf of Bradford Metropolitan District Council as part of their Bradford Temporary Accommodation Service. Our service supports women who present as homeless to the Local Authority.

As a Support Coordinator, you will support women around their housing needs, including: applying for housing, multi-agency working, signposting, completing risk assessments and more. Roles are based in Bradford and Keighley and involve supporting women who were homeless and have a history or risk of offending now living in temporary accommodation. You will provide flexible support, in groups or one to one, along with housing management support within our managed properties.

At Bridge and Waythrough, we believe in providing comprehensive training to ensure that our team members have the skills and knowledge necessary to fulfil their roles. So, if you have a passion for making a positive impact on people’s lives but lack some of the necessary skills, we encourage you to apply.

About you…

• Experience of supporting vulnerable people is essential.
• Knowledge of the causes of alcohol/substance misuse, mental health and homelessness.
• Experience of support planning and risk assessing is desirable.
• Knowledge of housing options available and relevant legislation is desirable.
• A full UK driving licence, access to a vehicle with business insurance, is essential for this role.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact Peter Roebuck, Deputy Director of Supported Housing on peter.roebuck@newvisionbradford.org.uk to arrange this.

In return, as well as a rewarding career, we can offer a competitive salary, 4% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, an L&D programme, employee assistance scheme, life insurance, a monthly team wellbeing session and a programme of mindfulness activities for staff. The Bridge Project is a Mindful Employer.

You must complete the Bridge Project’s application form in order to be considered for the role.  The application form plays a key part in our recruitment and selection process.  We use the information you provide about your skills, experience, career and education history to decide whether or not to invite you for an interview.  It is important that you complete the application form as fully and accurately as possible, ensuring that you give specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the criteria.

No CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.

There is no closing date, the vacancy will be removed on appointment. so please apply promptly.

 

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We’re pleased to announce an excellent opportunity for a Liaison Caseworker to join our Lotus Project. The Bridge Project has been providing support since 1983. We work with individuals, families and communities to improve people’s lives in a sustainable way, recognising that solutions are often complex. Today we have a strong staff team of 110 dedicated individuals who address a range of issues such as homelessness, substance misuse, sex working, housing, employment and lots more.

The aim of the Lotus Project is to engage and support individuals, of any gender, to divert from or exit from sex work through a range of support infrastructures for themselves and their families. You will contribute to this through proactive engagement with our clients, by undertaking needs led assessments and providing a fully mobilised comprehensive package of support that will assist individuals to work towards and make a positive sustained exit. You will support individuals who have multiple needs and who may also be experiencing a significant myriad of risks making it crucial that you are able to work with them in a flexible, responsive manner to militate against the risks. This will require you to work with a diverse range of services and to operate within a multidisciplinary delivery model ensuring that a proactive service is provided to the client group.

It is important that you are able to establish, maintain and develop positive and productive working relationships with a wide range of partner agencies in Bradford, and provide advice on good practice issues related to working with this vulnerable client group.

We are looking for someone who has a minimum of 2 years full-time experience in direct casework delivery for individuals with multiple needs.   You will be highly organised with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of the team to ensure a high-quality service is maintained.  The role is a full-time permanent position.  It is essential that you have a driving licence with access to a vehicle and business insurance.  A willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check is also a requirement of the post.

If you are passionate about what we do and would thrive working as part of our supportive and positive staff team, we’d love to hear from you.

In return, as well as a rewarding career, we can offer a competitive salary, 4% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, employee assistance scheme, life insurance, a monthly team wellbeing session and a programme of mindfulness activities for staff. The Bridge Project is a Mindful Employer.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact either Lisa Batty, Senior Lotus Caseworker on lisa.batty@thebridgeproject.org.uk or Shelley Pawson, Service Manager on shelley.pawson@thebridgeproject.org.uk to arrange this.

You must complete the Bridge Project’s application form in order to be considered for the role.  The application form plays a key part in our recruitment and selection process.  We use the information you provide about your skills, experience, career and education history to decide whether or not to invite you for an interview.  It is important that you complete the application form as fully and accurately as possible, ensuring that you give specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the criteria.

No CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.

There is no closing date.  Please apply promptly as the role will be taken down on appointment.

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Are you a Recovery Worker looking for a new role, if so we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for two Recovery Workers, one to cover maternity leave until July 2026 working 26 hours in the Early Interventions Team and a full-time permanent role working 37.5 hours within the Treatment Team.

New Vision Bradford is a partnership between the Bridge Project, Project 6 and Waythrough. Under this umbrella, the partnership delivers an adult substance misuse service for the Bradford and Craven District, aiming to help people tackle the misuse of alcohol and drugs and reduce risk taking behaviours through dedicated prevention, intervention, and support.

This role will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality substance misuse treatment provision by supporting service users from point of entry into the service and throughout their treatment and recovery journey. You will play a crucial role acting as the main care coordinator for an assigned group of service users, providing screening, asset mapping, comprehensive assessments, recovery planning and reviews of care.

In order to be considered for this role you will need 2 years’ full time experience of working with people with alcohol and/or drug problems and/or people with complex and multiple needs within the last 4 years, as well as being able to demonstrate experience of case management and delivering care coordination in substance misuse or a directly related field.

We are looking for someone who is committed and passionate in this field of work and what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to help change lives. You will be highly organised with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of the team with a co-operative approach to supporting colleagues delivering the service objectives to ensure a high-quality service is maintained, whilst applying your knowledge and understanding of drug and alcohol issues.

There is an element of flexibility around working hours required by the postholder. A willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check is also a requirement of the post.

In return, as well as a rewarding career, we can offer a competitive salary, 4% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, a learning and development programme, employee assistance scheme, life insurance, a monthly team wellbeing session and a programme of mindfulness activities for staff. The Bridge Project is a Mindful Employer.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the roles, please contact Vicky Verrechio on victoria.verrechio@newvisionbradford.org.uk

You must complete the Bridge Project’s application form in order to be considered for the role.  The application form plays a key part in our recruitment and selection process.  We use the information you provide about your skills, experience, career and education history to decide whether or not to invite you for an interview.  It is important that you complete the application form as fully and accurately as possible, ensuring that you give specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the criteria.

No CV’s are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.

There is no closing date.  Applications will be reviewed on submission.  Please apply promptly as the advert will close on recruitment.

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Trustee Opportunity for a Person with Expertise in Registered Social Housing

We’re looking for a dedicated volunteer Trustee to join our Board and help steer our organisation through its next chapter of growth and impact.

The Bridge Project is a well-established Bradford based charity with over 35 years’ experience delivering services and projects addressing a range of issues such as drug and alcohol use, risk taking behaviours, relationships, housing, physical/mental health, and employment. We work with individuals, families, partners, and communities to improve people’s lives in a sustainable way, empowering people experiencing multiple barriers to achieve positive change. Our aim is to develop our social housing arm and become a registered provider by the end of 2026.

We currently employ over 120 staff, 40% of whom are ‘experts by experience’ and have joined us through our volunteering programme. We are recognised as being innovative and recovery focused, and our services have been highlighted nationally as examples of best practice in the sector. Our portfolio of services and projects are constantly evolving in response to the changing needs of our service users and our local communities. Currently this includes recovery focussed drug treatment services, housing and resettlement support, access to education, training, and employment (ETE), volunteering programmes, support for people engaged with criminal justice services and befriending/mentoring services for people with significant barriers to recovery and community reengagement.

What We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from individuals with:

• Proven experience in registered social housing (e.g. development, regulation, tenancy management, policy, finance).
• An understanding of governance, compliance, and risk in the social housing sector.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Strategic thinking and collaborative leadership.
• Ideally able to travel to meetings in Bradford, but due to the specialist nature of the appointment it is possible to attend meetings virtually, so the ideal candidate could live anywhere in the UK.

Your Role as Trustee

As a Trustee, you’ll:

• Contribute to strategic decision-making and oversight.
• Ensure our services remain high-quality, ethical, and financially sustainable.
• Champion our mission to empower people experiencing multiple disadvantages, to enable positive change in their lives.
• Attend quarterly board meetings and sub-committees.

 Why Join Us?

• Make a tangible impact on peoples’ lives.
• Collaborate with a passionate and diverse board.
• Gain experience in nonprofit governance and leadership.
• Be part of an organisation that values innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

How to Apply

In the first instance, please contact the Chief Executive Jon Royle for further information, jon.royle@thebridgeproject.org.uk – at this initial stage, please do not complete an on-line application.

 

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About the role and service

Bradford RESET service, which stands for Recognising, Engaging and Supporting Everyone to Transform. This innovative service brings a trauma-informed approach to support individuals who have caused or who are causing harm in their intimate and/ or family relationships and their families and for victims with additional complex needs referred through the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)

Bradford RESET uniquely combines our Navigator existing services focused on domestic abuse, delivered by Bridge, with an extensive new programme offer for individuals aged 16 and over who cause harm. This integration creates a vibrant opportunity for Bradford to tackle the underlying causes of domestic abuse by providing effective, therapeutic, and proactive support. We recognise the importance of holistic family wellness and safety, offering therapeutic support for entire families affected by the behaviours of individuals involved in the programme.

This post is for a MARAC Navigator and focusses on a selected group of victim cases that return to the MARAC due to repeated high-risk domestic abuse incidents where engagement with either the victim or perpetrator in the co-ordinated action plan has been unsuccessful.   The MARAC Navigators will receive all referrals from the MARAC meetings, working with a small caseload of typically 10 cases each.  MARAC Navigator will aim to:

• Provide aspirational person-centred support through building a trusting relationship with the victim
• Pathway any cohobating people who harm to a navigator within the people who harm element of the Bradford RESET service to enable them to address issues that contribute to incidents of abuse
• Proactivity and intensively conduct face to face work with the victim to build all the networks of support that wrap around the individual to facilitate recovery, building and sustaining hope
• Work as part of a wider team to build and evidence what future support should look like.

A Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) is a weekly meeting where information is shared on the highest risk domestic abuse cases between representatives of local police, health, child protection, housing practitioners, Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs), probation and other specialists from the statutory and voluntary sectors. At the heart of a MARAC is the working assumption that no single agency or individual can see the complete picture of the life of a victim or perpetrator and any children, but all may have insights that are crucial to their safety. After sharing all relevant information, they have about a victim, any children and the perpetrator, the representatives discuss options for increasing safety and turn these into a co-ordinated action plan.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assertively make face to face contact and proactively engage with referred individuals through all routes such as, meeting at an individual home, Bridge Project, friends or family members home or any agreed place.
• Provide creative person-centred trauma informed solutions to the unmet needs of individuals who are hard to reach and engage.
• Build a trusted, motivational and highly supportive relationship, individualising support through undertaking a mutually agreed personalised review of their strengths and support needs and levels of wider social and community engagement.
• Mutually identify and work together to overcome barriers and access a wide range of health and wellbeing services, providing appropriate advocacy. Working in a trauma informed way, use high support techniques to affect recognition of DA and individuals to achieve their goals
• Proactively link and practically support individuals into the agreed appropriate agencies, services and community assets relevant to their expressed needs and the level of risk e.g. physical and mental health, sexual health, housing, drug and alcohol services, benefit claims, criminal justice services, employment, training and education programmes and any specialist support services as required etc. this will include transporting people to their appointments.
• Liaise on a regular basis with the Police DA&SV team to discuss and review cases.
• Maintain appropriate case notes and administrative systems linked to the programme, including maintaining programme data performance/ evaluation systems.
• Produce high quality, accurate written reports and letters of support as and when required, this routinely includes reports for multi-agency bodies and letters outlining individual support needs as part of the overall package of care.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with a full range of partner organisations, services and community programmes, colleagues and assets.
• Attend project governance case review meetings, applying risk analysis skills and contributing to the exchange of relevant risk information, problem solve to make positive appropriate case direction decisions.
• Provide a pro-active response to any repeated incidence of domestic abuse working directly within the local multi-agency framework including MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse.
• Apply reflective practice skills to evaluate work carried out.
• Contribute to training needs of other workers in this field.
• Participate in personal and professional development, updating knowledge as appropriate.
• Fully participate in all of Bridge’s supervision and support structures.
• To recognise one’s own personal and professional limitations and boundaries and discuss these at supervision and related support meetings.
• To undertake any additional duties, as directed by management which are commensurate with this post.

You must complete the Bridge Project’s application form in order to be considered for the role.  The application form plays a key part in our recruitment and selection process.  We use the information you provide about your skills, experience, career and education history to decide whether or not to invite you for an interview.  It is important that you complete the application form as fully and accurately as possible, ensuring that you give specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the criteria.

No CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.

The closing date is 10pm on Monday 5 January 2026

Shortlisting will take place on Tuesday 6 January 2026

Interviews will be held on Monday 19 January 2026

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