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Thursday 14th May 2026
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Join the Drive Project Team at the Bridge Project in Bradford
We are recruiting a full-time Administrative and Panel Coordinator to work with a full, multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Drive Project in Bradford — a nationally recognised, evidence-based response to high-harm domestic abuse. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a purpose-built service, bringing together skilled practitioners across roles to work collectively, safely and effectively to reduce serious harm and increase safety for children and adults.
Why Work at The Bridge Project?
As well as offering meaningful and rewarding work, The Bridge Project is a well-established Bradford charity with over 40 years’ experience, employing more than 120 staff across the district. We deliver a wide range of integrated services supporting people affected by domestic abuse, substance use, homelessness, mental health challenges, and complex trauma. Our work is rooted in compassion, partnership, and a strong commitment to reducing harm and creating lasting change.
Alongside a rewarding career, you’ll enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive:
The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.
You will be joining an organisation that values your expertise, invests in your development, and supports you to do your best work as part of a collaborative, values-led team.
About the Drive Project (Bradford)
The Drive Project is not a pilot or test programme, it is a well-established national model, currently being rolled out across England, reflecting sustained national commitment to coordinated, whole-system responses to domestic abuse. In Bradford, the service is being delivered by The Bridge Project in partnership with the Drive Central Team and West Yorkshire Combined Authority and will be fully embedded within local safeguarding and partnership arrangements from the outset.
The Drive Project works with individuals who pose the highest risk of causing serious harm within intimate or family relationships. The programme combines intensive individual case management with a coordinated multi-agency response, creating the conditions for accountability, behaviour change and sustained risk reduction, while keeping victim and survivor safety at the centre of all activity.
The Bradford Drive service will be delivered by a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team, comprising of:
The team will operate with fidelity to the Drive model, a trauma-informed, strengths-based framework, balancing challenge and accountability with engagement and support. Staff will work closely with a range of systems and services such as police, probation, children’s and adult safeguarding, housing, health and specialist adult and child domestic abuse services to ensure a coordinated and effective response to high-risk harm and victim/ survivor safety.
Funding and Retention
The Drive Programme is currently funded through a Home Office national programme. While funding beyond March 2027 remains subject to government spending reviews and funding cycles, Drive is a well-established, evidence-based model that is currently under national roll-out, reflecting continued national prioritisation of whole-system responses to high-harm domestic abuse.
In recognition of the commitment involved in joining a time-limited, externally funded programme, the organisation offers a £2,000 retention payment. This will be paid through the March 2027 payroll to staff who successfully complete the full funded period. The payment is guaranteed and will be made regardless of whether the programme continues beyond this date.
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for skilled, values-driven practitioners who are committed to reducing harm and improving safety for children and adults affected by domestic abuse. You will bring relevant professional experience, strong assessment, engagement and communication skills, and the ability to work confidently with complexity, risk and challenge. Across all roles, we are seeking people who can balance clear boundaries and accountability with empathy, curiosity and respect, and who are able to work reflectively within a trauma-informed, strengths-based framework.
You will be comfortable working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in close partnership with other agencies, sharing information appropriately and contributing to collective decision-making. We are particularly keen to hear from people who value learning, supervision and reflective practice, and who want to help shape and embed a high-quality service within a well-established national model.
We are looking to build a team that reflects the breadth of Bradford’s communities and can work confidently, respectfully and effectively with individuals and families across the city. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value cultural awareness, curiosity and competence. Relevant language skills are also welcomed and valued.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Emma Sirrell on emma.sirrell@bradford-drive.org.uk to arrange this.
To find out more information and to download an application pack, please visit Jobs and Volunteering – The Bridge Project
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, applications will be reviewed on submission. We ask that you apply promptly as the vacancy will be removed on appointment of the successful candidate.
The Bridge Project has been supporting people across Bradford since 1983. We work with individuals, families and communities to create lasting, positive change, recognising that people’s needs are often complex. Our dedicated team of around 120 staff, helps address a wide range of challenges, including housing instability, health and wellbeing, employment barriers and more.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Finance Manager to play a pivotal role across the organisation, with a particular focus on our supported housing projects. This is an exciting new position that not only takes on key responsibilities from our Director of Finance, but also additional work linked to our housing projects as we grow.
With major expansion planned over the next two years and our journey towards becoming a Registered Provider of Social Housing (RP) well underway, this is a rare opportunity to shape the financial foundations of a rapidly developing housing portfolio.
The Finance Manager will line manage the Finance Administrator, who undertakes much of Bridge’s day-to-day finance processing, and will work closely with the Director of Finance on organisational wide financial management.
Because of our size, the post will cover a range of financial responsibilities that in larger organisation would be divided across several posts. These responsibilities will include; managing income and expenditure for our housing projects; oversight of the organisation’s purchase ledger; payroll; producing internal management accounts and financial monitoring reports to funders; assisting with organisational budgeting, annual accounts and the audit process. This makes the role ideally suited to someone with a broad range of accounting and financial experience and skills, ideally with either a social housing or charity background.
We are looking for someone who is a part-qualified or a fully qualified accountant, with knowledge of UK accounting regulations. Strong financial reporting and analytical skills along with an understanding of payroll processes and systems is essential.
This is a full-time permanent position, with the potential for hybrid working. A willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check is also a requirement of the post.
If you would thrive working as part of our supportive and positive staff team, we’d love to hear from you. Alongside a rewarding career, you’ll enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive:
The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Martin Brook, Director of Finance and Support Services to arrange this on martin.brook@thebridgeproject.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 CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.
Closing Date: 9.00 am Monday 18 May 2026
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 4 June 2026
The Bridge Project is a 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.
We’re pleased to share an exciting opportunity to become part of our well-established multiple needs navigation service, as one of three Navigators, supported by a Senior and the Service Manager, delivering support to people who are at risk of re-offending and are managed by Probation Services. The cohort of people have multiple needs and find it difficult to engage in services for a variety of reasons.
This trainee Navigator role aims to improve the lives and wellbeing of people with multiple needs who find it difficult to engage in services, as identified by the Probation Service, revolve in and out of services or are excluded from services. Navigators will work in an outreach capacity to help people who experience multiple needs (housing, drug and alcohol use, offending behaviour, mental health, and physical health) to access the services and the interventions that they need to build their resilience, gain confidence, and acquire the personal and social assets they need to meet their aspirations.
You will be working in a supportive team providing important and meaningful support to those who need it, while gaining knowledge and experience of working with clients in specialist services. You will be provided with training and development opportunities, mentoring and supervision sessions.
The traineeship will run for 12 months. There will be a salary uplift awarded at 6 months, if you successfully meet the agreed milestones and demonstrate competence at a satisfactory level. At the end of the traineeship, you will be expected to have reached a level of knowledge and experience to enable you to apply for other roles within The Bridge Project or other similar support services.
Bridge is a value driven organisation and we are looking for a trainee who can demonstrate our key behaviours such as working proactively, being client focussed and values and respects others. You will place individuals at the heart of your interactions, with the ability to build up a rapport and trust, with personal skills around warmth, compassion, empathy and resilience with a desire to help people and get things done. Often situations can sometimes be difficult and challenging so you will need to have a non-judgemental approach and strong professional boundaries.
It is essential that the successful candidate has a driving licence with access to a vehicle and business insurance in order to transport clients in connection with the role. A willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check is also a requirement of the post (the results of which would not necessarily exclude applicants from consideration).
Alongside a rewarding career, you’ll enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive:
The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Angela Berthebaud, Service Manager on angela.berthebaud@thebridgeproject.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 CVs are accepted. No Employment Agencies please.
Closing date: 9.00 am on Thursday 14 May 2026
Shortlisting date: Friday 15 May 2026
Interview date: Friday 22 May 2026
Do you hold an IDVA qualification and want to make a real impact? We’re delighted to share that our Lotus Project is recruiting an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to join our dedicated team.
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 120 dedicated individuals who address a range of issues such as homelessness, substance misuse, sex working, housing, employment and lots more.
The IDVA will be based in the Lotus Project team but will work across other multi-need teams within the organisation. 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. The successful candidate will report to the Lead IDVA/ISVA who is already embedded in the team and provides a high quality frontline IDVA case holder service to individuals accessing the Lotus Project and our other multi-need teams who are also experiencing domestic abuse and/or sexual violence related trauma.
We are looking for someone with a minimum of 2 years full time direct casework delivery experience for individuals with multiple needs and who holds a minimum IDVA qualification. An IDVA qualification is a mandatory requirement for this position and unfortunately we cannot consider applicants who do not already hold this qualification. You will be highly organised with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of the team, whilst applying your knowledge of the issues affecting people who are or have recently experienced domestic abuse/sexual violence and the impact on their health and wellbeing You will have experience of and the ability to liaise and build links with professionals from a variety of disciplines as well as knowledge of the legislative framework of domestic abuse.
You will be passionate about what we do, demonstrating resilience and the ability to deal with difficult situations calmly, tactfully and responsibly. 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 would thrive working as part of our supportive and positive staff team, we’d love to hear from you. Alongside a rewarding career, you’ll enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive:
The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Shelley Pawson, Service Manager at 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, applications will be reviewed on submission. We ask that you apply promptly as the vacancy will be removed on appointment of the successful candidate.
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