Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Beechwood Primary School; Woodlesford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - GBP 24,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in the UK is seeking an Early Help: Substance Use Specialist. This role, offered at 28 hours per week, emphasizes safeguarding and requires expertise in substance misuse services. The successful candidate will work embedded within Family Hubs, providing crucial support and training to enhance early intervention. Applicants must have significant experience and strong communication skills. Benefits include competitive salary, 32 days leave, and a dedicated development program.

Benefits

Competitive salary

32 days of annual leave

4% employer pension contribution

Learning & Development programme

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Death in service benefit

Refer a friend bonus

Monthly wellbeing time

Mindfulness activities

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in substance misuse/substance use delivery services.
• Proven expertise in early intervention.
• Ability to undertake safeguarding and risk analysis in complex family contexts.

Responsibilities

• Support Bradford Children and Families Trust Family Hubs as a Substance Use Specialist.
• Work alongside Early Help practitioners providing consultation and training.
• Ensure high-quality responses to parental substance use issues.

Skills

Substance misuse expertise

Safeguarding and risk analysis

Excellent written and verbal communication

Trauma-informed practice

Relational practice

Job description

Overview

Job profile for Early Help: Substance Use Specialist

Early Help: Substance Use Specialist is an embedded role within The Bridge Project, supporting Bradford Children and Families Trust Family Hubs. The position is 28 hours per week (part-time) with an emphasis on safeguarding, risk analysis in complex family contexts, and trauma-informed, relational practice.

Job details

Salary FTE £30,790-31,851 (37.5 hours). Pro rata for 28 hours per week £23,092 - £23,888. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 28. Location: Embedded within a Bradford Children and Families Trust Family Hub, with occasional travel across the district to other hubs and family homes as required. Closing Date and Time: Wednesday 25 February at 9 AM.

Job category/type: Charities. Date posted: 06/02/2026. Job reference: REQ005402.

Job description

Job title and organisation: Early Help: Substance Use Specialist - The Bridge Project

Salary: FTE £30,790-31,851 (37.5 Hours). Pro rata for 28 hours per week £23,092 - £23,888.

Hours: 28

Contract: Permanent

Location: Embedded within a Bradford Children and Families Trust Family Hub, with occasional travel across the district to other hubs and family homes as required.

Closing Date and Time: Wednesday 25 February at 9 AM

Responsibilities

The Bridge Project is seeking a highly competent practitioner to be an Early Help Substance Use Specialist. The role is for 28 hours per week.

The Early Help Substance Use Team enhances Bradford Children and Families Trust Family Hubs by embedding a dedicated team of Substance Use Specialist roles. Their purpose is to strengthen the system’s ability to identify and respond earlier where parental substance use may be emerging, unacknowledged, minimised, or only partially understood.

All roles in this strand are non-case holding. Instead, the team works alongside Early Help practitioners at all grades, providing consultation, reflective practice, training, auditing, and modelling of best practice. The aim is to ensure consistent, high-quality responses to parental substance use within Early Help and to build practitioner confidence in working with families where substance use may be hidden or minimised.

Each Early Help Substance Use Specialist is embedded in one of Bradford’s four Family Hubs and works as part of a coordinated team, under the direction of the Lead Practitioner – Substance Use Specialist and Service Manager.

We are looking for a practitioner who has at least 3 years’ experience in substance misuse/substance use delivery services, with proven expertise in early intervention, along with the ability to undertake safeguarding and risk analysis in complex family contexts. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to provide clear feedback, reports and recommendations is essential as is being skilled in trauma-informed and relational practice approaches.

Bridge is a value driven organisation. It is essential that all employees meet our expected standards around key behaviours, which represent standards of conduct, collaboration and professionalism that underpin how we work with each other, with our partners, and with the people who use our services.

Benefits

• Competitive salary that reflects your skills and contribution
• 32 days of annual leave to rest, recharge, and enjoy life outside work
• 4% employer pension contribution to support your long term financial security
• A dedicated Learning & Development programme to help you grow and progress
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice whenever you need it
• Death in service benefit worth three times your salary for added peace of mind
• Refer a friend bonus of £500 when you help us bring great people on board
• Two hours of monthly wellbeing time to pause, connect, and reset with your team
• A programme of mindfulness activities to boost focus on overall wellbeing

Joining The Bridge Project means becoming part of a team that values you, your wellbeing, your growth, and your future. The Bridge Project is proud to be a Mindful Employer, championing a workplace where wellbeing truly matters.

Application information

If you would like further information about the role, please contact Jenny Brown, Deputy Director of Operations, or Dave Calcott, Lead Practitioner, to arrange this. To find out more information and to download an application pack, please visit Vacancies - The Bridge Project. You must complete the Bridge Project’s application form 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 25 February 2026

Shortlisting Date: 26 February 2026

Interview Dates: 5 and 6 March 2026

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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