Domestic Abuse Support Worker - Thriving Families

We are looking for a Domestic Abuse Support Worker - Thriving Families, to deliver tailored DA support interventions within a muti-disciplinary team.

This role will work collaboratively within Manchester City Council's multi-disciplinary Thriving Families Team to support adult victims/survivors of domestic abuse within families where there are safeguarding concerns. The Domestic Abuse Support Worker will provide trauma-informed, strengths based and needs led support to help victims/survivors increase safety, reduce risk and improve their emotional wellbeing. Through one-to-one tailored interventions, the role will empower victims/survivors to make informed choices, rebuild confidence and access specialist support services.

The Domestic Abuse Support Worker will work collaboratively with the Domestic Abuse Prevention Worker and partner agencies, ensuring a coordinated, multi-agency, whole-family approach. They will complete comprehensive risk and needs assessments, develop and regularly review individual safety and support plans, provide advocacy, attend multi-agency meetings and ensure the voice of the victim/survivor informs risk management and safety planning.

You'll be confident in delivering direct work with adult victims/survivors of domestic abuse. This will include completing comprehensive risk and needs assessments to develop tailored safety and support plans, alongside providing practical and emotional support that promotes recovery, resilience and increased safety.

You'll have experience of working in a trauma-informed way with individuals experiencing domestic abuse and be confident in providing advocacy, psychoeducation and support around the impact of domestic abuse on adults, children and parenting. You'll have experience of safeguarding processes and multi-agency working.

Above all, you'll have the ability to build trusting relationships with victims/survivors, empowering them to make informed choices while working collaboratively with professionals to achieve positive outcomes for families. You'll bring a compassionate,strengths based and solution focused approach. We'd also love to hear from applicants who are fluent in speaking an additional language.

We offer an annual continuous Professional Development allowance, generous annual leave entitlement and Birthday leave.

TLC:
Talk Listen Change work to engage victims/survivors of domestic abuse, their partners, and families. We are continuously expanding and enhancing our programmes, including the development of new services and initiatives to support more people. This is a pivotal time for TLC:
Talk Listen Change and we are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, engaged and highly motivated people to join our team.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

• Locations:
  Hybrid, Greater Manchester, Manchester
• Role Type:
  Fixed term
• Working Hours:
  
  Full-Time

• Closing Date:
  Monday 24th August 2026 at 12:00pm
• Closing Time: 9am
• Employee Benefits:
  
  Annual 'Continuous Professional Development' allowance
  
  Generous annual leave entitlement including:
  
  Additional December leave (Subject to yearly board approval)
  Birthday leave
  
  Health & Wellbeing DayEDI focused Volunteering Day Access to Employee Assistance Programme Access to Cycle to Work scheme
  
  Paid 30-minute lunch-break & flexible working approach
  
  Access to social activities hosted by Bruntwood.
• Flexible Working Options:
  Compressed hours, Remote Working
• Would You Consider A Job Share For The Role?:
  Yes