Domestic Abuse Team Leader

## Domestic Abuse Team Leader Apply:
HU7:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
End Date: 1 October 2026 (17 days left to apply):
JR0001081
** Number of Vacancies:
** 0
* * Time Type:
** Full time
** Worker Type:
** Regular
* * Proposed Interview Date:
** Monday, October 12, 2026
** Hours of Work:
** 37
* * Hiring Manager:
** Vicki Paddison
** Contact Number:
*** Job Description

Summary:

** This is a Full Time Permanent Position    Interviews will take place week commencing 12 October 2026    Hull City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Hull City Council is a White Ribbon Accredited Organization.
ROLE AND PURPOSE    The post holder will work across the Authority’s domestic abuse services, DAP victim service and Strength to Change perpetrator service.
The post holder will lead and manage the frontline operational delivery of the Domestic Abuse Service (DAP) and Strength to Change team of specialist staff ensuring trauma informed, strength based, victim focused high-quality services are delivered for male and female victims / survivors across all risk levels, including high risk victims of domestic abuse and for perpetrators of domestic abuse who pose a risk to their partners / ex-partners.
They will be responsible for ensuring the overarching aim of the Strength to Change service is at the centre of all decision making and service delivery, which is to safeguard victims and their children.
They will also have responsibility and accountability for ensuring the operational delivery of high-quality support and advice services are offered and provided to the partner / ex-partners of men accessing the Strength to Change service.
They will also have responsibility for providing supervision, case reviews, reflective practice, mentoring and identifying the development needs of all staff to ensure high quality support and advice services are offered and provided, including for the partners / ex-partners of men accessing the Strength to Change service.
They will be responsible for overseeing policy and processes for the sharing of information between the Strength to Change male and female service provisions to ensure risk is identified and appropriate risk management strategies and complex decision making is made taking into account any adult and child safeguarding concerns. They will be responsible for escalating service level risks to the Strength to Change Operational Lead.
They also will be responsible and accountable for providing supervision, case reviews, reflective practice and personal and professional development for practitioners working with male victims / survivors.
The post holder will oversee and lead on training and development of both specialist staff teams ensure they have the required high-level knowledge and expertise to undertake their specialist roles. They will also ensure that both the DAP and Strength to Change specialist teams work seamlessly together to achieve the common goal of safeguarding victims and their children.
They will participate and facilitate effective partnership working and ensure commonality of approach and adherence to policies and procedures which inform and guide service delivery. Provide professional support, information and challenge to colleagues across the partnership and advocating on behalf of victims / survivors.
On a daily basis they will process all referrals received and undertake high level decision making in line with service threshold criteria and allocate to DA Practitioners according to need and level of complexity. They will liaise with referrers for high level information to be gathered and analysed to inform decision making, service options to ensure victims and their children’s needs are met    They will co-ordinate and chair multi-agency meetings required to share information, pool resources and enhance partnership working, providing effective challenge and advocating on behalf of clients to ensure the needs of victims and their children are met.
On a daily basis they will provide high level specialist safeguarding advice, guidance and direction to partner agency staff, including in relation to safeguarding adults and children. They will make decisions when to initiate safeguarding escalation procedures and act accordingly.
They will raise awareness of domestic abuse and evidence based good practice in relation to safeguarding and service provision in this specialist and…