Domestic Abuse Operational Manager (perpetrator programme)

Lincolnshire County Council; Swineshead; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development

Leadership supervision

Multi-agency partnership

Job summary

Lincolnshire County Council is seeking an experienced Drive Operations Manager to lead the Drive Project across Lincolnshire. You will manage a team of Drive practitioners and work with domestic abuse partners, police, probation and children’s services to deliver a coordinated county-wide response focused on victim safety.

This fixed-term role requires strong safeguarding knowledge, risk management and performance leadership.

Qualifications

• Experienced manager with strong safeguarding and complex risk management.
• Experience managing staff within domestic abuse, safeguarding, community safety, criminal justice, probation or related service.
• Experience working with high-risk individuals and complex safeguarding concerns.
• Experience contributing to multi-agency forums and influencing strategic stakeholders.
• Experience managing performance and service delivery.
• Excellent communication, leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyse complex information and translate into effective operational responses.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the Drive Project across Lincolnshire.
• Lead a team of Drive practitioners and coordinate with domestic abuse partners and agencies to ensure a county-wide response.
• Maintain fidelity to the national Drive model while reflecting local priorities.
• Support safeguarding and complex risk management throughout service delivery.
• Drive performance and service delivery to achieve positive outcomes for victims and families.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Communication

Decision making

Staff management

Job description

As Drive Operations Manager you will provide operational leadership for the Lincolnshire Drive Project. You will lead a team of Drive practitioners and work closely with domestic abuse support services, Lincolnshire Police, Probation, Children's Services, Adult Care, Housing, Health partners and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to ensure a coordinated and effective county-wide response. You will also be responsible for maintaining fidelity to the national Drive model while ensuring the service reflects local priorities and needs.,

• The opportunity to lead an innovative and nationally recognised intervention.
• A key role in improving safety for victims and children across Lincolnshire.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities and specialist Drive training.
• Regular management supervision and leadership support.
• Membership of a committed and ambitious multi-agency partnership.

Secondment applications from partners involved in Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership are welcome subject to prior agreement from managers. This post is subject to pre employment checks including DBS and Police Vetting.

Closing date: 04/10/26. Interviews: TBC.

At Lincolnshire County Council, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. That's why we offer a rewarding package designed to support your work-life balance, health and wellbeing, financial security, and career growth. Find out more about our offer to you in the attached brochure.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Smarter Working Employer We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process. Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

You will be an experienced manager with a strong understanding of safeguarding and complex risk management. You will have:

• Experience managing staff within domestic abuse, safeguarding, community safety, criminal justice, probation or a related service.
• Experience working with high-risk individuals and complex safeguarding concerns.
• Experience in contributing to multi-agency forums and influencing strategic stakeholders.
• Experience managing performance and service delivery.
• Excellent communication, leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyse complex information and translate it into effective operational responses., In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Our values - collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive, and responsible - guide everything we do. We're looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.

Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership is committed to reducing domestic abuse and improving outcomes for victims, children and families. We are seeking an experienced and committed Domestic Abuse Operational Manager (perpetrator programme), known internally as a Drive Operations Manager, to support the implementation and delivery of the Drive Project across Lincolnshire. This role is fixed term until 31st December 2028 with the potential for extension beyond that date. The Drive model is an innovative, evidence-informed approach that works with high-risk and high-harm perpetrators of domestic abuse to reduce abuse, disrupt offending behaviour and increase the safety of victims and children. The model combines intensive case management with a co-ordinated multi-agency response to hold perpetrators accountable while placing victim safety at the centre of all activity... This is an exciting opportunity to lead a specialist team and help shape a whole-system response..