Domestic Abuse Support Worker - Thriving Families

Action Together; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD allowance

Annual leave

Birthday leave

Health & wellbeing day

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to Work

Flexible working

Job share possible

Job summary

TLC: Talk Listen Change is based in Greater Manchester and seeks a Domestic Abuse Support Worker for the Thriving Families team. The role delivers trauma-informed, tailored support to adult victims/survivors within families where safeguarding concerns exist.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, complete risk and needs assessments, develop safety and support plans, advocate, and participate in multi-agency meetings to ensure survivors' voices shape risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering trauma-informed support to adults affected by domestic abuse.
• Ability to complete risk and needs assessments and develop safety plans.
• Experience of safeguarding processes and multi-agency working.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tailored one-to-one support to adult victims/survivors.
• Conduct comprehensive risk and needs assessments and develop safety plans.
• Provide advocacy and access to specialist support services.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and inform risk management with survivor input.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Advocacy

Risk assessment

Multi-agency work

Job description

TLC: Talk Listen, Change are looking for a Domestic Abuse Support Worker, Thriving Families, to deliver tailored DA support interventions within a muti-disciplinary team. TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a dynamic, leading relationships charity based in Greater Manchester.

The role

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.

About you

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 entitlementand Birthday leave.

About us

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.

Key information

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

More about this role

• Closing Date: Monday 23rd November 2026 at 12:00pm
• Closing Time: 9am
• Annual ‘Continuous Professional Development’ allowance
• Generous annual leave entitlement including:Additional December leave (Subject to yearly board approval)
• Birthday leave
• Health & Wellbeing Day
• EDI 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