- Salary
- £29k – £33k
- Location
- , UNAVAILABLE
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Human Resources
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our service users’ lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’, and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals and live life to its full potential.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Building Bridges Family Team in Liverpool for a Domestic Abuse Coordinator. You will work with families where domestic abuse and substance misuse are a feature, helping to reduce risk, build stability and support meaningful, lasting change.
Central to the role is direct work with people who have used abusive behaviours. You will deliver interventions that promote accountability, stabilisation of substance use and a reduction in abusive behaviour, while supporting service users to improve their mental and physical health, parenting capacity and wider whole-person development.
The safety of adult and child victim-survivors will be central to every aspect of the role. You will work alongside specialist domestic abuse workers and services, both internally and externally, as well as other partners, so that risk is identified, managed and reduced, and families can access the right support at the right time.
No two days are the same. This role needs someone who can combine compassion with appropriate challenge; who is flexible, reflective and a confident communicator.
Where: Liverpool
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
About the role
- Undertake holistic assessments, risk formulation and support planning with families where domestic abuse and substance misuse are present, including substance use, mental and physical health, parenting capacity, strengths and wider social needs.
- Support service users to recognise the impact of their behaviour, take responsibility, develop non-abusive coping strategies and work towards safer relationships and family life.
- Facilitate the Building Bridges behaviour change programme, delivering structured one-to-one and group interventions for people who have used abusive behaviours.
- Promote stabilisation and recovery from substance use through evidence-informed key work, harm-reduction advice and planned referral or onward support.
- Work closely with specialist domestic abuse services, children’s social care, health, housing, criminal justice and other internal and external partners to support risk reduction and safety for adult and child victim-survivors.
- Provide flexible support to families in a range of settings, including homes, children’s centres and schools, in line with need and safeguarding arrangements.
- Deliver whole-family assessments, evidence-based psychosocial interventions and targeted family interventions with parents and children, where appropriate and safe to do so.
- Contribute to multi-agency risk management and safeguarding processes, sharing information appropriately and escalating concerns without delay.
- Maintain accurate, timely and defensible case records; monitor engagement, outcomes and safety indicators; and contribute to continuous programme learning and development.
- Build respectful, purposeful relationships that promote whole-person development, social (re)integration and meaningful, sustainable change.
About you
- Experience of working with adults and/or families affected by domestic abuse, substance misuse, offending, safeguarding, mental health or related complex needs.
- Experience of facilitating structured one-to-one or group interventions, with the confidence to engage people who have used harmful behaviour while maintaining clear boundaries, appropriate challenge and accountability.
- A sound understanding of domestic abuse, coercive control, risk, safeguarding and the impact on adult and child victim-survivors.
- Knowledge of substance misuse, recovery, mental health and health-and-wellbeing interventions, with a holistic and strengths-based approach.
- Ability to complete high-quality assessments, risk management plans, case records and reports, and to use information-sharing processes appropriately.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, good IT skills and the ability to build purposeful relationships with a wide range of people and agencies.
- Ability to remain calm, professional and reflective in challenging situations, and to work constructively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Commitment to ongoing learning and to completing relevant domestic abuse behaviour-change programme and safeguarding training.
What we will give to you
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, rising by one day for each year of service, capped at 30 days.
- A paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week,
- a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Benefits and discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays and more.
- A friendly and supportive team.
- Training, career development and progression opportunities.
- A refer-a-friend scheme with vouchers when a successful candidate joins.
Please ensure that your application form and supporting statement clearly demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements set out in the attached job description.
Our Approach to AI and Applications
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we are happy for you to use it. However, what we are most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you have made in previous roles.
There is no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
Direct applications only - we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.