Children's Domestic Abuse & Well-being Practitioner (5765)

Location: Greater Manchester

Office base: Wythenshawe

Salary: £26,100 per annum (plus allowances) 

Hours: 35 hours per week

Permanent with funding until 31/03/2028

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people impacted by domestic abuse?

We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate Children’s Domestic Abuse & Well-being Practitioner to join our team, supporting children and young people aged 5 to 18 across Greater Manchester.

About the Role:

You’ll provide 1:1 outreach support tailored to the individual emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse.

Sessions will focus on:

• Promoting emotional resilience and positive mental health
• Helping young people understand and navigate healthy vs. unhealthy relationships
• Supporting safety planning and emotional regulation
• Advocating for the voice of the child/young person
• Providing practical tools and self-help strategies

You will also work closely with those who have housing or accommodation needs arising from domestic violence and abuse.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience of working with children suffering from social, emotional and mental health difficulties
• Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches
• Ability to adapt interventions for ages 5–18
• Strong communication and advocacy skills
• A commitment to empowering young people and listening to their voices

Information about The Children’s Society

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer. 

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more. 

Benefits

• Enhanced Annual leave 28 days length of service extra 2 after 2 5 and 7 goes up to 36 days plus bank holidays.
• Free eye test claim back
• Pension match contribution up to 8% can opt out.
• Life Assurance death in service 4 x salary gets paid to nominated person.
• Cycle to work 39% of bike costs can be spread across the year.
• 770 retailer’s discounts offered with You Star App.

All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.   

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 13th June. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy from the 30th May onwards.

Interviews will be held in the following weeks.

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