Domestic Abuse Team Leader

Domestic Abuse Team Leader - Kent - FTC

Location: Canterbury

Salary: £27,992 per annum

Vacancy Type: Contract

Advertising End Date: 18 Feb 2026

About The Role

We re looking for a Domestic Abuse Team Leader to lead trauma-informed support for adults affected by domestic abuse and substance misuse across East Kent. This fixed-term role until 31st March 2028 offers the chance to make a real difference while driving high-quality, coordinated support for survivors.

You will be the East Kent lead for Domestic Abuse, acting as the central point of contact and ensuring consistent practice across services.

What you ll do

• Lead MARAC across East Kent, ensuring consistent processes, licensing, and governance
• Deliver trauma-informed outreach support in refuges and community settings, managing a small, complex caseload
• Risk assess using DASH, coordinate substance misuse treatment, and refer into IDVA services and wider support networks

Leadership, Collaboration & Impact

• Work closely with IDVAs and partner agencies, representing survivors needs and voices
• Upskill Domestic Abuse and Substance Misuse practitioners and maintain strong referral pathways with refuges and external partners
• Promote the service, increase awareness and referrals, and contribute to targets and outcomes set by Forward and local commissioners

What you ll bring

• A strong trauma-informed approach and experience working with high-risk, complex needs
• Knowledge of domestic abuse and/or substance misuse services
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends and travel across the cluster with notice

If you re a confident, compassionate leader ready to make a real difference for survivors across East Kent, we d love to hear from you.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.