Domestic Abuse Team Lead
Role: Permanent, Full- time - 37.5 hours excluding breaks
Location: working across Bognor and Chichester offices
Salary: £27,862 - £28,419.00 IDVA qualification dependent
We’re pleased to share an exciting opportunity for a Domestic Abuse Team Leader. This is a key leadership role for someone passionate about trauma-informed work and committed to supporting women with complex needs. If you have experience in case management, team supervision, and multi-agency working—and you're ready to take the next step in your career—this could be a fantastic opportunity to grow and lead within our dedicated team.
Please see the role highlights and details below, and reach out to careers@mysistershouse.info for more information.
The successful applicant will lead, manage, and motivate staff and volunteers in both teams to ensure the provision of consistent and high-quality domestic abuse and frontline services to all women. You will work as part of a team of specialists, supporting complex, self-identifying women, providing information, advocacy, and practical assistance in relation to a range of barriers including domestic abuse, current and historic, health and wellbeing, finances, combating social isolation, benefits, and housing.
You will have passion to see women’s lives transformed.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and supervise a small team providing frontline domestic abuse support
• Manage a caseload of women with complex needs, conducting risk assessments and safety planning
• Deliver trauma-informed, recovery-focused one-to-one and group support
• Advocate for clients and work collaboratively with external agencies
• Identify and manage safeguarding concerns relating to adults and children
• Support the development and delivery of staff training and service improvements
Ideal Candidate Profile:
• Relevant IDVA qualification (or willingness to complete SafeLives training)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working with women with complex needs
• Experience in team leadership, supervision, and case management
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment, and multi-agency working
• Resilient, organised, and passionate about empowering women
• IT literate and confident with Microsoft 365 and case management systems
• Ability to work across both Bognor and Chichester offices
The post is subject to enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Owing to the gender specific nature of My Sisters’ House service provision, being female is a genuine occupational requirement under Paragraph 27, Schedule 3 of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to being a neuroinclusive organisation, dedicated to equality for all and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
To apply for this role, please submit a covering letter and current CV to careers@mysistershouse.info. Please include in your cover letter why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate.
Closing Date: Vacancy to be kept open until the right candidate for the role has been identified.
Full Job Description: can be found here.