Bridges Partnership Keyworker

Job Reference jigsawhomes/TP/3000/197

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Salary:

£28,196 per annum

Working Hours:

35 hours per week

Location:

Tameside Women and Families Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne

Closing Date:

07/12/2025

Job Category:

Jigsaw Support

Region / Division:

Ashton Under-Lyne

Business Unit:

Jigsaw Support

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (based on a 5-day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days).

We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4-day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on.

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality; low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

Jigsaw Support brings together our support services from across the Jigsaw Group. We work with communities, families and individuals across the Northwest of England. We provide:

• Homeless Prevention and Supported Accommodation
• Community Outreach and prevention
• Property Management

We operate across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the Liverpool City Region.

Our services are as diverse as the needs of the people we support and include homelessness support, domestic abuse support, employment services, supported housing and agency managed properties.

We work with a number of Local Authorities including Tameside MBC, Wigan Council, Lancashire County Council, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The Bridges Partnership are the commissioned Domestic Abuse Service for Tameside. We support men, women and children who are at risk of or suffering domestic abuse in any of its forms. We support victims in refuge and on an outreach basis. The partnership also supports those causing harm who wish to change their behavior.

Our Domestic Abuse service provides a holistic offer that includes refuge and safe accommodation, IDVA and CHIDVA support for high-risk cases, keyworker support for standard and medium risk cases, group interventions, prevention and awareness training programmes, and targeted support for young people. The contract is delivered in partnership with Talk Listen Change, who deliver our perpetrator programmes and Diversity Matters North West who work specifically with marginalised groups and by and for providers.

Role information:

As one of our dedicated and skilled Keyworkers you will manage a caseload of standard and medium risk domestic abuse cases. You will support victim-survivors, being their mentor and coach. You will assess and manage risk and co-produce personalized action plans to aid victim-survivors recovery, improving their situation and challenges they face.

You will deal with new referrals, complete assessments and co-ordinate interventions working with victim-survivors to identify the most appropriate course of action. You will deliver face to face and telephone/ video call support and support delivery of group interventions.

You will have experience of working and supporting people with multiple and complex needs including domestic abuse. You will need to be highly organised, self-motivated, engaging, supportive and be confident in using case management systems.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don't hesitate to apply now

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.