DAPO Domestic Abuse Prevention Worker (All Risk)

Job Purpose: To undertake individual sessions and group work with men and women who have been mandated by Courts to engage in behavioural change support and/or attend a Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme. The purpose of this role is to move the perpetrator along the spectrum of awareness; acceptance of impact; desire to change; so they are ready to meaningfully engage in behavioural change. To liaise with the Drive Partnership Triage team, actively contribute to risk management procedures and team working. This role includes working with clients through individual programme delivery as well as group work and will work with perpetrators whose victims have been identified through all levels of risk.

The Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO) is a civil order that was legislated for in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the aim of which is to provide longer-term protection to victims of domestic abuse. DAPOs can be applied for in all court jurisdictions by the victim, police or a third party.

DAPOs can impose both prohibitions and positive requirements on perpetrators. Positive requirements can be in the form of interventions aimed at reducing and managing risk, mandated by Court to address issues or needs related to factors that are not the causation of abuse but impact on risk. These could include engaging with Mental Health services, Substance Misuse services or attending a Perpetrator-Focused Domestic Abuse behaviour change programme. 

Our involvement:
As a key local partner TLC: Talk, Listen, Change supported Greater Manchester Police’s application to be part of the pilot and we are now commissioned by the Drive Partnership to enhance our existing locally commissioned voluntary perpetrator behaviour change programmes as part of the DAPO pilot. We are seeking to expand our existing Domestic Abuse Prevention Team to support the pilot. The Home Office are funding a two year pilot which will be tested and evaluated in order to prepare for national roll out in 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

Interagency work 

• Work to embed the Domestic Abuse Prevention role into multi-agency responses to domestic abuse in the area
• Effective understanding and implementation of institutional advocacy by pro-socially challenging partner agencies, acknowledging best practice and striving for change to benefit the individual, the service and the sector. 
• Working closely with other professionals to ensure that risk management and safeguarding duties are effectively met. 
• Develop and maintain effective partnership working with statutory, private and voluntary agencies to address the issue of domestic abuse. 
• Represent the service at operational multi-agency meetings, feeding back initiatives and outcomes to the team and contribute to the evaluation of the quality of activities these services offer. 
• Provide a single point of proactive and regular contact for a range of professionals involved in the case of the service user. 

Client work 

• To conduct abuse prevention work with men and women in a way that shows an understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on partners, ex partners and children.
• To facilitate or co-facilitate a structured abuse prevention individual or group work programme for men or women who have been abusive towards an (ex) partner. 
• To liaise with the Drive Partnership Triage team to assess suitability for the abuse prevention programme, based on DAPO pilot requirements and the Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme’s aims and criteria.
• To conduct both individual and group work with clients dependent on need/programme suitability.
• To implement actions agreed in risk reviews.
• To assist in presentations or workshops about the DAPO* Pilot
• To take part in risk review meetings with other Domestic Abuse Prevention workers regarding the progress of perpetrators and issues arising from work with partners, in order to ensure that partners, ex partners and children's safety remains at the forefront of the Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme’s work.
• To provide day-to-day support, advice and back-up to other workers and/or volunteers.

Administration 

• To assist with collecting information needed for monitoring purposes.
• To provide assistance in producing statistical and other reports on work done to meet the requirements of funders and the Board of Trustees and co-operating in the on-going evaluation of TLC: Talk Listen Change.
• To maintain appropriate client records, keeping accurate client notes and making use of TLC: Talk, Listen, Change’s case management system. 

• To undertake outcome monitoring and evaluation questionnaires using the Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme service outcomes framework

  Other

• To work across multiple delivery sites, main sites to be agreed upon job offer with occasional cover necessary across Greater Manchester. 
• To participate in developing policy, strategies, and working practices of TLC: Talk Listen Change by attending meetings and giving feedback as appropriate to others doing this work.
• To conduct all work in a way that reflects the aims and principles of TLC, Talk Listen Change in particular TLC, Talk Listen Change policies on Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality.
• To keep up to date with domestic abuse issues and participate in relevant training as required.
• To undertake other duties as reasonably requested. 

Hybrid working - home/office working with in-person service delivery across Greater Manchester initially focusing on the roll out in Bury, South/North/Central Manchester and Wigan.

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, condensed or part-time hours, job share and other flexible working arrangements. We encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone. As standard practice we provide interview questions prior to the interview so we can concentrate on getting to know you. If there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check