Senior Engagement Worker (Prevention of Youth Violence)

Who we are

Positive Steps is a unique organisation and have been changing the lives of people in Greater Manchester since 1977. Our current offer involves supporting those in Education, Criminal justice, Family and Community and Safeguarding settings. We are at an exciting point in our development with a focus on growing our impact while reaching excellence in all our work. 

The Role

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people? Join our Family First Programme Partnership team as a Senior Engagement Worker and help prevent youth violence through early intervention, community engagement and family support. You’ll manage a caseload of children and families, deliver strengths-based interventions, and work closely with partners to promote safety and community engagement.

We’re looking for someone with experience in safeguarding, risk management, and multi-agency working, who can build strong relationships and advocate for families. You’ll need to be a confident partnership worker, ready to work proactively with a range of statutory and VCSFE organisations. If you’re resilient, creative, and committed to reducing violence and improving outcomes for young people, we’d love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a new role leading on the engagement of families in Oldham.

The Families First Partnership Programme (FFP) is a once in a generation chance to reshape Children’s Social Care alongside the local authority, education, police, health, voluntary, faith, community groups and most importantly our residents, to change and improve our offer of help and protection. Through this work, we will create a system that delivers better experiences, stronger relationships, and lasting change—where families feel supported, professionals feel empowered, and children thrive.

Families First Partnership encourages services to work together and take a more joined-up, family-focused approach to early help and child protection. The programme focuses on:

• Giving the right Family Help at the right time
• Creating Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams (MACPTs)
• Using Family Group Decision Making to involve families in their own support

It is informed by a range of legislation and reviews including the Working Together to Safeguard Children framework and the findings from the MacAlister report, and its aim is to make sure children and families get the right support they need, when they need it.

This is a hybrid role, you will be working in a range of settings including our central Oldham office, in clients’ homes and community settings within the South District according to business needs. For this role you will need to be confident in caseload management and the use of electronic recording systems.

If you have the required experience, are committed to making a difference and have great engagement skills with children, families and partners, then we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information contact rachellord@positive-steps.org.uk

Closing Date: Monday 28^th September 2026, Midday 

Interviews: Monday 5^th October 2026

Positive Steps is an equal opportunities organisation and applications are welcome from all sections of the community.  

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role. If appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. This role is subject to a Standard DBS check.