Family Support Manager (Greater Manchester)

Safe Families for Children; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A charity dedicated to supporting families is seeking a Family Support Manager in Greater Manchester. The role involves working with foster and kinship carers, facilitating volunteer support, and conducting assessments to meet families' needs. Candidates should have experience with vulnerable groups and knowledge of safeguarding. This is a part-time position with flexible remote working options available. Join us in making a difference in children's lives by supporting their caregivers.

Benefits

36 days annual leave allowance

Option to purchase additional leave

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience necessary in working with vulnerable communities.
• Understanding and application of safeguarding principles.
• Strong mentoring skills for volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Work with foster and kinship carers to provide ongoing support.
• Facilitate connections between volunteers and families.
• Conduct risk assessments and identify goals for support.

Skills

Experience working with children, carers, families, or vulnerable groups

Knowledge of safeguarding principles and processes

Ability to mentor and support volunteers

Job description

Family Support Manager (Greater Manchester)

The Family Support Manager is a key staff role which involves working with foster and kinship carers and facilitating support from volunteers recruited from the local church and community.

You would work as part of the North West team which includes Greater Manchester, Salford and you will need to be able to travel and work predominantly across Greater Manchester.

You would be involved from initial referral from the Local Authority, through to official completion of Safe Families’ support, including risk assessment of a carer/child situation, identifying goals, matching and introducing volunteers, providing on‑going mentoring and support to volunteers and assessing when outcomes have been achieved. Your objective is to help support foster and kinship carers to navigate challenging circumstances through connecting them into local volunteer based, sustainable support.

The role requires experience of working with children, carers, families or other vulnerable groups, and knowledge and application of safeguarding principles and processes.

Contract type

This is a permanent contract. Subject to continued partnership funding.

Hours of work

Part time 0.6 (22 hours 30 minutes)

Location

Based out of our Manchester office. Flexible remote working available for some hours a week.

Salary

Holiday entitlement

36 days annual leave allowance (inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas closure), option to purchase additional leave and extra days added to your allowance with length of service. Pro‑rated for part time staff.

As you may have already heard, in September 2024 we announced that Safe Families had merged with Home for Good. To find out more about this please visit the link below.

If you have any questions about how this may impact this role, please contact the hiring manager.

Interested in becoming our Family Support Manager (Greater Manchester)?

Interviews

Interviews will take place during the week of 19/01/2026.

Have any questions?

Please contact Michelle Ralph.

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Copyright 2025 Safe Families for Children UK includes both Safe Families and Home for Good and is a Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 1150405 and Registered Charity in Scotland No. SC048207 and Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales No. 08134971. The Registered Office is 4 Diamond Court, Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2EN.