Community Domestic Abuse Support Service for Stockport

This is an invitation to provide comprehensive domestic abuse support services across Stockport. The Provider will deliver flexible, trauma-informed, person-centred services including safe accommodation and community-based support for all victim-survivors of domestic abuse, regardless of their circumstances. Services must support victim-survivors of all genders and ages, families with or without children, children and young people affected by or displaying harmful behaviours, and adults who cause harm through evidence-based behaviour change programmes. The service recognizes domestic abuse as a gendered crime while acknowledging that people of all genders, ages, sexualities, cultures, faiths and abilities can experience abuse. Providers must address all forms of abuse including physical, sexual, emotional and psychological abuse, coercive control, economic abuse, stalking, harassment, technology-facilitated abuse, honour-based abuse, forced marriage and post-separation abuse. The service should recognize that domestic abuse often occurs alongside other challenges such as mental health issues, substance misuse, homelessness, poverty and exploitation, and interventions must include comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning tailored to each survivor's needs.