join our team and help lgbtq+ young people facing homelessness

About Us 

akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity. Founded in 1989, we operates service centres in London, Manchester and Newcastle and provide support across the UK through our Digital Service. Last year, akt worked with over 1150 vulnerable young people.

We exist because of a simple but powerful thought that no young person should have to choose between a safe home and being who they are.

Today, young LGBTQ+ people are still at an increased risk of homelessness and are twice as likely to end up hidden homeless than their peers. akt provides support and routes to safe homes so that young people can thrive.

The Team

This role sits within akt Manchester services team as part of the Manchester team and is supervised by the Manchester Service Manager. Other members of the team include two caseworkers.   

Job Summary

The role is to provide floating support to LGBTQIA+ young people in the community using person centred, trauma informed and solution focused approaches to providing support. This role also provides young people affected by domestic abuse with support, advice and guidance to prevent homelessness. You will work alongside a team of caseworkers to provide one to one support and access to youth engagement provision to enable young people to thrive in their communities and remain safe and free from harm.  

More information about the job role and benefits can be found in the documents attached to this vacancy. 

We've also attached application guidance to help you fill in our application form. If you follow this guidance you'll be more likely to be shortlisted for interview so we'd recommend taking a look! 

Application deadline: midnight (11.59pm) on 14th April 2026

Interviews: 29th & 30th April 2026