Job Overview
Salary £28,142 - £32,061 per annum
Fixed term covering maternity leave until 22 January 2027
Full time | Shared Lives Lancashire Service
There is a fixed term position available as a Support Officer within our wonderful Shared Lives Lancashire Service, supporting and monitoring our carers and the people we support within the service.
Shared Lives is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and matches people with learning difficulties, physical disabilities or older vulnerable people, with Shared Lives Carers recruited and trained by the service. Our Shared Lives Service offers those we support the opportunity to live in a family environment, allowing them to develop their skills, be valued, involved in their community and gain confidence to become as independent as possible.
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship.
If you are kind, compassionate, person‑centred, a good communicator, well‑organised and able to carry your own caseload, this could be the job for you! Please read the job description and person specification carefully for more details regarding the role.
Additional Information
Should you like to discuss the vacancy further, please contact Gregg Marshall / Shared Lives Service Manager on 07564 574599.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a ‘disclosure’. Further information can be found on the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ tab.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
Please ensure you evidence and set out clearly in your application or your supporting statement how you meet each point of the person specification. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on the LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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