Job Description
Salary £28,142-32,061 per annum | 22.2 hours per week | Permanent, Part time | Disability Shared Lives Service | Skelmersdale, Lancashire
Working in our outstanding shared lives scheme you will be overseeing placements where individuals are supported within carers' homes in the community. You will be working to Care Quality Commission requirements, and ideally will have some experience of working in the care sector.
Shared Lives Support Officer, grade 6 part‑time fixed‑term contract until 16/7/2027 covering maternity leave.
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship.
There is a position available as a Support Officer within our wonderful Shared Lives Lancashire Service, supporting and monitoring our carers and people supported 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 Service offers the people 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.
Responsibilities
* Oversee placements where individuals are supported within carers' homes.
* Ensure care quality commission requirements are met.
* Support and monitor carers and people supported within the service.
* Manage a caseload and deliver person‑centred support.
Qualifications and Personal Attributes
* Kind, compassionate and person‑centred.
* Good communicator and well organised.
* Able to carry your own caseload.
* Some experience of working in the care sector.
Additional Requirements
* 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.
Should you like to discuss the vacancy further please contact Sarah Dean, Shared Lives Officer, on 07824434392.
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.
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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