Shared Lives Officer - Shared Lives Team

Exciting opportunities have arisen for a Shared Lives Officer to join Swindon Shared Lives Team. You will form part of specialist team responsible for supporting people with learning disabilities to live in Family setting.

Your next role

Experience of working in Learning Disability Setting. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a friendly approach and the ability to work in an ever-changing environment. You will provide continuous support to Carers and the Wider SBC Team.

This is a varied role within a friendly and supportive team, and provides opportunities for a variety of training. Successful applicants will be required to attend an induction programme as well as in house, online and bespoke training. As part of this role you will be required to have good verbal and written skills, as well as be able to use computers, including Microsoft package and email.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role please Steph Davidson, In-House Provider Services Operational Manager or Claire Allaway, Deputy Manager for In House Services LD - Shared Lives on 01793 535431.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk