Shared Lives Officer

Northamptonshire Sport; Kettering; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Career development

Generous leave entitlement

Job summary

North Northamptonshire Council is seeking a Shared Lives Officer for a temporary maternity-cover role spanning office and community work. You will manage placements, supervise Carers, coordinate referrals, and maintain compliant records to ensure safe, outcome-focused support across the Shared Lives scheme.

The role emphasizes independent working within a team, strong communication, and use of IT/AI tools to streamline processes while upholding health and social care standards.

Qualifications

• Independent and able to work autonomously within a team
• Clear, professional written and confident verbal communication
• Good understanding of digital tools, IT systems, and AI to support daily work
• Knowledge of Health and Social Care sector and willingness to undertake appropriate training
• Ability to assess challenges, make sound decisions and handle sensitive situations

Responsibilities

• Manage placements: oversee the full placement process, including risk management, documentation, matching individuals with Carers, ensuring safe, appropriate, outcome-focused support

Skills

Independent work

Strong communication

IT proficiency

Health & Social Care knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Health and social care qualifications

Tools

IT systems

Job description

About the role

An exciting temporary opportunity to join The Shared Lives Scheme as an Officer and become part of our team, supporting and monitoring carers who provide support to individuals within their own home, who have an eligible care need.

This is both an office and community based role, where visits within the community are a vital aspect of the job.

What will you be doing?

This role is aShared Lives Officer, responsible formanaging placements,supporting Carers,ensuring quality and safety,co‑ordinating referrals, andmaintaining compliance across the Shared Lives Scheme.

Manage placements — Oversee the full placement process, including risk management, documentation, matching individuals with Carers, and ensuring safe, appropriate, and outcome‑focused support.

Support and supervise Carers — Maintain a caseload of Carers, provide guidance, conduct monitoring visits, complete audits, deliver training, and performance‑manage Carers in line with scheme standards.

Coordinate referrals — Respond to referrals for long‑term, short‑break, and emergency placements, ensuring timely matching and assessing suitability for ongoing support.

Maintain compliance and records — Keep accurate case records, update databases, produce reports, ensure health and safety compliance, and contribute to business and team planning.

Assess and approve Carers — Complete assessments of potential Carers, prepare reports for approval panels, and make recommendations regarding approval or de‑registration in line with Shared Lives Plus procedures.

About you

Independent and team working — Able to work autonomously with confidence while also contributing effectively within a team environment.

Strong communication skills — Demonstrates clear, professional written communication and confident, effective verbal communication.

IT and AI proficiency — Good understanding of digital tools, IT systems, and the use of AI to support efficient day‑to‑day work.

Health and Social Care knowledge — Knowledge of the Health and Social Care sector, supported by relevant qualifications or a willingness to undertake appropriate training.

Problem‑solving and managing difficult situations — Able to assess challenges, make sound decisions, and handle complex or sensitive situations with professionalism.

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising thanyou think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

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• Contract Details Maternity Leave Cover until end of Feb 2028