Shared Lives Placement Officer

Deadline: 23rd July 2026

Hey there! Are you ready to bring your passion, creativity, and happy vibes to a place that truly makes a difference? Look no further! At PossAbilities, we’re a social enterprise on a mission to help vulnerable people ‘Live the life they choose.’ If that sounds like something you’d love to be a part of, keep reading!

PossAbilities Shared Lives is a model of support which offers people with an assessed Social Care need e.g. Learning disability, dementia, mental ill health etc. accommodation in a family home. Shared Lives is a vibrant platform to meet new people, acquire new skills, and engage in meaningful, outcome-focused activities.

Please be aware, that as part of our safeguarding commitment, this role requires an Enhanced DBS check. We believe in fair opportunities, so past convictions don’t automatically exclude you, just please ensure that you are upfront and honest about anything that you need to disclose.

Why Choose PossAbilities?

PossAbilities isn’t just a fantastic place to work; it’s a place where your heart can sing. Here’s why you’ll love working with us:

Awesome Pay: We proudly offer a real living wage. Earn £28,854.58 a year for a 37-hour workweek (pro-rata for part-timers).

Pension Perks: We contribute up to 4% of your salary into a pension plan.

Generous Mileage Allowance: You receive 45p per mile mileage reimbursement for the use of your own car, helping to cover fuel and running costs.

Holiday Fun: Enjoy 20 days of annual leave (pro rata for part time) , 8 bank holidays, and access to our reduced rate holiday home at Ribby Hall Village, 3 extra days holiday on completion of 5 years service!

Duvet Days: Perfect attendance? Have a paid day off to chill!

Health & Wellbeing : Access for you and your dependants for free 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme support, including counselling, and internally trained Mental Health First Aiders to support you.

Social Events: Join fun events with the people we support, staff, and their families.

Discounts & Benefits: We're a Flexible Pay Employer that offers Wagestream. The money management app lets you choose when to get paid, put money aside each month, get discounts on your shopping, check your benefits entitlement and much more. Not just that but as an employee of PossAbilities you are eligible for a Blue Light Card, ESSO discounted fuel card & similarly a Love2Shop - Every Day Benefits Card all easy-to-use discount schemes which saves you money on your day-to-day spending. We will even refund you the joining fee!

Don't just take our word for it:

We were named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025

We were awarded Highly Commended for Employer of the Year at the 2024 National Learning Disability & Autism Awards.

Your Purpose

You play a key role in supporting adults who need care to live fulfilling, independent lives within households in the community. Your purpose is to recruit, assess, train, and supervise Shared Lives carers, ensuring they provide safe, person‑centred support that meets regulatory standards. You will work closely with individuals using the service - listening to their wishes, matching them with the right carer, and regularly reviewing placements to make sure arrangements remain safe, supportive, and empowering.

Ultimately, you help to create stable, nurturing home environments where people can live they life they choose.

Please note: Due to the nature of this role, you will need access to your own vehicle with business insurance, as it involves regular travel.

Your Line Manager

Our Shared Lives, Team Leader.

Your Role

Your key focus will be on supporting people to achieve great things and live the life they chose, ensuring shared lives carers have the skills and knowledge to deliver person centred care, whilst providing the support they require as a carer in their own home.

You will do this through:

• Matching and placement: Matching individuals needing care with suitable Shared Lives carers and supporting these relationships to thrive.
• Building and maintaining excellent relationships: Developing and maintaining positive and effective relationships with individuals, their carers, families and circles of support. You will also be required to liaise with social work/care management teams in order to maintain relationships and ascertain the local needs for Shared Lives.
• Case management: You will be responsible for managing a caseload of arrangements, including facilitating annual service user reviews, updating support plans and risk assessments. Assisting people to be self-reliant and develop skills to reach their potential including becoming tenancy ready (if appropriate).
• Monitoring and support: Regularly visiting and monitoring placements to ensure high-quality, person-centered care, providing support to both individuals and carers
• Assessment and review: Carrying out assessments of carers, monitoring visits and annual reviews of placements in line with our procedures
• Networking and Marketing: Raising awareness of the Shared Lives scheme, promoting the service to potential carers, care managers, and engaging with local communities.

We All

• Work together to embed a ‘Team PossAbilities’ ethos and deliver brilliant services everyday
• Ensure the quality standards and performance measures applying to our work are met.
• Maintain a safe environment by working within health and safety guidelines
• Take responsibility for looking after our wellbeing
• Act as an ambassador, promoting PossAbilities and its services.
• Act in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements and follow policies and procedures.
• Participate in any training or development as required, and continue to learn so that we can get better
• Have a good understanding of safeguarding to be able to keep individuals safe from harm, neglect and abuse
• Keep, use and share information responsibly in line with the General Data Protection Regulations and PossAbilities policies
• Put forward any ideas to improve the services we provide and the way we work.
• Report any concerns through the right channels
• Use PossAbilities property and equipment appropriately, safely and with due consideration for its security.
• Always act in the best interests of PossAbilities
• Undertake any other duties and tasks as may be reasonably required
• Adopt a flexible approach to the hours worked in accordance with the needs of the individual and the organisation

Inclusion

We strongly believe that a good workplace is one that values everyone and embraces both similarities and differences and therefore we want to ensure all our employees bring their whole-self to work. We expect you to:

• Be committed to equality, diversity & inclusion; celebrate the differences of our people and contribute to a culture where everyone is valued and respected.
• Be committed to delivering person-centred services and recognising our customers as diverse individuals.

Our Values

Our values lie at the heart of our organisation and underpin everything we do.

Integrity

We communicate openly and honestly and build relationships based on trust, respect and caring.

Creativity

We thrive on innovation and encourage positive risk taking.

Happy

We believe fun is the key to success

Person centred

We believe that everyone has the right to exercise choice and control in directing their lives and support. We inspire people to achieve greater things.

Passionate

We are dedicated to, and enthusiastic about, providing exceptional services.

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We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. We believe that diversity drives innovation and we actively seek to foster an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all employees, ensuring that our team reflects the diverse communities we serve.

PossAbilities are a Disability Confident employer therefore we commit to providing those with a disability, who meet the essential criteria, an interview for the role.

If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please email HRadmin@possabilities.org.uk, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Still not sure? Complete our expression of interest form and someone will give you a call back to chat things through with you.