Shared Lives Development Specialist – Scunthorpe

Shared Lives Development Specialist – Scunthorpe

We are looking for a proactive, relationship-focused, and values-led Shared Lives Development Specialist to support the growth, quality, and sustainability of our Shared Lives services across East Riding, East Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

The Development Specialist will support this growth by recruiting, assessing and supporting high-quality Shared Lives Carers, raising awareness of the model locally, and working in close partnership with local councils, ICB and wider stakeholders.

The postholder will ensure that all development activity is person-centred, values-led and fully compliant with CQC regulations, Shared Lives Plus guidance and Avalon’s quality standards, contributing to the delivery of safe, sustainable and relationship-based support.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at a key stage in our growth journey, helping shape innovative, relationship-based support models that genuinely change lives.

Shared Lives is a unique and rewarding model of care that offers an innovative alternative to traditional support services. By matching adults who need support with approved carers who share their homes, lives, and communities, we create opportunities for people to live as independently as possible within a safe, welcoming, family-based environment.

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Recruiting, assessing, and supporting Shared Lives carers
• Promoting the Shared Lives model across local communities
• Building strong relationships with commissioners and professionals
• Supporting service growth and development activity
• Ensuring assessments and processes remain compliant and person-centred
• Supporting quality assurance and safeguarding processes
• Maintaining accurate records, reporting, and governance systems

This is a varied and rewarding role suited to someone who enjoys balancing relationship-building, development work, governance, and operational oversight. Travel will be required as part of the role, therefore a full UK Driving licence is essential.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has experience within health or social care
• Understands safeguarding, governance, and person-centred practice
• Is confident building relationships with carers, professionals, and stakeholders
• Is organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
• Can work independently and manage competing priorities
• Shares Avalon’s values and commitment to high-quality support

Experience within Shared Lives services would be beneficial but is not essential.

Why Work for Avalon?

Avalon Group is an award-winning charity with over 30 years’ experience providing person-centred support to adults with care and support needs. Our work is guided by our values of respect, honesty, learning & development, inclusion and partnership working.

• Comprehensive training from our in-house training team
• Opportunity to build specialist experience and develop lifelong skills
• Award-winning charity with over 30 years’ experience
• Values-led organisation focused on respect, inclusion and development
• Fantastic benefits including a Wider Wallet Scheme, enhanced pay rates for nights/weekends/bank holidays, 24/7 on-call support, and paid mileage.

At Avalon, people matter.

We are proud of our culture, values, and commitment to delivering innovative, person-centred support within local communities.

This is a real opportunity to shape the future of Shared Lives services within a growing and ambitious organisation.

If you’re looking for a role where you can truly make a difference — we’d love to hear from you.

Due to the terms of our sponsorship licence, we are currently not able to accept applications from those requiring sponsorship. Please only apply if you are already a resident in the UK with no sponsorship requirements.

Appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Certificate.

We strive to ensure equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.