Independent Living Officer

3 months ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster City Council Full time

**The Role**

As an Independent Living Officer you will be responsible for the day to day running of a City Council Independent Living scheme, for this role the scheme is Beck View in Lancaster. Beck View is a CAT2 scheme, which includes 40 flats, communal laundry, lounges and gardens.

You must be capable of demonstrating a sincere commitment to the support of older adults, possess good organisational, customer focused and social skills and be of a calm, patient disposition with the ability to respond quickly and efficiently in an emergency situation, whilst under pressure. An understanding of community care and the ability to deal with any situation, as and when it arises, in an efficient and effective way, is essential.

A full current UK driving licence is essential. As a result you will be required to sign up to the authorised external DVLA driving licence validation organisation that we use to manage and monitor our employees driving licence data.

This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 per week, working Monday to Friday. This post is based at Beck View, Lancaster.

The Council currently operates an excellent Flexible Working Hours Scheme which applies to this post. Subject to the needs of this business, this may allow employees to work between the hours of 6:00am-10:30pm.

**About You**

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

**Our Benefits**

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

- Generous annual leave allowance
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £24,294.00-£28,770.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 16_24


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