Independent Living Officer

Team: Independent Living

Job Family: Supporting - CBG8

Salary: £31,537- £34,434 per annum pro rata
Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week

Base Location: Priory View, Church Street, Dunstable, LU5 4FG

Contract Type: Fixed - Permanent
Closing Date: 4th January 2026

Interview Date: 22nd and 29th January 2026

More about the role:

An exciting new job opportunity has become available for the right candidate to join our Independent Living Team at Central Bedfordshire Council as an Independent Living Officer Level 2.

Independent Living is an integral part of Housing Services which lies within the Adult Social Care and Housing Directorate. We are an aspirational and forward-thinking team, responsible for delivering quality housing support to the customers who live in our Independent Living Schemes, we also provide community-based housing support and emergency alarm service. We are a close-knit team who employ a one team approach.

Join our team and find your greatness, as we work with our customers to enable them to create their own unique pathways which meet their needs to maintain their independence and live well. Our aim is to empower our customers to secure positive outcomes and achieve their aspirations. Our customers are at the heart of our service.

We are recruiting to an Independent Living Officer Level 2 post within the Independent Living Team. The role is based at Priory View, but will include regular travel to other Independent Living schemes across Central Bedfordshire (please see the link to our schemes), providing opportunities to support both our customers and colleagues. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled individual. You should be able to communicate, advocate and collaborate effectively to produce results that enable our customers to live well independently. We welcome applications from candidates with a positive attitude, demonstrable skills and relevant experience.

You will work at Priory View providing high-quality, person-centred support to our customers, who include Central Bedfordshire tenants, shared owners and community clients. As part of your role, you will coordinate interventions for vulnerable tenants where there are complex safeguarding concerns, prevent homelessness, and support customers to live independently in their homes for longer. You will undertake regular building safety and wellbeing checks to a high standard within set timescales and contribute to the organisation of events and activities that build community and promote inclusion. You will install, test, and maintain Technology Enabled Care (TEC), particularly dispersed and scheme-based alarm systems. As well as holding a caseload of customers with a range of needs, some with complex lifestyles which require multi-agency support, where you will be expected to work on your own initiative to share good practice and ensure that set targets are met.

The role also includes covering out of hours standby service on a rota basis.

For more information on our Housing teams, you can view our short recruitment video here: 

About you
You'll be an experienced officer who is passionate about supporting vulnerable adults and will be an effective communicator with strong advocacy skills. You will have the resilience to handle regular exposure to mental health pressures and demands, manage lone working safely, and deal with challenging situations.

Join us and take advantage of a generous rewards package and the chance to learn and progress. Find your greatness by helping us to deliver excellent services to the local community. 

Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work'.

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Kamila Rzenna at

Safeguarding (For DBS posts only):

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.  Please book your place here.

More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council