Shared Lives Coordinator (Doncaster & York)
Top Benefits
About the role
Employment type
Full-time (37 hours)
Salary
£27,417 per annum
Location
Doncaster & York
Benefits Award winning in-house training with opportunities to develop your career
Up to 30 days Annual Leave in addition to Bank Holidays
24/7 Everyday Advice helpline, giving you impartial guidance regarding any personal matters or concerns you may have
Discounts at high street retailers and on gym memberships
Access to our Health Cash Plan
Contractual Sick Pay Allowance
Mileage paid at 45p per mile
£250 refer a friend scheme
Paid Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Certificate (which you need to be able to work in social care
Shared Lives Coordinator (Doncaster & York)
Do you believe great support starts with relationships?
At Avalon, we help people live their best lives — in real homes, as part of real communities. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and people-focused Shared Lives Coordinator to help make that happen across York and Doncaster.
This is a hands-on, varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll be right at the heart of our Shared Lives service — supporting carers, working alongside people and families, and collaborating with professionals to make sure Shared Lives arrangements are safe, stable and truly person-centred.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Coordinating Shared Lives arrangements from matching through to long-term stability
- Being a trusted point of contact for Shared Lives Carers — offering guidance, support and reassurance
- Spending time with people supported, listening to what matters to them and shaping support around their lives
- Working closely with social workers and commissioners to deliver positive outcomes
- Keeping quality, safeguarding and good practice at the centre of everything you do
Who We’re Looking For
- Someone who brings energy, empathy and organisation in equal measure
- Experience in health or social care, with a strong person-centred mindset
- Confident building relationships and having thoughtful, sometimes complex conversations
- Calm under pressure, reflective in practice and great at problem-solving
- Passionate about community-based support and the Shared Lives model
Why Avalon?
- A genuinely values-led charity where people come first
- A supportive team that believes in learning, reflection and doing things well
- A role with real autonomy, variety and purpose
- The chance to make a visible difference in people’s everyday lives
If you’re motivated by people, relationships and possibility — and you want a role that’s meaningful, dynamic and deeply human — we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date 12 January 2026 at 12 noon
Click here to view the Role Profile & Person Specification for this vacancy. Interested? Click the link below to complete our quick application form!
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’re an equal opportunity employer – that means that anyone with the right skills is encouraged to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, sexuality or any disabilities.
About Avalon Group
The Avalon Group have been supporting vulnerable adults for more than 25 years. Our goal is to provide responsive, personalised care and support to enhance and enrich the quality of people’s lives, within their local community.
We offer Community Support, expert Dementia care and the pioneering Shared Lives service, which sees trained carers opening their homes to allow people wit a disability, mental health need or dementia to live with them on a short or long-term basis and shared in their family life in a safe environment.
We are a registered charity (no. 1048236) and are proud to be consistently recognised for excellence by the CQC, Skills for Care, Investors in People, The Great British Care Awards and the Laing Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards.
Website: www.avalongroup.org.uk
Follow/friend/watch/join The Avalon Group @ Twitter: twitter.com/TheAvalonGroup Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Avalon-Group/138860762792956?ref=sgm YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/avalongroupmedia
Shared Lives Coordinator (Doncaster & York)
Top Benefits
About the role
Employment type
Full-time (37 hours)
Salary
£27,417 per annum
Location
Doncaster & York
Benefits Award winning in-house training with opportunities to develop your career
Up to 30 days Annual Leave in addition to Bank Holidays
24/7 Everyday Advice helpline, giving you impartial guidance regarding any personal matters or concerns you may have
Discounts at high street retailers and on gym memberships
Access to our Health Cash Plan
Contractual Sick Pay Allowance
Mileage paid at 45p per mile
£250 refer a friend scheme
Paid Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Certificate (which you need to be able to work in social care
Shared Lives Coordinator (Doncaster & York)
Do you believe great support starts with relationships?
At Avalon, we help people live their best lives — in real homes, as part of real communities. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and people-focused Shared Lives Coordinator to help make that happen across York and Doncaster.
This is a hands-on, varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll be right at the heart of our Shared Lives service — supporting carers, working alongside people and families, and collaborating with professionals to make sure Shared Lives arrangements are safe, stable and truly person-centred.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Coordinating Shared Lives arrangements from matching through to long-term stability
- Being a trusted point of contact for Shared Lives Carers — offering guidance, support and reassurance
- Spending time with people supported, listening to what matters to them and shaping support around their lives
- Working closely with social workers and commissioners to deliver positive outcomes
- Keeping quality, safeguarding and good practice at the centre of everything you do
Who We’re Looking For
- Someone who brings energy, empathy and organisation in equal measure
- Experience in health or social care, with a strong person-centred mindset
- Confident building relationships and having thoughtful, sometimes complex conversations
- Calm under pressure, reflective in practice and great at problem-solving
- Passionate about community-based support and the Shared Lives model
Why Avalon?
- A genuinely values-led charity where people come first
- A supportive team that believes in learning, reflection and doing things well
- A role with real autonomy, variety and purpose
- The chance to make a visible difference in people’s everyday lives
If you’re motivated by people, relationships and possibility — and you want a role that’s meaningful, dynamic and deeply human — we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date 12 January 2026 at 12 noon
Click here to view the Role Profile & Person Specification for this vacancy. Interested? Click the link below to complete our quick application form!
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’re an equal opportunity employer – that means that anyone with the right skills is encouraged to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, sexuality or any disabilities.
About Avalon Group
The Avalon Group have been supporting vulnerable adults for more than 25 years. Our goal is to provide responsive, personalised care and support to enhance and enrich the quality of people’s lives, within their local community.
We offer Community Support, expert Dementia care and the pioneering Shared Lives service, which sees trained carers opening their homes to allow people wit a disability, mental health need or dementia to live with them on a short or long-term basis and shared in their family life in a safe environment.
We are a registered charity (no. 1048236) and are proud to be consistently recognised for excellence by the CQC, Skills for Care, Investors in People, The Great British Care Awards and the Laing Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards.
Website: www.avalongroup.org.uk
Follow/friend/watch/join The Avalon Group @ Twitter: twitter.com/TheAvalonGroup Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Avalon-Group/138860762792956?ref=sgm YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/avalongroupmedia