About us

Leading Lives provides high quality social care support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. We are an employee owned, not-for-profit social enterprise. Any surplus we make is re-invested back into services for our customers or in the local community through our Community Benefit Fund.

We have over 20 years’ experience and have won numerous national and local awards. All our CQC inspected services are rated ‘Good’.

We are proud to work in partnership with local agencies and charities, across Suffolk and beyond. We are prouder still to work directly with our customers to build services based on their needs.

Support we offer

We offer a range of services for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs across Suffolk and neighbouring counties. We work with all our customers to develop a support package that is right for them and their families.

Our services include:

• Daytime, evening and weekend activities in our Hubs and in the Community
• Opportunities for Young People – including Night Hubs, Summer Clubs and Short Breaks
• Short Breaks – providing respite care for family/carers and exciting breaks for adults and young people with learning disabilities
• Support to Live at Home – providing 24 hour supported living arrangements either as an agency or in a selection of homes.
• Supported Independence – a personal assistant service providing 1:1 support in the home and in the community
• Short Term Enablement Services – using our expertise to support you to plan your care packages, finances and personal budgets.

We are proud to work in partnership with agencies and charities within Suffolk and prouder still to work directly with our customers to build services based on their needs. One example of this is the Suffolk Autism Social Group, a peer run safe space for autistic adults (18+) to socialise and mix with other autistic people that we facilitate. 

Working for Leading Lives

By working at Leading Lives, you can grow yourself to grow others, including the people we support. By growing relationships, you can help us think ahead, adapt and be flexible to help us cement our sense of community across our services.

Leading Lives offers 5 different service lines, meaning there is a role for you that will suit your strengths.

We practice values-based recruitment, so we look for team members whose values match ours. This means we don’t judge you just on your skills and experience, but on who you are and the other abilities you offer.

Our primary purpose always remains the same – to support people to lead the lives they choose.

Explore the roles on offer in our different service lines, or scroll down to see what is available in your area and get a better idea of exactly what a life at Leading Lives could mean for you, starting with a welcome Bonus of between £250 and £1000! 

We offer many different types of support work as well as having opportunities in administration roles. We have vacancies across the county, use the search bar below to see the positions that are available in your area

Apprenticeships and Volunteering

Apprenticeships
Would you like to work and gain valuable experience whilst studying?

Would you like to work for a leading social care provider that values it employees and provides a positive, caring and inclusive working environment?

Apprenticeships are a great way to gain hands-on experience while studying towards an industry-recognised qualification and earning a wage.

Leading Lives can provide you with lots of opportunities and experiences in different settings including day services, supporting people in their own homes and supporting people shopping and with leisure activities. We will support you in your new environment and in your studies to give you a great start to your career in care.

By the end of the year you should have a really good range of skills and knowledge needed for the role of support working. Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you are able to apply for any support worker position that becomes available and you will be interviewed for the post.

Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you are able to apply for any support worker position that becomes available and you will be interviewed for the post.

If you decide you would like to apply for an apprenticeship with Leading Lives, please fill out an application form and return it to recruitment@leadinglives.org.uk

Volunteering
There are so many benefits to volunteering:

• You could really make a difference to the lives of others and feel a valued member of a team
• You could add a positive contribution to your local community, the environment and society
• You could improve your confidence and self-esteem whilst gaining new skills, knowledge and experience
• We can introduce you to new people, maybe making new friends
• We can support you to be the person you want to be!
• We can help you develop your CV and provide you with a reference

If you would like to apply or find out more, please our Workforce team on 01473 406776 or email workforce@leadinglives.org.uk

Find out more

We aim to recruit staff who love what they do with a genuine desire to work in social care and we invest a lot in training them well in all aspects of their job.

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