Become a Shared Lives carer
Shared Lives carers provide care and support to adults who need help with everyday life. They welcome people into their homes and help them live as independently as possible.
Becoming a Shared Lives carer is an opportunity to make a difference to someone's life by offering care and support in a family environment.
What Shared Lives carers do
Shared Lives carers support people with different needs. The type of support depends on the person and their circumstances.
Support can include:
- providing a home for someone who needs long-term care and support
- offering short breaks or respite care
- providing support during the day
- Hhelping someone develop everyday living skills
- supporting someone to take part in their local community
Who can become a Shared Lives carer
Our Shared Lives carers come from a wide range of backgrounds and have different family circumstances.
Some carers are single and others live with a partner or family.
If you are interested in becoming a carer, contact our team to discuss the requirements and find out whether Shared Lives could be suitable for you.
Training and support
Shared Lives carers are self-employed. We recruit, train and support carers who provide care through our Shared Lives service.
How to become a Shared Lives carer
If you are interested in becoming a Shared Lives carer, contact our team.
We can explain the requirements and what is involved in becoming a carer.