Become a Shared Lives carer

Shared Lives is a little bit like fostering, but with the big difference that it’s for people over the age of 16 (over 18 in Wales) who want to live as independently as possible. Shared Lives carers provide people with the practical and emotional support they need to live life the way they want to. We have Shared Lives carers up and down England, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

As a Shared Lives carer, you could support people to meet their goals, in whatever ways they need you to. You can either support someone while they live in your house with you and your family, stay with you for a shorter time, or you can support them just during the day.

To find out more visit: SharedLivesCarers.com.

We believe there’s nobody better to tell you all about Shared Lives than the real people who use the service and their big-hearted carers. So, over to our amazing PSS people to show you what Shared Lives means to them in our brand-new promotional film…

 

 

A big old thanks to all those featured: 

Alwen, supported by her Shared Lives: Live In carer to live life to the fullest. 

Bernie, supported by his carer to find his feet after leaving hospital with our Shared Lives: Home from Hospital service. 

Chloe and Natasha, who’ve been supported to gain independence by the Dudley family since leaving foster care with Shared Lives: Moving On. 

Cindy, Hannah and Sarah, supported to feel happy and confident by Jean in with Shared Lives: Live In. 

Daniel, supported to gain new practical skills by Shared Lives: Live In carer. 

Fran, supported by her Shared Days carer, Claudia to get out and about.  

Keith and Martin, supported by Shared Lives: Live-In carers and Shared Days carer, Rachel to lead a very active, fun-filled life.  

Kerry-Ann, supported by Sharon to give back to her community, since leaving foster care with Shared Lives: Moving On. 

Kevin and Nicky, supported to take to the open road, supported by the Sleights with Shared Lives: Live In. 

Mitchell, Claire and Craig, supported by the Frost family, who’ve transitioned from being their foster carers to become their Shared Lives carers with Moving On Together. 

Meet some of the people who are supported through Shared Lives…

  Thanks to the support of her Shared Lives carer, Cindy got her dream role as Dorothy. 

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. As a Shared Lives carer, you could empower someone to live their life to the fullest.  Find out more: www.sharedlivescarers.com 

 

  Kevin loves the thrill of being out on the open road, supported by his Shared Lives carer. 

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. As a Shared Lives carer, you could empower someone to live their life to the fullest.  Find out more: www.sharedlivescarers.com  

 

 

Chloe and Natasha have moved on from foster care with the Dudley family. They love a family movie night with their Shared Lives carers. 

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. As a Shared Lives carer, you could empower someone to live their life to the fullest.  Find out more: www.sharedlivescarers.com  

 When Bernie left hospital, he stayed with his Shared lives: Home From Hospital carer and got time to recharge his batteries before going home 

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. As a Shared Lives carer, you could empower someone to live their life to the fullest.  Find out more: www.sharedlivescarers.com  

 Kerry-Ann loves giving back to her local community, alongside her Shared Lives carer, Sharon. 

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. As a Shared Lives carer, you could empower someone to live their life to the fullest.  Find out more: www.sharedlivescarers.com 

Since getting support from his Shared Days carer, Martin makes the tastiest soup in Norfolk. With Shared Lives you can support someone who lives with you or provide support during the day. It fits around your life.

Rachael is one of our Shared Days carers. She’s worked in social care in the past and needed a role with a bit more flexibility to fit around her childcare commitments. With Shared Days, her and Martin enjoy days out and about together, cooking up a storm in the kitchen and sampling Martin’s culinary delights together at the end of a busy day. This lets Martin and his full-time Shared Lives carers have a little break and a change of scenery.

To find out more about being a Shared Lives or Shared Days carer, visit: sharedlivescarers.com

Nicky’s been working on souping up his Lambretta with his Shared Lives carer Maria for while, living with her as part of our Live-in Shared Lives service in Lincolnshire. He’d just got back off a Disney cruise with Maria and her hubby when we took this picture (pre-lockdown) so was feeling very refreshed. Nicky loves nothing more than going to rallies and scooter meets with his gang of biker mates every week down the local pub with his Shared Lives family.

Shared Lives is like foster care but for adults who want to live as independently as possible. Empower people to live their lives to the fullest. Become a Shared Lives carer. www.sharedlivescarers.com

After experiencing a stroke, Fran lost her mobility and began using a wheelchair. When we first met Fran, she’d lost a lot of confidence in her ability to move about – but she’d certainly not lost her dry sense of humour!

We knew Shared Lives carer Claudia would be a brilliant match for Fran and that the pair would get on like a house on fire, so we introduced them. Sure enough, Fran and Claudia have been a brilliant match and Claudia’s been supporting Fran to get back out there and do the things she enjoys most: arts and crafts, visiting National Trust parks, and just generally being in the great outdoors. She’s even supported Fran to start operating her own electric wheelchair, and there’s no stopping her now.

Empower people to live their lives to the fullest. Become a Shared Lives carer: www.sharedlivescarers.com