Help someone live independently through Shared Lives
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Contact us if you’d like to become a Shared Lives carer by:
After you’ve contacted us, we will:
It’s important to place people with suitable families. This means the process can take a few months to complete after you’ve sent us your initial application.
We will tell you if we cannot continue with your application for any reason during the process.
Once we have your application pack, we will start the assessment stage and assign you two team members who will:
We will tell you if we need more information from you or when you need to do tasks such as training.
The assessing officers will then work with you to write a report. They will then present this to the Shared Lives panel.
New carers will be approved for a one-year probationary period. In that year, you will need to complete the Care Award and any other essential training.