About the role
The Shared Lives Scheme involves a Shared Lives Carer sharing their home and their family (and community) life with an adult who has care & support needs. These needs may include adults with Learning Disability; adults with Dementia; younger adults with complex and or behavioural needs.
For Carers it provides a flexible, interesting role with a fantastic work life balance, free training, working as aself-employed professional with support from theWest Northants Shared Livesscheme. Please note that you will need to live within West Northants and have a spare bedroom in your home to be considered for the West Northants Shared Lives scheme.
Our Shared Lives carers are just ordinary people, doing extraordinary things!
To see more information on the scheme and the application process, please search 'Shared Lives' on our West Northants Council website.
Shared Lives care can include:
Long term accommodation & support- where an adult would live with you and your family.
Short breaks & respite -where an adult would stay for ad hoc nights, weekends or weeks, but not permanently.
Day support - where you would support an adult based from your own home just during the day time...