Shared Lives Carer - County, United Kingdom - Westmorland & Furness Council
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Job profile- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.Job details:
Job reference
REQ
Date posted
20/02/2023
Application closing date
Location
COUNTY-WIDE OPPORTUNITIES
Salary
Package
Contractual hours
Basis
Job category/type
OTHER
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Shared Lives Carer:
Job description
- Shared Lives Carer
- Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to someone's life?
- Have you ever thought about being a Shared Lives Carer?
What is a Shared Lives Carer?
- Being a Shared Lives Carer is a unique experience and the type of support you offer can be flexible to meet your own personal circumstances. The role can fit around other work commitments and family responsibilities and be provided right from your own home.
- The care provided by you could include having someone live with you spend the week or weekend with you or meeting up with someone once or twice a week. You would support someone to enhance their living skills help develop new skills support someone with their hobbies such as fell walking crafts sports shopping or to enjoy activities like going to the cinema concerts the pub and holidays or even supporting them with a work placement or volunteering job. The type of support you have to offer can be discussed with our team and we encourage people from all backgrounds with different skills and interests.
- You could support anyone over the age of 18 with additional needs such as learning disabilities mental health dementia or physical disabilities. This is all done with the supervision and guidance of a Shared Lives scheme.
- Brendan
- Gill
How to become a Shared Lives Carer
- Anyone over the age of 18 can become a Shared Lives Carer and our carers come from a variety of backgrounds. They can be people who are working or not people from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds couples with or without children at home single people grandparents and single parents so finding childcare would not be an issue.
- You can work from home choose your own hours and you don't need to have substantial experience working in care as full training will be given and ongoing support is readily available from the Shared Lives Team.
Who are we looking for?
- Shared Lives Carer
- As a Shared Lives carer you are selfemployed so that you can receive tax benefits. Long term carers benefit from 28 nights paid respite.
- You will have the opportunity to become a shared lives plus member which can support you with advice about the legal and tax arrangements you'll also receive many discounts and access to a whole community of Shared Lives carers for advice if you join.
- Access to training courses as well as peer group meetings arranged by your scheme worker.
- You will be a part of a service regulated by the CQC and have a dedicated scheme worker to talk through anything you're not sure about and celebrate your successes.
Allowance and discretionary payments information
- An allowance of up to £427 per week for long term arrangements
- An allowance of up to £63 per night for respite arrangements
How to register your interest or find out more
- To find out more about this Service and to have an informal chat with one of our team please call:
- Website:
Shared Lives Cumbria County Council
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