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Shared Lives – Wirral Council

Room 2, 1st Floor, The Grange, Grove Road, Wallasey CH45 0JA

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Shared Lives - Wirral Council

Shared Lives is a unique service that supports people in a family setting. Shared Lives carers welcome adults with care and support needs in their own home, to be cared for as part of their family. A little bit like Foster Care.

Shared Lives is a very flexible service that can support people from the age of 16 with a personal care need or 18 without. The people we support thrive in their carefully matched families. Shared Lives can offer the following care and support-

long term placements
short term placements (perfect for building independent skills)
respite holidays
respite holidays for Unpaid carers
day support

Shared Lives enables people from all walks of life with varying care needs. We ensure that a person’s independence is promoted, including their health and wellbeing. People who could benefit from the service are (but not limited to:

people with a learning disability
autistic people
people who experience mental health issues
people with a physical disability
people with a sensory impairment
older people
people with dementia
people transitioning from Children’s services
Mum/Dad and baby placements
people who have additional needs who need support after domestic abuse

Who is this aimed at?

Shared Lives is a very flexible service that can support people from the age of 16 with a personal care need or 18 without

When

Each Shared Lives family has a dedicated placement officer who they can contact if there is anything they need. Our placement officers will support the Shared Lives family with anything from everyday issues to CQC and Health and Safety Compliance. As a minimum, the placement officers will visit Shared Lives families at least every 3 months