Choosing your Shared Lives carer

We will make suggestions as to which Shared Lives carers could be a good match for you and you will be introduced to carers to get to know each other.

When you have decided which Shared Lives carer is right for you, we will support you to write a individual plan.

We will also support you to write an arrangement agreement. This is where all the points, agreed by those involved with your arrangement, are written down.

Your Shared Lives link worker or manager will tell you more about your individual plan and arrangement agreement.

When you begin to stay or live with your shared lives carer, a Shared Lives worker will visit regularly to make sure things are going well.

The Shared Lives scheme makes sure that review meetings are held regularly to talk about whether you or your carers want to change anything about your Shared Lives arrangement. These are known as placement reviews.