Shared Lives scheme

Shared Lives is a nationwide scheme that helps adults with social care needs. Our Shared Lives carers provide support from their own homes. You could get support in a carer's home if you have:

• a learning disability or physical disability
• mental health issues
• autism
• age related needs, for example Dementia

Types of support

We will pair you with one of our registered Shared Lives carers. The support we offer includes:

• long term support through living with a carer for an agreed period of time
• overnight care and support, like staying at a carer's home for one night or more
• day and evening support delivered from a carer's home
• transition support, e.g. living with a carer until the age of 18 (this can be extended)
• short term support, to help you with the transition in to independence
• supporting service users at home recovering from hospital treatment
• temporarily supporting service users whose regular care arrangements may have stopped

Access the Shared Lives Scheme

Contact us to find out more about our Shared Lives scheme and how it could benefit you or someone you know. Your needs will be assessed before you can access the Shared Lives scheme.

Find out how to get help, or to arrange an assessment.

Become a Shared Lives carer

We provide full training and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and family circumstances. You will need to be assessed and approved by an independent panel to become a Shared Lives carer. 

We work with national organisation Shared Lives Plus. They have more helpful information about being a Shared Lives carer.

Contact us if you'd like to know more about becoming a Shared Lives carer in Walsall.

CQC rating for Walsall Shared Lives

Our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in July 2019 rated the service as ‘Good’.

You can read the full report at the CQC Report Rating website.