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  Sheffield City Council
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- Description: Shared Lives provides family-based care to adults in the community who need support and do not want residential care. The primary aims of the service are to enable people to remain in the community, to promote choice, independence and social inclusion and to improve the quality of their life. Sheffield City Council's Shared Lives scheme was set up in 1982 and is one of many similar services run by Local Authorities and Voluntary Agencies throughout the country.  Many of these services are affiliated to the national organisation Shared Lives Plus. Shared Lives Plus works alongside Social Care and Voluntary Sector to provide an invaluable source of information and guidance both nationally and regionally to services and approved carers. Shared Lives can be used to: Support people who are caring for dependent relatives or friends by providing periods of short breaks to the person they are caring for so that they are able to continue caring for that person in the community. Provide Long term care in the homes of registered Shared Lives Carers Provide short term or emergency short breaks care Provide daycare Shared Lives Sheffield is registered with the Care Quality Commission and all our carers are trained,  regularly monitored, reviewed and supported by the scheme.
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 Patricia Higgins
 
 Patricia Higgins
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 Office Open Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm
 
 Office Open Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm
- CQC ID, if applicable:
 
 1-1562062479
 
 1-1562062479
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 Individuals must meet Care Act criteria for eligibility to adult services
 
 Individuals must meet Care Act criteria for eligibility to adult services
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 All of our Scheme workers are employed by SCC and recieve inhouse training. The managers and scheme workers all have backgrounds working in learning disability, autism and with vulnerable people .The self employed carers who are matched with individuals have diverse backgrounds and many of them have been previous foster care
 
 rs. Care practice and competencies are monitored and additional training needs identified.
 
 We work hard to understand the people we support, their families and carers to best match our Shared Lives Carers ensuring consistency of care and enabling a trusting relationship to be built .
 
 Our team and shared lives carers meet the specific needs of adults and children as applicable in collaboration with the relevant education and or health professionals.
 
 Staffing: All of our Scheme workers are employed by SCC and recieve inhouse training. The managers and scheme workers all have backgrounds working in learning disability, autism and with vulnerable people .The self employed carers who are matched with individuals have diverse backgrounds and many of them have been previous foster care rs. Care practice and competencies are monitored and additional training needs identified. We work hard to understand the people we support, their families and carers to best match our Shared Lives Carers ensuring consistency of care and enabling a trusting relationship to be built . Our team and shared lives carers meet the specific needs of adults and children as applicable in collaboration with the relevant education and or health professionals.
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 Learning Disability, Mental Health, Dementia, Older people, Supported Living, Day care, daycare, Respite, CQC Registered, Adults, Transitions, home care, home support, homecare, domiciliary care, home help, respite
 
 Learning Disability, Mental Health, Dementia, Older people, Supported Living, Day care, daycare, Respite, CQC Registered, Adults, Transitions, home care, home support, homecare, domiciliary care, home help, respite
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 53.374386
 
 53.374386

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