Shared Lives Carer
| Posting date: | 06 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £670 to £670 per week |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 December 2024 |
| Location: | Walsall, West Midlands County, WS1 1NW |
| Company: | Camphill Village Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1058444 |
Summary
Do you have a room in your home and room in your heart?
Could you share your home with someone who needs your support?
We have an opportunity for you to join us as a Shared Lives Carer, based from your own home in the Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and surrounding Black Country areas.
Location: Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and the neighbouring Black Country areas, including South Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire (below A454), North Worcestershire, South-West Birmingham and Sandwell.
Purpose: Shared Lives Carers open up their home and support adults with additional/complex needs on either a Live-In, Short-Break or Day Support basis. Shared Lives is sometimes described as a bit like ‘foster care for adults’ but it’s so much more than that.
The Carer encourages the person to not only become part of the family and provide a sense of belonging, but also to create a life of new opportunities, of which the person would otherwise have limited chances to experience.
The aim of the Shared Lives Carer is to always support the person to develop the practical, social and emotional skills to make their own choices in life and be as independent as possible, whilst remaining at the heart of the community, just like you and me.
Salary: As a Shared Lives Carer, you can be paid up to £670 per week or pro-rata depending on the level of support you provide to the adult who comes to stay with you. Through HMRC, you will have self-employed status and therefore qualify for tax relief for each person you support. To find out more about the tax relief you could receive, please click on the following link: Increase in Qualifying Care Relief - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Hours: Shared Lives Carers provide support to the person on either a Live-In (permanent), Short-Breaks (over-night or weekends) or Day-Opportunities (morning or afternoon sessions) basis.
To find out more about becoming a Shared Lives Carer in Walsall or anywhere across the Black Country, then please contact us on – Tel: 01384 441505 email: sharedlives@cvt.org.uk or go to:
https://www.camphillvillagetrust.org.uk/locations/shared-lives-west-midlands/