Become a Carer
Being a Shared Lives South West carer is more than a job. It’s a rewarding and flexible career, where you can help an individual with support needs to live a fulfilled life.
Sharing your life
Shared Lives is all about one household sharing their lives, families, home, interests, experience and skills with other people who need some help and support.
What is Shared Lives South West?
Award-winning charity Shared Lives South West supports adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues and dementia by matching them with a carer. Our assessed and trained carers then open their own family home to the person needing support.
The aim is for the person being supported to live the fullest life they can, be part of the community and maintain and promote new skills and independence.
It’s like adult fostering and an alternative to supported living and residential care. The established organisation, now in its 15th year, is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.
We provide support and accommodation for more than 400 people across Devon and Cornwall.
We have more than 200 approved and trained carers working with us
Our Vision
To be recognised as the leading provider of shared lives services in the country.
Our Purpose
We support people to live meaningful lives, enabling independence through personalised, affordable care, by sharing a home and family life and by supporting involvement in the local community.