Shared Lives: the connection test Alex Fox, CEO Shared Lives Plus www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk http://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com http://vimeo.com/108993357 Kent Shared Lives Karl and Clare with Shared Lives carers Blossom and Mike, at their wedding, before moving to live independently www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
What Shared Lives means to me From Shared Lives South West http://sharedlivessw.org.uk www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Safer, better, lower cost • Achieves great outcomes like (lots of!) new friends. • Government inspectors say Shared Lives is consistently better and safer. • £26,000 a year lower cost per person. www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Sharing home and family life. • The Shared Lives carer’s house feels like a family home. • Participants share home and family life, either living together or through the adult visiting their Shared Lives carer regularly. • Organised by 150 registered local schemes who recruit, train, support and monitor Shared Lives carers. “You see people grow - they blossom.” www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
The Shared Lives carer role Personal & unpaid Professional, paid. • • Professional personal care Sharing home • • Max 3 individuals Sharing family life • Self- employed: no ‘staff’ • Family & friends help Shared Lives • • Trained & paid (not p. hr) Visible & valued • Can use ‘support carers’ • Build informal networks • • 4 weeks paid breaks p.a. Holidays together www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Shared Lives relationships Shared Local Lives council carer or NHS Families Shared Shared Lives Lives agency Plus Advocate Government inspectors Care manager www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Shared Lives carer assessment and approval • Shared Lives Haringey Rigorous 3-6 month assessment and approval process. • Looks for skills, values, attitudes and knowledge. • Considers housing and rest of household. Training Application ID & DBS, Approval Approval Initial meeting pre & post & interview references process panel approval www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Shared Lives matching Shared • Matching takes time, but Lives Me pays huge dividends. carer • Short breaks can be part of family matching. Shared “It’s like extending My family Lives your own family.” carer Involve Overnight, Trial Paper matching Meeting Activities family Weekend period www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Inspection results 2015 Shared Lives consistently outperforms all other regulated care. The number of scheme staff stayed static this year (8% increase last year). Increase workloads and turnover pose a risk to continued high safety and quality. www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Shared Lives: outcomes ‘Firsts’ for 500 individuals using Shared Lives: • 35% learned a household task • First ever holiday: 30% (UK) 16% (abroad) • First boyfriend/girlfriend: 12% • 26% joined a club not exclusively for disabled people. • Almost all made friends. • 34% of service users had made five or more new friends. Our outcome measuring tool has been piloted for launch soon. www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
How the funding flows £ Payment for £ 2? care includes 4 weeks’ paid Disability breaks p.a. benefits Local £ Shared Shared Council Lives John John Lives 1 or NHS scheme carer £ Housing benefit £ 1 coordinator Recruiting, to 25 training, Staff 3? £ team & supported supporting office individuals Shared £ (live-in). Lives carers. www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Shared Lives growth in England In England in 2014-15 11,570 people were being supported in arrangements, an increase of 2450 (27%) in two years. www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Regional variation www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
The connection test A number of approaches are arranged around informal networks & fostering social action: n: • Shared Lives • Homeshare • Local Area Coordination • Circles of Support • Micro-enterprise development • KeyRing networks Could we challenge all interventions to connect people? www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
Contact details Alex Fox, CEO, West Wales Adult Placement Shared Lives Plus, alex@SharedLivesPlus.org.uk www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk 07738641897 http://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @alexsharedlives • The new social care, Royal Society of Arts, 2013: http://goo.gl/6NPnP; • Can we have a People Powered NHS? RSA, 2014: http://bit.ly/1psacBe; • Our 3 minute film: http://vimeo.com/108993357 www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk
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