Shared Lives Respite Carer

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council; Birkenhead; Remote; GBP 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a flexible, self-employed Shared Lives carer to provide short breaks in a home setting. You will work with individuals matched to you, offering daily living support during their stay and coordinating with carers.

This role is designed to fit around your availability and enables carers to claim tax relief on earnings. Short breaks start at a minimum of one night, and you can support up to three people at once, earning per person per booking.

Responsibilities

• Provide short breaks for individuals staying in community with their shared lives carer.
• Support daily living skills during their short breaks.
• Coordinate with full-time carers and unpaid carers for matching and scheduling.
• Work from home during short breaks and manage earnings for tax relief.

Skills

Flexibility

Self-employed

Job description

Shared Lives is a care and support service which offers an alternative to supported living or residential care. We support people from the age of 16 to live in the community with their shared lives carer. As a respite/short breaks carer, you will be providing short breaks for our full-time carers and unpaid carers. Unpaid carers are usually family members who care and support their loved one.

Shared Lives offer a rewarding and flexible way to support someone in your family home. This is a self employed position.

The people we support attend day service, work placement, volunteer or have day support from shared lives. You will be responsible for supporting an individual, who is carefully matched to you, with daily living skills during their short break.

The role is flexible, and you would only provide short breaks when you are available to do so. Short break bookings are for a minimum of one night. You are able to support up to three people at any one time and you are paid per person. As you are working from home, you are also able to claim tax relief on your earnings. As a shared lives carer, you could support- People with Learning disabilities, Autistic people, People with Mental health issues, A person with an ABI, parent and baby, A person who has Dementia or people who need support after living in a Domestic Violence environment. All you need to be a shared lives carer is an open heart.