Shared Lives Scheme is Excellent Again!

03/03/2010 12:00:00

Hampshire County Council’s Shared Lives Scheme has just secured its third excellent rating in a row.

The Hampshire Shared Lives Scheme recruits and supports Carers to provide caring homes for adults who need extra support and it is going from strength to strength with about 110 carers over Hampshire supporting about 200 people. Many of the people who benefit from Shared Lives have learning difficulties, others have physical disabilities, mental health problems or are older people unable to live independently.

The Shared Lives Carers provide long-stay, short-stay and day placements for people in their own homes. It is a person-centred service, with service users being very carefully matched with Shared Lives Carers.

The Care Quality Commission has rated the services as three star Excellent

The Care Quality Commission which inspects the quality of social care providers for the government and the general public has undertaken its Annual Service Review for the Scheme and has rated it as a three star excellent service. This follows excellent ratings in the Scheme’s Key Inspection in 2008 and in its Annual Service Review last year.

To achieve its excellent rating the Scheme had to complete an Annual Quality Assurance Assessment which is a comprehensive self- assessment of the quality of the work undertaken by the Scheme. Surveys were also sent out to people who use the service, Shared Lives Carers and others who have an interest in the service such as social care and health professionals.

The Scheme received positive feedback from service users and carers

The Scheme received positive feedback from service users and carers, including:

“It makes me part of the family.”

“Best home that I’ve lived in.”

“I love my job and enjoy the training very much, it is all very relevant to my role.”

Councillor Felicity Hindson, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Adult Social Care, said:

“I am so very pleased that our Shared Lives Scheme has been rated excellent again. I am also so grateful to all the wonderful carers who share their homes with people who need this support.”

For more information about the Scheme including how to become a Shared Lives Carer please contact:

Areas

Jane Atherton – Havant and Petersfield

023 92 244173 or 07718 146673

Debbie Drinkwater- Fareham and Gosport

023 92 244045 or 0771814615

Nicola Brown – Basingstoke and Aldershot

01256 362138 or 07718 146155

Trudi Evans- Eastleigh and Romsey

023 80 877730 or 07718 146156

Sue Mascall – New Forest

023 80 877729 or 07718 146242

Miranda Pinch – Winchester Andover and Alton

01962 832035 or 07736 792801

Central office

Shared Lives Scheme Manager Mandy Bulloch

01329 514165 or 07736 792799

Shared Lives- Senior Admin Officer Sue Timms

01329 514127

ENDS

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