PSS Sharedlives

PSS is a social enterprise that works across the UK. We have one key purpose: to help people get the most from life, whether this is at home, in their families, in their health and well-being or within their wider support networks. Shared Lives (or Adult Placement as it is also known) is a form of support where vulnerable adults and young people over 16 live at home with a specially recruited and trained carer and their family. The service runs in a similar way to a Foster placement, but this service is specifically designed for adults and young people.

Our service is fully focused around choice and independence. We encourage each individual to get involved in the decision of where they live and plan our matches carefully, so that both the carer and person using the service feel happy before the arrangement is made.

At PSS we manage the service from the start: we recruit and train carers, we gain a strong understanding of the needs of those wishing to use the service and alongside those involved we match the two together. We offer a programme of training and support for our carers, which helps maintain high levels of support and most importantly we are there 24/7 to help our carers along the way.

We have nearly 400 carers across the UK so we can find carers from very specific backgrounds or defined areas if required.

Who to contact

Contact Name
Lee Woolfe
Contact Position
Service Manager
Telephone
0161 946 3568 0161 946 3568
E-mail
sharedlivesmanchester@pss.org.uk
Website
psspeople.com/
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Where to go

Name
PSS UK
Address
The Enterprise Centre, 34
Benchill Road
Manchester
Postcode
M22 8LF
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Notes

The office is wheelchair accessible and a lift is avaiolble to access the second floor.

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Referral Details

Here in Manchester we are launching a campaign to recruit new carers. Shared Lives carers receive a support fee for their time. The amount they receive varies according to the individuals needs of the person they are caring for. We're looking for people who want to support others with the flexibility of working from home and being paid a fair wage while meeting new people and changing lives for the better.

Service users also pay a set amount towards the family food budget and household bills and in long term placements they are helped to manage their own tenancy and pay rent, usually through partial or full housing benefit.

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