Shared Lives Provider

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
South Tyneside
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Social Care
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Empathy Communication Home-based care Safeguarding Flexibility Self-employment management Nurturing Support planning

FULL DESCRIPTION

Shared Lives Provider ([Employer hidden — sign up to reveal])

Salary: Earn up to £526.19 per week (further information in provider fee section)

Contract Type: Self Employed - Home based

Hours per week: Various

Job Category: Social Care - Adult Service

Closing date: 28 Feb 2027

Further Information

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking highly motivated and dedicated people to become Shared Lives Providers. Our adults come from a wide range of backgrounds, so we need providers who are as individual and diverse as our adults are. You can be a full-time provider or balance Shared Lives with working outside the home. The vulnerable adults require support and accommodation for different reasons and lengths of time.

Your generous financial provider fee helps you provide care on a short break or long-term basis. As a Shared Lives Provider, you will be home based with full support from our experienced Shared Lives team based at Clasper Court in South Shields.

Salary and Benefits

  • Long term support: £526.10 per week
  • Short break support: £75.17 per night
  • Enabling support: £12.21 per hour
  • Up to 35 nights contractual holidays per year for long term support
  • Mileage paid at 46p per mile
  • Bespoke training programme
  • Peer support groups
  • Concessions for activities and events
  • Specially trained Shared Lives Officer support
  • Emergency out of support via Emergency Duty Team

Requirements

  • Be over 18 years of age
  • Have a spare bedroom
  • Empathetic and able to provide a safe, stable, loving home

How to Apply

Visit [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and fill in the online enquiry form. Email [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or call [contact hidden] / [contact hidden].

Supporting Documents

  • Shared Lives Provider.docx (18.96 KB)
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