Conference Speaker: Ewan King CEO Shared Lives Plus
Ewan King recently joined Shared Lives Plus as CEO after several years as Deputy CEO at the Social Care Institute for Excellence and also as Deputy Director of the recently formed ESRC funded IMPACT ‘IMProving Adult Care Together’ Centre.
On his appointment Ewan said
“I have known Shared Lives Plus for several years, and know very well about the enormous impact it and its members have. I remember with fondness, for example, developing a SCIE video about a young man, Kurtis, who told us how much he loved Mark and Lindsay, his Shared Lives carers – it was deeply inspiring.
As someone with a strong commitment to working with communities and people’s strengths, rather than their weaknesses, I have always looked upon ways of shared living like Shared Lives, Homeshare and Family by Family – as the very best of care and support.
Shared Lives Plus has a fantastic track record of promoting and developing Shared Lives and Homeshare, and I want to help it build on these successes. With a recent Adult Social Care White Paper talking about the benefits of Shared Lives and commitment from the highest levels in Government to grow Shared Lives in all parts of the UK, as well as a significant investment to offer Homeshare as a social franchise in new locations, I cannot wait to explore how we can make an even bigger difference at a time when we need more social connections in person than ever before.”
