Guidance: Explanation of Shared Lives Arrangement Agreement for Shared Lives carers

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What is the Shared Lives arrangement agreement?

Notes and Guidance

Headings in the Shared Lives arrangement agreement

1. Definitions
2. Type of arrangement
3. Short Breaks
4. The Individual’s Obligations
5. Care and Support Services
6. Shared Lives Worker’s Obligations
7. The Authority’s Obligations
8. Payment Agreements
9. Absence
10. Holiday Arrangements and Respite
11. Confidential Information
12. Complaints
13. Personal Responsibility
14. End of the Shared Lives Arrangement and/or this Agreement
15. Consideration
16. Data Protection
17. General
18. Schedule 1.

*Please adapt this guidance to fit your Shared Lives scheme*

* Disclaimer: The information stated below is a guide only based on legal precedent. Shared Lives Plus cannot guarantee the employment status of individual Shared Lives carers. This is particularly true where a Shared Lives scheme or an individual arrangement differs from the official Shared Lives model *