Shared Lives carer training platform

Designed specifically for Shared Lives carers, the training reflects the real situations, relationships and responsibilities that make Shared Lives unique.

It’s purpose-built for Shared Lives schemes: the platform reflects the distinct nature of home-based, family and relationship-centred support. Unlike generic social care training, the content aligns directly with Shared Lives practice, giving schemes confidence that carers are being trained in what matters.

Shared Lives carers can complete training at a pace that fits around their life and responsibilities, supporting engagement and completion.

The platform hosts modules that support meaningful learning, helping schemes meet training requirements through a flexible approach.

Delivered on an easy-to-use platform, training is simple to administer, and progress is easy to track. At the end of each module, a knowledge test assesses understanding. Once the modules and assessments have been completed, certificates are automatically emailed to both the learner and the scheme. This supports schemes to evidence training and learning during inspections.

The modules align to key training requirements in all nations of the UK.

Care Certificate knowledge areas in England:

• Understand your role
• Your personal development
• Duty of care
• Equality and diversity
• Work in a person-centred way
• Communication
• Privacy and dignity
• Safeguarding adults
• Health and safety
• Handling information
• Infection prevention and control

Learning across all sections of the All Wales induction framework:

• Principles and values
• Aspects of health and well-being
• Professional practice
• Safeguarding
• Health and safety

Key areas of training and knowledge specified by the Care Inspectorate in Scotland including: 

• The carer’s role and responsibilities
• Adult support and protection 
• Privacy, confidentiality, equality and diversity  
• Human and legal rights  
• Handling information  
• Choice, decision-making and mental capacity  
• Safety and wellbeing 

Many of the key topics specified by the RQIA in Northern Ireland, for Shared Lives carer training including: roles and responsibilities, safeguarding, human rights, mental capacity, choice, control and autonomy and health and safety. 

The Shared Lives carer training platform is affordable and flexibly priced, based on your scheme’s annual training needs.

Training packages range from £10 to £30 per learner per year, depending on the number of learners requiring training. Discounts are applied based on the total number of learners a scheme has over a 12-month period.

A further 20% discount is applied to packages where schemes pay for Shared Lives Plus carer membership for all Shared Lives carers.

We currently offer five core assessed modules to support new and existing Shared Lives carers. Coming soon there will be an in-depth training package specifically supporting foster carers to transition to Shared Lives carers.

The role of a Shared Lives carer
Designed to give a new carer or applicant the best start to understanding their role as a Shared Lives carer.

Health and Safety in Shared Lives
Provides guidance on health and safety within the Shared Lives carer’s home.

Financial guidance in Shared Lives
Covers key areas where carers may support someone in a Shared Lives arrangement to access and manage their money independently, and outlines options where this is not possible.

Safeguarding in Shared Lives
Provides insight into spotting signs of abuse, neglect or changes in behaviour in the person you care for and what to do if you do become involved in a safeguarding/adult support and protection concern. We provide modules aligned to local legislation and frameworks.

• Safeguarding Adults in England and Wales
• Adult Safeguarding in Northern Ireland
• Adult Support and Protection in Scotland

Mental Capacity/Incapacity in Shared Lives
Provides insight into mental capacity/incapacity and deprivation of liberty and the role of a Shared Lives carer. We provide modules aligned to local legislation and frameworks.

• Mental Capacity in England and Wales
• Mental Capacity in Northern Ireland
• Adults with Incapacity in Scotland

Read and download our carer training module brochure to learn more.

Get in touch with the training team to discuss further: training@sharedlivesplus.org.uk