We caught up with Joe, after his recent visit to Esk Valley Camphill Community in Botton Village, which is part of our PSS North Yorkshire Shared Lives scheme. Joe works in our Quality team as our quality service coordinator & customer service advisor. Here, Joe tells us in his own words about his wonderful trip to Botton Village.
We’re so happy to give a huge warm welcome to Stuart Orrell, who joined us in early January as the new deputy head of Shared Lives.
People always hear about fostering before they hear about Shared Lives, both involve opening your heart and your home to someone, both are about care, support and relationships, but they are not the same.
June marks ten years of PSS Shared Lives in Manchester supporting adults to live happy, independent lives. Shared Lives is a bit like fostering but the big difference is that it’s for adults with a wide range of support needs…
Gaynor, 56, and Sean, 56, never expected to become Shared Lives carers. After fostering children with support needs they decided to take a break, and thought that part of their lives was done. But after a couple of years with…