Pay and benefits

Our long-term Shared Lives carers are paid every 4 weeks.

Short break and day share Shared Lives carers are required to complete their own invoices, which the Shared Lives team then use to arrange your payments. Training on invoicing can be provided to you.

The table below outlines the amount of pay per week.

Assessed higher support needs payments for short breaks are an additional £15.40 per session.

If you are a short break or day share Shared Lives carer, you will fill in booking forms. The Shared Lives team will use these forms to arrange your payments.

Our rent rates are calculated with Local Housing Allowance (LHA) one-bedroom rate in your area.

Day share pay rates are:

• Day share: £53.86 per day
• Day share management fee: £5.99 per day

Benefits of being a Shared Lives carer

As well as making a real difference to people's lives, you can enjoy many other benefits, including:

• tax benefits, where you may be able to apply for Qualifying Care Relief to reduce the amount of tax you pay
• working from home, offering greater flexibility around work and home life
• the chance to apply for a Blue Light Card
• a Shared Lives carer ID card, which confirms your role and can give you discounts at some local and national businesses
• training courses to help you learn new skills and develop your career
• ongoing support from the Shared Lives team, where you will have your own Shared Lives worker and access to duty and out-of-hours contact numbers
• opportunities to meet and get support from other Shared Lives carers across West Sussex
• access to West Sussex County Council's 24-hour health and wellbeing support programme
• membership of Shared Lives Plus, which gives you a reduced public liability insurance fee