Adult Placement / Shared Lives Service

Quarriers Shared Lives Family Placement Service aims to provide placements for people over the age of 16 years who have a learning disability and require support.

The following services are available:

• Long-term placements
• Respite placements
• Day support

The service makes every effort to find suitable placements; however, the suitability of each placement is considered and assessed on an individual basis.

Quarriers Shared Lives Family Placement Service provides the following support for all placements:

Our carers are all very different with a variety of experiences to offer. Our carers are ordinary people who live in ordinary family homes in the community.

Our carers provide a safe, warm and supportive environment where people we support feel a sense of belonging and self-worth. All our carers, whether they offer a full-time placement, short breaks or day support, promote independence, choice and encourage the development of new skills. They share and enjoy new experiences with the person they support, helping them to become part of their family and the local community, and have a meaningful social life.

Carers help to maintain contact with people who are important to the person we support, and ensure they have friends and social contacts. They work with other relevant people and organisations to improve the quality of life for the person they support, and undertake caring tasks. While acknowledging some challenges in their work, all carers thoroughly enjoy what they do, and most have been caring for the individual placed with them over many years.

With careful and thorough assessment, matching, training and ongoing support, Quarriers Shared Lives Service ensures that both carers and the people we support have a positive experience which will enrich their lives.Our carers are assessed, approved, trained, supervised and supported to provide person-centred care. Carers offer a range of support options including full-time placements, short breaks and day supports.

Quarriers believes that living in a family provides an individual with consistency of care, a sense of belonging and feelings of being valued.

In 1987, we placed Jenny with the Brown family, and 34 years on she continues to live with them. Over the years, Jenny has thrived, has become part of the family and their circle of friends. She is involved in everything they do, including being bridesmaid at a family wedding.