How are referrals made to the Shared Lives Scheme?
Referrals can be made by care managers in social care services or by health services who have purchasing authority. A purchasing contract needs to be in place in order to enable the Shared Lives Scheme to accept referrals. Referrals must be completed along with a fully completed Adult Care Assessment (ACA) or Care Programme Approach (CPA). Referral forms can be requested direct from the Shared Lives Scheme, downloaded on the Shared Lives Scheme website and will soon be made available via Frame Work i. The Shared Lives Scheme can recruit specific providers to meet with a persons specific care needs. Please speak to the Shared Lives Scheme manager about this process. Once a referral has been received, the Shared Lives Scheme will contact you to discuss it further and gather more detailed information about the service user, in order to seek a match with one of our existing providers or recruit a new provider. Referrals to the Independent Living Service can be made via the service user the
