Homeshare staff can come from a range of backgrounds and sectors.
The underpinning knowledge and skills that have been identified to make a scheme successful include:
- Understanding the needs, skills and goals of both groups of people who will use the schemes
- Marketing skills and the ability to reach and engage both groups
- Communication skills, including those needed to support people with communication difficulties
- Knowledge of assessment processes, risk management and the relevant legislation and regulations
- The ability to manage projects people and budgets
- passion and tenacity.
For this element of good practice you will need to demonstrate:
- That you were able to recruit staff with a wide range of knowledge and expertise.
- Staff have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities
- That you have enough staff to deliver the proposed scheme
- Staff are adequately supported and supervised
- That staff have opportunity for personal development.