Who Are Live In Care?

After spending many years in various management roles in retail, I founded Live in Care with my wife Elaine in 2014 after seeing that many large care organisations having lost their personal touch due to their sheer size. This has driven us to provide a much-wanted care service and more importantly make a real difference to people’s lives as well as the Live in Care sector. We have since developed this personal care service to cover all aspects of care from short term respite and companion care through to full-time live-in care and Palliative care. This passion for quality care we want to maintain by Live In care being Family orientated and family led.

I joined this amazing company as Registered Care Manager in July 2018. It was the shared ethos of care that attracted me to the role because it meets my intrinsic values and the fact that the company is privately owned, retaining its passion for quality care. I’m privileged to be a part of our wonderful and supportive office team. I have worked within the continuum of care and have experience in sheltered/supported living, domiciliary, residential and nursing care, so understand the changing needs of our clients. I have an extensive knowledge of ageing and various health conditions, my areas of expertise being rehabilitation, Dementia and end of life care, gaining trainer qualifications to enable me to share this knowledge with others. I have a BSc Hons Degree in Health & Social Care Management

I have extensive experience of caring for those living with specialist conditions, including dementia and Parkinson’s having had a successful career as a senior nurse in the NHS for over 30 years. I know how important it is for people to feel in control of their lives and to have choice. I'm passionate about giving people that choice and good quality care. Live In Care was founded on the basis of supporting people to live at home for as long as possible in their own homes, to help prevent crisis situations, hospitalisation and the need for long term residential care.

I trained and became a carer in early 2013 and have since fallen in love with this sector. I worked as a carer for two years then joined the office where I was able to support clients and carers on a daily basis. I am passionate about my role and enjoy forming a positive relationship with my colleagues, our amazing carers and the lovely clients we support. I joined Live In Care agency in August 2018 and am proud to be a part of this fantastic team. In my personal life, I am a Mum to a crazy little girl who keeps me on my toes and who’s social life I’m already jealous of. I hold NVQ 2 and 3 in Health & Social Care and also working my way through QCF level 5.

I'm the Recruitment Consultant within the Live in Care team, my position involves all areas of Recruitment and Selection through to the Induction process, in addition to this to ensure all of our new and existing carers are supported within their role as a “live in” carer with our agency. I have over 20 years managerial experience in customer service previously in retail before moving in to the care industry, I have 18 years’ experience in the Health and Social Care field; mainly in Learning Disability and Complex Care, I also have experience as a Care Manager overseeing Residential and Supported Living provision. Family life is very important to me; I have two daughters and two granddaughters, my hobbies are mainly the outdoors spending time with my family and friends, another firm favourite of mine is planning holidays and enjoying the “cruise life” where my husband and I take trips regularly.

I started out working in Domiciliary care in 2013, where I was quickly promoted to care coordinator. I enjoyed my time in the challenging role before going to work as Cabin Crew for easyJet. I spent the last 4 years in the skies flying around Europe in a very customer and safety focused job. I have now returned to the care sector and I am loving my role as a Care Coordinator again. I love knowing I am doing something worthwhile, and that what we do as a company makes a difference to people’s lives.

I’ve recently been recruited as an office administrator at Live in Care. This is a role that excites and interests me, having previously worked in the care sector, both privately and more recently, within the NHS. I am passionate that clients are valued and respected as individuals and time is given for the personal touch, which sadly is often lacking. I enjoy spending time with my family and dog and planning holidays together abroad.

My role as an recruitment administrator involves a great deal of multitasking to help provide a fast and efficient service to our carers and clients. I undertake clerical work including typing, word processing, maintaining records, scanning, filing and entering data on carers and clients. I act as a supporting link to Sue Warren our Recruitment Manager in employing new carers and I enjoy being part of an outstanding and caring office team.

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