Our team at
Abney Court

I have 14 years of experience in adult social care and children services. I’ve worked hard through the years to gain skills and knowledge of many areas of health and social care for adults and children, and I have progressed through numerous roles over the years. Most recently, I achieved a registered manager’s role, but I decided to join Care UK and take a deputy role to spend a little more time with my family. I had also heard over the years that Care UK teams are caring and provide high levels of care.

In this role, my focus is on ensuring we provide quality care and that residents and their families are happy. You need to have patience, good communication and listening skills and empathy as Deputy Manager. I love communicating with residents, their families and my colleagues. Every day I feel inspired working alongside my team to provide good standards of care.

Knowing that we provide a positive environment and good quality of life for residents makes me proud in my role.

After working in the airline industry for some time, I decided to work for Care UK and make a difference to the lives of the residents in the Care UK community. Since I have a long experience in sales and customer service, I am cognisant of the importance in listening and understanding the different needs of every resident living in Abney Court.

In my free time, I enjoy going to yoga classes and spending quality time with my two young sons.

I look forward to welcoming you to Abney Court and being part of our family!

Before joining Abney Court in 2023, I worked as a child minder and nursery practitioner. Home Manager Amcia knew that I wanted a career change, and she asked me to join the team. Starting a new role and learning new skills was challenging, but building a strong, reliable, hardworking and fun team has been the biggest highlight of my career.

I love spending time with residents and watching their faces light up when they do an activity. It’s important to be a team player in this role, and above all you need to have fun! It helps to be patient and understanding too, and I love talking with the residents and hearing the stories they have to tell.

I plan to continue working with my team to enrich the lives of residents and make their wishes come true.

When I’m not at work, I enjoy walking my dogs, gardening, socialising and travelling.

I’d heard good things about Care UK, so I decided to join Abney Court as a Care Assistant. Moving over to the activities team has been the highlight of my career so far. I love seeing the residents enjoying themselves.

I believe the most important part of my role is making residents smile. As Lifestyle Coordinator, it’s important to be fun, creative and determined. We have such a good team at Abney Court, and we all want the same thing: to support residents to lead fulfilling lives.

Outside of work, I enjoy going to concerts and spending time with my family.

I was excited to join Care UK because I had heard it was a good place to work. Before becoming Lifestyle Coordinator, I was working as a Care Assistant. My job now is to make sure all the residents enjoy themselves while engaging in activities.

To do this role well, I think you need to be fun, creative and active. I enjoy drawing, art, music and baking in my spare time.

Making the residents happy with activities they truly enjoy is the highlight of each day for me. I take great pride in giving residents the opportunity to engage in activities they wouldn’t usually go for.

In my role as a Business Administrator, it’s important to have patience, determination, accuracy and attention to detail. I love the variety of work that this role entails, and I work with a wonderful group of people.

I take pride in helping to solve and assist with the daily demands of colleagues’ roles and achieving and completing any given task.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, eating good food, and watching rugby matches with my partner.

Before joining the team at Abney Court, I was Head Chef at the University of Manchester. When it was time for a new challenge, I wanted to experience a different style of catering, and work in a role where I could make a big difference. Here I can use my skills to deliver the best possible food and dining experience to Abney Court residents. They deserve the best.

In this role it’s important to be a strong leader and a good team player. You need to be enthusiastic with the residents too, and keen to learn all about their likes, dislikes and dietary needs. You never know it all – there are always new details to discover about residents and their favourite foods.

I enjoy the feeling each day that everyone is happy and well catered for, and they’ve enjoyed what the team and I have served up for them.

In my spare time, I like to keep fit by going to the gym, and spending time with my family.

I started out as a care assistant working in domiciliary care and in another care home. I joined the Abney Court team in 2018 because Care UK had a great reputation for delivering great care and for enabling its colleagues to develop their skills and career.

As a Suite Lead I aim to lead the team by example, supporting and encouraging them and showing them the best practice way of doing things. Good leadership and communication skills are important. But, above all, what we do is about always putting the needs of the residents first.

One of the best parts of my role is engaging with the residents and their families. It’s a great feeling to know you’re making a difference to someone, and seeing them living a rewarding life is wonderful. Abney Court is a wonderful care home, with lovely grounds and fantastic facilities, so, whatever a resident wants to do, they can do it here.