Our team at
Abney Court

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!

When Abney Court opened in 2015, I was keen to carry on serving care users in a beautiful part of Cheadle with an established provider.

I started as a Care Assistant and was promoted to Lifestyle Coordinator. I love seeing smiles and laughter when we provide an activity that the residents love, and my favourite part of the role is helping to fulfil residents’ wishes with our Wishing Tree initiative. As a member of the lifestyle team, you need to be a good listener and having a caring attitude.

Care UK has looked after me for all these years, and I hope to continue making a difference to the residents at Abney Court for many more years to come.

When I’m not working, I like to unwind by listening to music and spending time in my garden when it’s warm. I love spending time with my family, especially my grandchildren.

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.

As part of the lifestyle team, it's important to engage with residents, and it helps to be bubbly and outgoing. I’m naturally shy, but I worked hard to overcome this and ensure I was engaging the residents. Now, getting to know the residents and learning from them is my favourite part of the job. It’s fulfilling knowing that we make a difference for them. I enjoy a challenge and plan to do more training courses to make sure I’m always learning.

I enjoy reading and getting lost in a good book outside of work, and I also love taking family walks.

 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 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. 

Care UK’s ethics and values are very similar to my own, so I felt at home instantly here.

I love that no two days are ever the same at Abney Court – there’s always a fresh challenge or something happening in the home. I love engaging with residents and their families, as well as my own colleagues and I’m passionate about ensuring that residents’ needs are met to the best of my – and my team’s – ability. 

Here at Abney Court, the housekeeping team is very much a part of the larger home team. The home team is very closely-knit. We all get involved in the different events that the home puts on. In fact, my team performed a show as part of our summer fayre. I had a solo, which was completely out of my comfort zone!