Our team at
Cheviot Court

As Deputy Manager, it’s my responsibility to make sure residents feel happy and safe at Cheviot Court. In this role, it’s important to be caring while also having a strong-willed character.

I love working at Cheviot Court; it’s like having another family. I’m proud of the progress I’ve made in my career through the training I’ve had, including achieving my Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications. Being promoted to senior Team Leader and more recently to Deputy Manager have been career highlights. Carrying out my role successfully makes me feel fulfilled in what I do.

When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my family.

I used to volunteer to help on trips and activities at Cheviot Court, and I enjoyed the experience so much that I applied to join the team. I became part of the home team in 2017. I previously worked in the retail sector for nearly 20 years. 

In this role it’s important to be fun and positive, patient and respectful, bubbly and caring, and, above all, to be interested in people – I’m always learning new things about people I thought I knew well! The best parts of the day are when any activity goes really well and residents are getting into it and smiling and laughing. It’s the best feeling. 

I love the live music we host, the parties we have, and our great relationships with residents’ loved ones. When families take part in our activities and parties it makes Cheviot Court feel like a big family home. 

In my spare time I enjoy socialising with friends and watching live music. 

I worked in care for 18 years before starting my current role as Lifestyle Coordinator. My last position was as a Care Assistant, and throughout my career I’ve always admired the work of activity teams. Seeing the joy my activities colleagues brought to residents inspired me to move into lifestyle coordination myself.

I chose to join Care UK, and Cheviot Court, because it’s such a welcoming place with great colleagues and lots of opportunities to make a difference. To do my role well, I think it’s important to be friendly, confident, happy, and approachable. My favourite part of the day is engaging with residents and their families and seeing the smiles on their faces.

I feel proud when residents are happy, relaxed and enjoying the activities we provide. Building strong relationships with residents, families, colleagues and our external partners is something that means a lot to me. The most important part of my role is making sure everyone feels safe, valued and at home.

Outside of work, I enjoy meeting up with friends, going out for tea, and relaxing with a good film.

I come from a retail administration background, but was keen to join the team at Cheviot Court in order to do a role where I could make more of a difference to people’s lives. Lots of the skills from my previous roles come in handy here, but it’s also important to have empathy and be friendly and approachable when you’re liaising with families and residents.

This is such a rewarding role – I would definitely say that working for Care UK is one of the highlights of my career. It has been a big learning curve for me, never having worked in care.

The best part of the day is seeing residents enjoying the many activities that our talented lifestyle team organise each day. Hearing laughter, singing and music around the home makes me smile. I’m also enjoying learning residents’ life stories.

I started my journey at Cheviot Court as a Domestic before progressing to Head Housekeeper, having previously worked in hospitality. I’ve completed training in first aid and infection prevention and control, and I’m proud to be both an IPC and sustainability champion within the home.

I chose to join Care UK after hearing what a great place it was to work, and I can now say that that was very true. To do my role well, I believe you need to be friendly, caring, organised and a real team player. Every day is different, and my favourite part of the job is chatting with residents. I love hearing their stories from years gone by and finding out what they got up to when they were younger, it always brightens my day.

I’m proud to lead a hardworking domestic team and to work alongside colleagues across the home to make sure everything runs smoothly. Knowing that all residents have a warm, clean and comfortable environment to live in is what matters most to me.

Outside of work, I enjoy reading and exploring new cities on short breaks away.

I used to work as a Care Assistant and have been part of the Cheviot Court team since 2016. Moving into doing maintenance was quite a change, but it’s been a great experience. 

I enjoy the variety and autonomy of this role, every day is different and I work all around the building, so I see all the residents and have a chat with them. This role is equally as rewarding as working as a carer. I am still making a difference to people’s lives. 

This role involves much more than maintenance. You need to be sociable and positive and prepared to turn your hand to anything. It brings with it a huge sense of achievement. 

In my spare time, I enjoy socialising with family and friends, relaxing in the garden, watching shows and bands, and much more. 

Before joining the team at Cheviot Court, I was a school site manager, so I have lots of experience making sure buildings and grounds are safe and properly maintained.

The most important part of my role is to make sure residents and colleagues have a safe home and workplace. My training includes Legionella, food hygiene and asbestos awareness, as well as COSHH (which covers hazardous materials). I’m also a fire marshal and have been trained in electrical safety and maintenance.

Every day at Cheviot Court is different, which makes my role varied and interesting and I love what I do here. Even if I fix something small, it’s important because the result is that it’s made someone happy, which is so rewarding.

Because no two days are the same, you have to be able to turn your hand to almost anything, so it helps to be adaptable. Working at a care home also means you need to be a caring and considerate person.

When I’m not busy at work, I enjoy days out and weekends away with my kids.