Our team at
Mildenhall Lodge

I first joined the company working through an agency for Glastonbury Court, then when I saw there was an opportunity at Davers Court I wanted to join the brilliant team.

I am proud to have worked my way up through the company, having started in the domestic team then moving into care and into a managerial position as a residential lead.

I love working at Mildenhall Lodge because of the challenge of my new role and I’m excited to build new relationships with staff and most of all the lovely residents and families here.

To be successful in this role you need to have patience, empathy, and an understanding of different residents, staff, and family members. You should be polite, always be there to listen, and try and understand every situation through different eyes.

The best part of my job is seeing the residents happy, having fun, and being able to live their lives the best they can.

A big passion of mine is football and I love to spend time with my daughter, and we love to watch her dad playing football all weekend. 

I’m passionate about great food and about the importance of food and dining in residents’ experience in the home. 
The kitchen is the heart of a care home, like it is in any home, so my team and I take huge pride in ensuring that every resident at Mildenhall Lodge is happy with the service and the food that we’re offering them.

Quality is important when it comes to food, and so is variety. We ensure that our menus are tailored to the dietary needs and tastes of each resident. In that way we’re able to make a clear and positive difference to the residents through a great food and dining experience.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and family, and socialising with friends and loved ones. Looking ahead, I’m looking forward to continuing to make a difference to residents’ lives and to improving the standards of the home in food and dining.

I think in this role you need to enjoy life and be larger than life: it’s up to me to provide a happy environment for residents, after all. I’m often making a fool of myself, being the first one to sing or dance, but if it makes residents smile, and means they’ve had fun, that’s what matters.

Music makes our residents come out of themselves, so I love it when we have musical entertainers. Residents smile, sing, dance and sometimes cry as they’re reliving old times with loved ones. Above all, the music lasts all day in some form – I’ll walk past a lounge and someone will be singing a song – which is lovely.