Our team at
Priors House

I spent 16 years in the UV Printing Industry, then ran my own marketing consultancy. It was another CRM who gave me a push to apply, I am so glad I did. Everyday is different, you start to build some wonderful relationships from the very first point of contact. I see it as a real privilege to help families, friends and future residents make that sometimes very difficult decision to make a move into a home. We have many who come for respite stays, it's amazing that the families always stay in touch afterwards.

Outside of work I love to go sailing or spending time away racing with Europe’s most successful off road race team.

I joined Care UK because I knew it was a good care provider and I wanted to gain more experience.

It’s my job to plan a variety of activities for the residents to enjoy and to always act as a role model for my colleagues in the home. I enjoy the variety of work in this role. I love that every day presents me with different challenges. This has meant that I had an opportunity to gain an understanding of my role and develop my problem solving and organisational skills. It’s also important to bring kindness, energy, enthusiastic patience and compassion to this role.

Working in a care home can be very challenging as different residents have various medical conditions, but I have been able to develop ideas to help each resident enjoy activities in the best way possible, and I take pride in this.

When I’m not at work, I enjoy exercising, going out with friends, watching movies, singing and dancing.

I’ve not worked in the care sector before, so joining Care UK, and Priors House, in mid 2014 was a turning point for me. It’s enabled me to learn new skills and interact with people I would never have met and supported.

I love hearing feedback from the residents after lunch. They’re honest and I get lots of ideas for ways to improve and tailor menus! Outside of work I also enjoy cooking, as well as watching films and following Formula One. 

I joined Care UK in November 2016 because I was keen to work for one of the leading companies in the care sector. Before I joined the Priors House team I worked in the construction industry for 16 years. It was quite a steep learning curve moving from construction into care, but it was a great feeling to be making a difference to older people.

In this role, I think it’s important to have a caring, flexible and positive attitude. You need to be empathetic and understanding, and have good communication skills. I like the mornings the most at Priors House. The day stretches ahead, you never know what you’ll need to turn your hand to, but you know you’ll be making a difference by helping residents to feel safe and secure in a homely environment.

In my free time I’m a keen Coventry City FC fan. I also love getting away on holiday and enjoying days out with my family.

I’ve always been an advocate for good IPC, and I enjoy working with colleagues to ensure we maintain high standards across Priors House. Day-to-day my role includes ensuring the smooth and safe running of the shift, promoting good practice, and ensuring the best resident care. I also enjoy supporting colleagues to stretch themselves to fulfil their potential, and liaising between residents, colleagues and outside professionals to benefit residents’ health and wellbeing.

Prior to my current role I was working in management roles for ten years. However, I found I was missing hands-on nursing care. Returning to delivering care has given me huge pleasure – I’m so glad I made the move. Caring for the residents and ensuring their needs are being met is the most rewarding thing about what I do, but I get a lot of satisfaction from enabling the team to work together well. Good teamwork is the foundation to great care.

Before joining Priors House, I was a graphic designer but have also worked as a labourer for a landscape gardening company. I love being able to deliver a concept from start to finish and being creative to solve problems. In that respect, my previous role is very similar to this one.

Gardening needs lots of care and attention, it takes hard work too. It helps to have a positive outlook as well. Even more so because this is a place dedicated to care, and everyone here is friendly.

My favourite part of any day is seeing a well completed task. I also like to ensure that my work in the grounds is original and engaging for residents and colleagues.

A big career highlight for me was when I had the opportunity to work with the team at the Imperial War Museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Outside of work, my interests are music, art and photography. At the moment, I also have far too much DIY!