Meet our Care Team
Our Carers work tirelessly to make sure people in the local area get the help they need when they need it. Care can be challenging at times, and we are so proud of their constant dedication and enthusiasm. NEDCare wouldn’t be where it is today without the help of our fantastic Care Team.
Find out more about some of our Carers here:
Kate was attracted to NEDCare because she liked the ethos, and wanted to help people stay within their community. Kate says she ‘meets such interesting people, I love hearing their history.’ Kate is passionate about making people feel valued in her role with NEDCare, and helping the community stay together. Kate says, ‘it’s much more than just wiping bums!’
Outside of work, Kate enjoys walking her dog, Ethel, in the woods around her home.
Clive has been working as a carer with NEDCare for nearly three years. Before that, he was a Design Engineer working on satellite broadcasting and mobile telecoms. Clive comments, ‘I grew tired of working in sterile environments without natural light.’ In Clive’s current role with NEDCare, he loves meeting people around the moor and sharing stories. He always has a handful of photographs, having handpicked out collections of Dartmoor, birds, or travels to show to clients. Clive continues, ‘having a client pleased to see me, and making them feel cared for makes the job thoroughly fulfilling. NEDCare provides good training, assistance at any time, flexibility, and thoughtful time matching and balancing its carers with the needs of each individual client, which makes it a pleasure to be a part of.’
As she has always lived in the country, she enjoys talking to clients about a wide range of topics, and never struggles for things to talk about. ‘The best part of working for NEDCare’, Hilary says, ‘is knowing that you make a big difference to people’s lives, both practically and emotionally’.
Hilary was attracted to NEDCare’s ethos of being a charity, and a local organisation making people’s lives better in the community. She says, ‘the flexibility in hours works well for me; it fits in with my retirement and family life’. Outside working for NEDCare, Hilary enjoys long walks with her dog on the moor, growing veg, tending to her chickens and spending time with her grandchildren.
Ethel the Springer Spaniel can often be found accompanying our Senior Carer Kate on her client visits. She’s a firm favourite with many of our clients!
As NEDCare is a registered charity, we have a Board of Trustees, made up of local people volunteering their time to ensure we benefit the community and deliver the best care we can. Our Management Team is based at the NEDCare office in the centre of Moretonhampstead. They keep the wheels of NEDCare turning, supporting our care team from first thing in the morning until the end of the working day, making sure there is always someone on the end of the phone for carers or clients.
Management Team
Jane practiced as a Social Worker and Family Group Conference Coordinator before joining NEDCare in August 2022. She was encouraged to join NEDCare by a long-standing carer at a time of uncertainty for the organisation. Being new to adult social care, Jane had a great deal to learn. But under the excellent guidance of the experienced team, she soon developed a deeper understanding of the joys and challenges of this fulfilling role. Jane has now completed training to become the Registered Manager and awaiting certification from the Care Quality Commission.
‘NEDCare is a vital resource within our community,’ Jane argues. ‘It is so important that our seniors are able to remain in their own homes and receive very high quality, reliable and compassionate care. Most of our carers also live locally which is reflected in their commitment and mutual understanding.’
Contact Lily if you are interested in working for NEDCare and would like an informal chat, or if you are looking to finding out more about care for you or a loved one, via email at lily@nedcare.org
Board of Trustees
He was motivated, and still is, by seeing the challenges that face many of his neighbours and friends in obtaining the care they need for their families and the huge benefits that a community-run service provides.
John has management experience in community organisations throughout his working life, initially in inner London. He has worked as a teacher in secondary schools and in further education, and as a careers service practitioner and leader, so has experience of people in all walks of life. He believes that everyone should be treated as of equal value.
John is married with two grown up children and two grandchildren who live locally. He is a keen walker and cyclist, has run a local choir for the last 20 years, and enjoys gardening.
Jenny also supported her first husband during his decline and eventual death, in his early 50s, as a consequence of early onset, frontotemporal dementia. She counts herself fortunate to live in such a supportive community as Moretonhampstead and is keen to play her part in assisting those in need locally.
Jenny has worked for many years, initially as a teacher and then as an educational psychologist supporting children, young people, families and schools experiencing challenges in their lives. Jenny was eventually appointed as Principal Educational psychologist for Devon County Council, then oversaw the privatisation of the service by Babcock International.
Now largely retired Jenny enjoys spending time with her family including five grandchildren, she also loves walking and riding her electric bike!
Anne moved to the Teign Valley in 2005 after a career as a teacher of English and young people with special educational needs and then as an education officer in the South East. In Devon she worked in children’s services, commissioning both special schools and services for children and young people with special needs and disabilities.
After ‘retiring’ she joined the Department for Education as a Special Educational Needs Adviser and after 10 years finally really retired in April 2024!
Alongside her jobs, Anne has also been involved in voluntary work, most recently as a Manager at Devon Hospitals Short Stay School and now with NedCare as a trustee. This is a rewarding role so far and she looks forward to greater and more active involvement within the community in the future.
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If you would like to discuss your care needs in more detail, or you are considering a career as a Carer, give us a call on 01647 279211 or fill in the contact form.
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