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.
She has been involved in care work for roughly 20 years, and has been working with NEDCare since the beginning of March 2020, just as the pandemic hit the UK.
Jax says, ‘I love working as a domiciliary carer, having the opportunity to support elderly and vulnerable people, helping them to be comfortable in their own homes. The variety of clients and support they need keeps the job interesting as no two days are the same. I feel privileged to work alongside such a caring and committed team of carers as well as supporting our wonderful clients’.
Jax says, ‘I love working as a domiciliary carer, having the opportunity to support elderly and vulnerable people, helping them to be comfortable in their own homes. The variety of clients and support they need keeps the job interesting as no two days are the same. I feel privileged to work alongside such a caring and committed team of carers as well as supporting our wonderful clients’.
Outside of NEDCare, Jax enjoys running, reading and spending quality time with her family.
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.
Annie says, ‘working with NEDCare has for sure been a wild ride but I wouldn’t change it for the world as it’s made me who I am today. I’ve got some amazing friends who also work at NEDCare – we’re just one big family!’
Currently Annie is working on a Level 2 Diploma in Care, and outside of work can be found working on a van build with her step-Dad, to go on adventures in with her dog Cooper!
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.’
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 Moretonhampstead Hospital. They keep the wheels of NEDCare turning, supporting our care team and 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
Mags has worked in the charity sector for over 20 years with 16 being in senior management of which 8 + years has been as a CEO; working for charities such as The Children’s Society, YMCA South Devon, a regional domestic violence charity and Exeter Leukaemia Fund.
In her role at NEDCare, Mags aims to develop services to put clients’ needs at the forefront of everything the charity does, expanding the offer to cater for what the elder community needs. Mags has personal experience of how hard it is to obtain appropriate care and sees the need to support and empower people to make their own choices for care at home. She believes that older members of the community should be treated with dignity and respect.
Outside of work, Mags enjoys gardening, walking, cycling, F1, and following all sports in general.
Simon notes, ‘Putting the person first is a thread that runs through everything we do, from training for carers, our relationships with families, linking in with other professionals and understanding the people in the local community. My role is to ensure this thread remains at the core of all our work’.
Simon likes working for NEDCare because the organisation is small enough to be responsive. He highlights, ‘the fact that we are a local organisation means that we get to know people well and can retain a personal, sensitive, and individual approach to all those we support. This is the single most important thing to me and gives me the greatest professional satisfaction.’
Contact Simon 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 simon@nedcare.org
Lucy says, ‘working for NEDCare ticks many boxes for me, but in particular I love working within a team whose priority is being client centred. Every one of the team really strives to meet the individualised needs of the people we provide support to. The care team I work with, are a truly inspiring group of people who consistently work hard to meet our clients care needs. I love that I get to work with them every day’.
Contact Lucy for an informal chat about working for NEDCare at lucy@nedcare.org
The Team Liaison Support Officer for NEDCare, Rachel moved to the area from Derby 26 years ago. Before working for NEDCare, Rachel worked at the Chagford Montessori Nursery and a community wholefood shop and café. What she loves about NEDCare is working with such an ‘enthusiastic and dedicated’ team. Job satisfaction for Rachel is ‘getting home and knowing we’ve made a difference’. In her spare time likes to explore Dartmoor.
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!
Jane has had a long career in nursing and social care, working mostly in community hospitals. Jane has also worked as a home visiting adviser for the Citizen’s Advice Bureau. She is a partner in the family farm which she takes a strong interest in. Jane has four grown up daughters who are all in caring professions
Jane brings her nursing and social care skills to NEDCare, along with a passion for wellbeing for the community in which she lives and supports.
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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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