Flexicare At Home

Kevin is an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about the rights of people to receive excellent quality care. Kevin's role is to manage new businesses and create partnerships with organisations with the aim of creating a more holistic care and support package for those we care for and support. Kevin is keen to continually improve individuals' well-being and peace of mind by helping them access services from these partners.

Kevin is also involved in establishing new business ventures that complement the care and support we provide in the comfort of people's own homes. These new ventures will provide more community-based opportunities to enable a better quality of life and mitigate loneliness.

Kevin studied Business Management at the University of Leeds and completed a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services.

In his spare time, Kevin enjoys spending time with his young family, friends and his two dogs, Yorkshire terrier Archie and basset hound Murphy. His hobbies include swimming, and supporting Leeds United and travel.

Ann has volunteered across numerous social care settings since her teenage years. This spurred Ann to say goodbye to her successful 29-year career in business and IT management and towards a new career in the health and social care sector. In preparation for the career change, Ann completed a psychology honours degree and other postgraduate studies at the University of Leeds. Ann also has a Level 7 Diploma in Management & Leadership in a Health & Social Care and Children and Young people's Services.

Ann is passionate about delivering holistic care focusing on emotional and psychological well-being, as well as physical well-being and the use of assisted technologies. Ann is also committed to supporting family and friends who act as the main carer for their loved ones.

Ann's research interests include therapies and strategies to maintain good emotional well-being, dementia, and nutrition in the elderly.

Ann believes in promoting self-development across the workforce and supports various learning and training opportunities open to all employees.

Ann has been married for over 44 years and has 2 sons and 3 grandchildren. In her spare time, Ann enjoys family life, walking, reading and visiting her large family in Ireland.

After university Kim worked in IT, up to Technical Director of a successful software house, for over 10 years. He then branched out on his own and worked as an independent consultant for a major global bank in various positions and locations for over 15 years, always being focused on customer service within the various business groups he was contracted to assist.

As Flexicare grew it became apparent that a dedicated resource was needed in the IT and financial areas of the business, so in 2012 Kim joined the company as Finance and IT director.

In his spare time, Kim likes to whack a golf ball around the local golf course.

Samantha (Sam) has worked in various adult care settings for several years, including home care, building a wealth of knowledge and experience in the care sector.

Most recently she was the Care Manager of a retirement living development where she supported homeowners through the transition of independent living into supported living. Part of this role involved recognising care needs and building person-centred care packages for those requiring support.

Sam is passionate about delivering a high standard of person-centred care and promoting emotional well-being, using psychological foundations, for both clients and their families. As part of her continuing development, Sam is working towards completing a QCF Level 5 in Health & Social Care

Before starting her career in adult social care, Sam worked in childcare for several years before becoming a successfully registered childminder for 12 years, maintaining a 'Good' Ofsted rating throughout.

In her spare time, Sam enjoys spending time with her four sons and granddaughter. She can often be found watching the youngest of her boys playing football.

Lucy has been at Flexicare at Home since 2016, becoming a valued member of staff. Lucy's demanding main role is planning the rota to ensure continuity of care and consistent visit times. Lucy is also a great support to the HR and Care team. Lucy studied at Huddersfield University obtaining a degree in English Literature and Film Studies. She has spent time travelling including America for 6 months where she learnt more different cultures and ways of life.

Lucy spends her time in the company of her dog, Harvey, babysitting her nieces, watching rugby and enjoying foods from different cultures.

Before working in home care, Yongmin spent several years working with vulnerable adults within supported accommodation, providing a wide range of services to vulnerable individuals and families who struggled daily with a variety of issues, including mental health, substance misuse, homelessness and repeat offending.

Having started with Flexicare in 2019, Yongmin's experience resulted in him being well suited to supporting some of our most vulnerable service users and becoming a reliable team member. Yongmin was offered more responsibilities in 2022 and now supports the Care Management team in the community where amongst several responsibilities, ensures the highest levels of care are delivered alongside supervising carers and completing client reviews. Yongmin has also recently accepted the opportunity to do some part-time work within the HR department, ensuring only the best quality candidates are recruited to join the team.

Yongmin is a very family-orientated individual who enjoys travelling and experiencing different cultures and sights around the world with a keen interest in South Korea, where his name originates from. Yongmin travelled the world from being 5 years old, competing in the Korean national sport, Taekwondo. When Yongmin first travelled to South Korea, he stayed with a Korean family who had a big impact on his life, giving him a Korean name while he was over there. Yongmin had such a passion for the Korean people, culture and country; so started to self-study the Korean language as well as legally change his name.

Nellie is our newest office recruit. Nellie got her start in healthcare back in 2014, studying Health and Social Care. A few years later, in 2018, she landed her first job at homecare after completing work experience at a number of different Care homes and hasn't looked back since. That same year, she wrapped up her degree in Human Resources and Business Management from the University of Huddersfield.

Since then, Nellie's tried her hand at recruiting in all sorts of fields. Now, she's putting her experience to work at Flexicare at Home as a Specialist Recruitment Officer in Adult Social Care. It's a role that lets her combine her passion for care work with her knack for Recruitment.

Sarah is a Registered General Nurse/District Nurse/Midwife and qualified in 1975. Sarah worked as a community nurse/midwife in The Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for 15 years after which she spent 10 years in nursing homes and then finally started teaching in 2002.

Sarah is an ITC-accredited provider of First Aid at Work training. Sarah's qualifications, knowledge, expertise and experience are utilised for training in other training courses including Medication, Dementia, Health and Safety, Infection Control, Food Safety, Nutrition & Hydration, Pressure Sore prevention, Epilepsy & Diabetes.

Sarah trained with Dementia Care Matters so that she could deliver excellent Dementia training. The founder of Dementia Care Matters, Dr David Sheard, has been an inspiration to Sarah. The Dementia training course revolves around Dementia being an emotional experience with emotional well-being at the heart of true person-centred care.

Sarah's hobbies include walking, crystal healing and spending time with her grandchildren

Sarah's aspirations are to promote, through training, more awareness of the experience for people living with dementia. On a personal level, Sarah wishes to live in her little house in as eco-friendly a way as possible.

Gemma has been with Flexicare at Home since 2012 and is a very valued and sought-after community team member. Management receives many very positive reviews, often highlighting her ability to cheer her clients through her sunny personality.

Gemma says she loves working at FLexicare at Home, where she has a work-life balance and rates of pay that are always ahead of the cost of living rises. She works the early shift but can be found covering a late shift when colleagues are on holiday so her clients always have visits from a carer they know. Gemma is a true team player and a pleasure to work with.

Michelle has provided compassionate care and support to her cherished clients since 2019. Michelle is a great team player and relishes helping others and providing exemplary care.

Sally has been with Flexicare at Home since 2014. Over that time Sally has received several accolades from her clients and their families, remarking on her ability to bring joy into people's daily lives. Not only does Sally wear a permanent smile, but she also has an infectious laugh that radiates to all around her. Sally is very popular with all her clients and carers alike - a real treasure in the care profession.