Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

799 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9SY
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9.8 30 Reviews
  • Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford, Westcliff-on-Sea
Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford is a leading homecare and live-in-care agency who have revolutionised the way that high-quality, bespoke care is delivered, not only to older people but also to those with specialist care needs, young adults and their families.

The team are committed to providing the highest quality homecare throughout the Southend and Rochford Districts so that customers can remain safe and comfortable in their own homes.

The care offered at Bluebird Care (Southend & Rochford) is second-to-none and the company is proud to cultivate a supportive and responsive team with high personal standards and a passion for exceptional service.

Carers provide a full range of care services from shopping and companionship to full personal care including live-in care, 24-hours per day. Carers are skilled and trained to the highest standards and take pride in the care that they deliver.

Bluebird Care work alongside families and individuals to tailor services to help service users stay in control of their own care for as long as they are able to.

Care Provided by Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

  • Type of Service
  • Home Care Provider
  • Privately Owned
  • Specialist Care Categories
  • Alcohol Dependence (past or present)
  • Call in Service
  • Cancer Care
  • Cleaning Service
  • Companionship
  • Dementia
  • Domestic Services / Home Help
  • Drug Dependence (past or present)
  • Food Preparation & Serving
  • High Dependency Care, two carers attending
  • Laundry Service
  • Learning Disability
  • Medication Assistance
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Older Person Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Personal Hygiene Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Respite cover
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Shopping Service / Errands
  • Sit in Service
  • Transportation Service
  • Other Care Provided
  • 24 Hour Care
  • Adult Home Care (18+)
  • Hospital Discharge
  • Live in Carer
  • Personal Care (on a contracted hours basis)
  • Personal Care Assessments
  • Risk Assessments in the Home

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Kellie Woodcraft (Registered Manager)

Funding & Fees Guide for Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

  • Prices
  • Care At Home Prices
    At Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford, we offer a highly professional service for our customers. Our services range from a 30-minute visit a day, to 24-hour care 7 days a week. We offer all customers a free assessment in the comfort of their own home to help determine the level of home care service required.


    Please find below the details of our prices


    Care At Home Prices
    Length of visit Mon-Fri Sat-Sun Public Holidays
    30 minutes £30 £33 £38.25
    45 minutes £33 £36 £40.55
    1 hour £36 £39.00 £44.99


  • Please note, our Live-in Care and Over night prices are available separately


Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford Reviews (30)

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9.8

Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.803) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford has 30 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Bluebird Care has given a superb care programme so far.
They have followed personal care with a series of exercises when able. Further physiotherapy will hopefully mean a further exercise regime can continue with the assistance of the carers who are willing and able.
A very good team of support

Reply from Sharon Wuyts, Communications & Marketing at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Thank you for your lovely comments. Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford strive on our amazing carers and the work they do, they all are such a great credit to us.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very reliable service, very friendly and helpful carers, always respectful.

Reply from Sharon Wuyts, Communications & Marketing at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Dear Adele, thank you for your lovely comment. Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford strives on our amazing carers and the work they do; they all are such a great credit to us.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Carers are polite, smart, and on time. They find time to have a chat with my mum which has helped her during these difficult times as she has at times become lonely. The carers always ensure all mum's needs have been met before they leave her. Having Bluebird Care involved has given the family peace
of mind as I know they will contact me if there are any concerns over mum's welfare. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Bluebird Care to others.

Reply from Sharon Wuyts, Communications & Marketing at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Thank you for your lovely comment. Bluebird Care strives on our amazing carers and the work they do, they all are such a great credit to us.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Mum has been very happy with the service provided and all carers have been very friendly and helpful. Nothing is too much trouble! Thank you for everything you do for her.

Reply from Lucy McCormack, Manager at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Thank you for your review and 5-star rating, we are glad you are happy with our services.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

All the care staff is excellent. I have had some problems with the office staff. The care staff are very efficient and obviously well trained, perhaps just as important, they are pleasant with it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I find the carers very kind and very helpful. What more can I say? They are all lovely.

Reply from Lucy McCormack, Manager at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Thank you from all at Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford for your kind words and review.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Bluebird Care takes care of my mother-in-law with such professionalism and respect. All seem to be very well trained despite the carers being various different ages. They make me and my husband a tea if we are visiting mum which they really do not have to do. She has a number of ailments and can some
times be quite rude, the carers never seem to take it personally and remain patient and calm. I cannot fault the carers or the ladies in the office who I speak of mum as if she is a member of their own family, that is all we ever wanted.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very professional and courteous. Was able to help me with everything I needed as well as treating me with full respect and dignity.

Reply from Tracey McCormack, Director at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Bluebird Care staff supporting our customers to remain independent and safely in their own homes with our experienced trained staff.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I have found all the ladies very good, polite, helpful and on time (near enough). The office staff have been fine. So far it's working well.

Reply from Tracey McCormack, Director at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Bluebird Care Trained Staff supporting our customers at home with dignity and respect a better alternative to Residential Care.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I find the overall standard very responsive and attentive and particular attention is paid to ensuring continuity of staff and their understanding of the current needs - which now change more frequently!

Reply from James King, Care Manager at Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford

Many thanks for your review.


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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.803)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.803) out of 10 for Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 11 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Home Care Provider is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.803 for Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford is calculated as follows: ( (54 Excellents x 5) + (11 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 66 Ratings = 4.803

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows: 3 points for the first Positive Review, 2 points in total for each of the next 9 Positive Reviews (1st = 3, 2nd = 0.5, 3rd = 0.5, 4th = 0.25, 5th = 0.25, 6th = 0.1, 7th = 0.1, 8th = 0.1, 9th = 0.1, 10th = 0.1)

    The 5 points relating to the number of Positive Reviews for Bluebird Care Southend & Rochford is based on 11 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as follows: 3 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 5

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Home Care Provider does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Performance

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 5 Apr 2019

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    Good
  • Effective

    Good
  • Responsive

    Good
  • Safe

    Good
  • Well-led

    Good

Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.

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Meet the Team (7)

Kellie

Kellie Woodcraft

Job Title: Registered Manager

Joined: 2016

Kellie is a naturally passionate and attentive individual, with a real eye for care.


Since embarking on her career with Bluebird Care, Kellie has successfully established relationships with both customers and fellow care assistants, this has allowed her to match the skills and abilities of the care worker with the needs of the customer, yielding maximum customer and job satisfaction.


Kellie consistently partakes in all in-house training and is currently working towards her QCF/NVQ Level 5 qualification.


As office manager of Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford Kellie oversees the professional and compassionate workings of both the office and care staff.


If you wish to contact Kellie regarding any matter her contact details are


Megan

Megan Clark

Job Title: Office Manager

Joined: 2017

I have worked in the care industry since I was 18 years old and I joined Bluebird Care in March 2017 as a care assistant, then progressed to a Senior Care Assistant role and in February 2019, and now I am the office manager. I joined the office team and became the Care Co-ordinator. During my time with Bluebird Care, I have gained my Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care and currently studying level 5 NVQ in Health and Social Care management. I am a Trained Trainer in Manual Handling, Risk Assessments, Oral Hygiene, Autism Awareness, and Parkinson’s Awareness, I am also a Mental Health First Aider.


Charlotte

Charlotte Nardolilli

Job Title: Supervisor

Joined: 2018

My name is Charlotte, I am a Supervisor at Bluebird Care, I assist our wonderful customers in all aspects of life, from personal care to taking them out for weekly shopping trips and everything in between! I started with Bluebird Care in January 2018 which was my first ever care job! I always thought I could never do care work as I didn't feel the personal care side of things was for me! I'm glad I took the jump, as I've been on some amazing training and the support you receive from the team is outstanding. I feel that since I started working at Bluebird that Care I have found my calling! I love everything about my job (well most of it!) but I really wouldn't be in my job if I didn't enjoy it. The most satisfying part of my job is seeing the customers being as independent as possible within the home and supporting them as required! I have also, just completed my Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care.


Bea

Bea Onu

Job Title: Care Supervisor

Joined: 2023

I have worked at Bluebird Care since 2023 and really enjoy my role and working with our customers.


Maryann

Maryann Cleaver

Job Title: Live in Care Manager

Joined: 2020

It is important to us all that we dedicate our full-time roles to the management of Live in Care for our customers and our Live in Care assistants, to ensure this aspect of our business is managed effectively and to the highest of quality standards.


Live in Care is classed as a significant purchase, and whilst more cost-effective than a residential setting the management of each individual Live in Care package requires a lot of time and attention. If you would like to learn more about how we manage our Live in Care Package and support our Live in Care assistant please navigate to our Live in Care FAQ's under the useful information tab on our website.


Whilst we are all well experienced in this service, we never lose sight of the difference we make in our customers ’ lives. Being able to remain safe at home is a dream of many of our customers and their families. We work to make that dream a reality, ensuring that the customer is safe, happy and living their life to their full potential in the familiar surroundings of their own home.


Victoria

Victoria Cleaver

Job Title: Accounting and Financial Manager

Joined: 2014

I have been at Bluebird Care since 2014 and I am fortunate to love my job and be a part of an ‘outstanding’ team. My role is more than a “traditional finance” role, which makes it a very rewarding role – I get the opportunity to meet customers and employees and it’s an amazing feeling knowing that as a team we have made a positive difference to someone’s life and been there to support them – may that be our customers, their families or a Bluebird Care employee.


Kevin & Tracey

Kevin & Tracey McCormack

Job Title: Franchise Owners

Joined: 2005

Bluebird Care Southend and Rochford is owned and run by Kevin and Tracey McCormack who bring a wealth of professional care and service experience along with management and organisational expertise to your local area.


Prior to setting up their network of Bluebird Care offices in East London and Essex, Tracey had fifteen years of experience in childcare services along with five years in adult health and social care. Kevin has 30 years of extensive business management experience having been a Director and Managing Director of several large media businesses.


Our vision is to be the very best local provider of quality care whatever the needs or requirements may be. To be able to support any individual or group regardless of circumstances through professionalism and specialist application when needed.