Tailored home care in County Durham

Elizabeth Swan

Wellbeing Support Worker

Karen Garnett

Wellbeing Support Worker

Karen is a retired midwife, spending 17 years in this role. After having hand surgery Karen felt this was the best time to make a career move. Karen has experience looking after a family member with Alzheimers and felt she would be more useful in a care role. Karen enjoys most aspects of art and crafting such as cross stitch, card and Jewellery making and would love to do some of this with our clients. Family, friendships, love, loyalty and good health is very important to Karen, and she knows that keeping stress to a manageable level is a huge bonus.

Caroline Ratcliff

Wellbeing Support Worker

Carolines working career started as a Leisure Centre Attendant for 5 years and she went on to be an Occupational Therapist, working for the NHS for 27 years, specialising in adult mental health. The most important thing to Caroline is making a difference to people's lives and supporting them to do the things they enjoy. Caroline loves sports and has competed in running, cycling and duathlon events. She enjoys walking with her family, cooking, cinema and local theatre.

Paul Rathbone

Wellbeing Support Worker

Paul has qualified as a yoga teacher to teach public classes, workshops and retreats... later specialising in yoga therapy working with individual clients and small groups with various health issues. Paul was also carer for 14 years looking after his mother who developed dementia. Paul has many interests and hobbies, including yoga and meditation, gardening, philosophy, long walks in the countryside with friends, and keeping in touch with family.

Neil

Development Coach

Neil has worked in care and support for the last 20 years, he has a passion for making a difference in people's lives and making sure that people are supported to live life to the full! When Neil is not helping people, you can find him coaching children's football, he has a passion for football and helping people improve their skills.

Lisa

Wellbeing Support Worker

After training in Fashion and Textile design Lisa ran her own business designing bridal wear for many years. She has also volunteered as a landscape Gardener and has a keen interest in psychology. Mental health is very important to her. She has a young son and absolutely adores being a Mum. In her free time she loves singing, running, gardening and anything arts and crafts.

Sara

Wellbeing Support Worker

Sarah used to teach Art and Design Technology to secondary school students and has set up an Art class for adults in the past. She has young twins and lots of animals. In her spare time, she rides out on her horses and takes her 3 dogs out for walks.

Grace

Wellbeing Support Worker

Grace has worked as a support worker/healthcare assistant in the past. She enjoys baking and cleaning. She loves spending time with her two boys, and enjoys putting a smile on people's faces.

Marc

Wellbeing Support Worker

Marc is passionate about having a positive impact on the lives of others. He has been a personal trainer for the last few years, helping others to achieve results they once thought were out of reach. He enjoys living with love and passion!