Our Staff

Each staff-member's achievements in training are listed below. Please note:

NVQ refers to an National Vocational Qualification in Care, or Health and Social Care.
DCM refers to Dementia Care Matters.

Staff Members:

• Dawn Champion;
• Carlin Champion;
• Trinet Champion;
• Stevie Court;
• Rowenna Fafoo;
• Megan Gilbert;
• Sandra Hawes;
• Jenny Hill;
• Jon Hoskin;
• Sharon Kelly;
• Dawn Maeers;
• Gordon Maeers;
• Wendy Portlock.

Dawn Champion (senior carer)
Joined the team: 1997

• NVQ level 4
• Leadership and Management level 4
• NVQ level 3
• NVQ level 2
• Assessors Award
• Adult Literacy level 1
• Adult Numeracy level 1

Certificated training:

• Excelling As A First-time manager;
• Appraisal training;
• POVA;
• Mental Capability Act;
• DOLS;
• Care of Medicines;
• Dementia Care Congress;
• Excellence in Dementia Care;
• Dementia (Difficult Behaviours - DCM);
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days);
• Swallowing & Communication workshop;
• Emergency First Aid;
• Food Safety & Hygiene;
• Principles of Diet & Nutrition;
• Fire Safety;
• Fire Marshall Training;
• Infection Control;
• Care of The Dying & Bereaved;
• Moving & Handling Trainer.

Carlin Champion
Joined the team: June 2010

Certificated training:

• Moving & Handling (Theory & Practice);
• Safeguarding Adults;
• Health & Safety.

Trinet Champion
Joined the team: May 2010

Certificated training:

• Moving & Handling.

Stevie Court
Joined the team: September 2002

Certificated training:

• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Caring For People With Dementia;
• Equality Diversity & Equal Opportunities;
• Risk Assessment;
• Fire Safety;
• Moving & Handling;
• Food Hygiene;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days).

Rowenna Fafoo (cook)
Joined the team: 2002

Currently studying NVQ level 3.
Certificated training:

• Swallowing & Communication workshop;
• Mental Capability Act;
• Health & Safety;
• Safeguarding Adults;
• Equality Diversity & Equal Opportunities;
• Fire Safety;
• POVA;
• Infection Control;
• Dementia Care;
• Food Hygiene;
• Care & Admin' of Medicines;
• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Risk Assessment;
• Moving & Handling;
• Basic Emergency Aid;
• Principles of Diet & Nutrition;
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days).

Megan Gilbert
Joined the team: 2010

Currently studying NVQ level 2.
Certificated training:

• Moving & Handling.

Sandra Hawes
Joined the team: March 2006

• NVQ level 3

Certificated training:

• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days);
• Emergency First Aid;
• Food Hygiene;
• Moving & Handling;
• Challenging Behaviour.
• Adult Numeracy level 1;
• Adult Literacy level 1;

Previous relevant training:

• NVQ level 2;
• Admin' Medicines;
• No Secrets (Safeguarding);
• ICT;
• Diabetes Education;
• Reporting Abuse;
• Depression In The Elderly;
• Promotion of Countinence;
• Communication;
• Life Support.

Jenny Hill
Joined the team: November 2007

Certificated tranining:

• Care & Admin' of Medicines;
• Caring For People With Dementia;
• Optical Awareness;
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days).

Jon Hoskin
Joined the team: April 2010

Certificated training:

• Caring For People With Dementia;
• Moving & Handling;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Fire Safety;
• Food Hygiene;
• Safeguarding Adults.

Sharon Kelly
Joined the team: April 2009

Currently studying NVQ level 3.
Certificated training:

• Health & Safety;
• Infection Control;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Safeguarding Adults;
• Care & Admin' of Medicines;
• Principles of Diet & Nutrition;
• Mental Capability Act;
• Fire Safety;
• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Risk Assessment;
• Dementia;
• Moving & Handling;
• Equality Diversity & Equal Opportunities;
• Basic Emergency Aid;
• Food Hygiene;
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days).

Dawn Maeers
Joined the team: August 2004

• NVQ level 3
• NVQ level 2

Certificated training:

• Equality Diversity & Equal Opportunities;
• Safeguarding Adults;
• Mental Capability Act;
• Medication Handling;
• Care & Admin' of Medicines;
• Moving & Handling;
• Basic Emergency Aid;
• Health & Safety;
• Risk Assessment;
• Food Hygiene;
• Principles of Diet & Nutrition;
• Fire Safety;
• Infection Control;
• Swallowing & Communication workshop;
• No Secrets (Safeguarding);
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Dementia;
• Dementia (Difficult Behaviours - DCM);
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days).

Gordon Maeers
Joined the team: August 2005

• NVQ level 3
• NVQ level 2
• First Aid At Work
• Health & Safety In The Workplace level 3

Certificated training:

• Fire Safety;
• Safeguarding Adults;
• POVA;
• Equality Diversity & Equal Opportunities;
• Mental Capability Act;
• Basic Emergency Aid;
• Admin' of Medicines;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• General Health & Safety;
• Swallowing & Communication workshop;
• Caring For People With Dementia;
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days);
• Dealing With Challenging Behaviour;
• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Laughter Workshop;
• Infection Control;
• Moving & Handling;
• Food Hygiene;
• Diet & Nutrition;
• Adult Literacy level 1;
• Adult Numeracy level 1.

Wendy Portlock (cook)
Joined the team: March 2002

• NVQ level 2

Certificated tranining:

• Adult Literacy level 1;
• Adult Numeracy level 1;
• Food Hygiene;
• Food Hygiene: Diet & Nutrition;
• Eating For Health In Care Homes;
• Healthier Food & Special Diets;
• Dementia: Difficult Behaviours (DCM);
• Dementia: Meaningful Occupation (DCM);
• Being, Enabling, Inspiring, Nurturing & Growing: Dementia Care At Its Best (DCM - 2 days);
• Safeguarding Adults;
• Care & Admin' of Medicines;
• Medication Handling;
• Coping with Aggression in the Workplace;
• Death Dying & Bereavement;
• Caring For People With Dementia;
• Infection Control;
• Swallowing & Communication workshop;
• Emergency First Aid;
• Moving & Handling.