Hugh Gathorne-Hardy - Chairman
Hugh took over Christies Care with Nicola Warner in 1991 and as chairman has led the development of the company to its current size, with Christies Care now managing around 4.5 million hours of care a year.
Prior to Christies Care, Hugh’s background was in commerce and banking and as a management consultant and chartered accountant.
Nicola Warner – Managing Director
As Managing Director Nicola is responsible for the day to day running of Christies Care and oversees the Heads of Department who in turn manage their own teams.
Nicola has extensive business experience, particularly in people management and has directed development of the human resources team who work to Investor in People standards.
She is also actively involved in Christies Care’s marketing communications programme through newsletters, internet marketing, PR and advertising.
Lin Barnes – Registered Manager
Lin joined Christies Care in 1999 as the company accountant and has found working in the care industry much more rewarding than the commercial sector.
In 2009 she became Regulation Manager and has put in place a quality improvement programme which focuses on ensuring Christies Care provides a continually improving standard of care. This includes involving more clients in providing feedback so they can be involved in the development of services.
Lin became Registered Manager in 2010.
Our Departments
The departments in Christies Care are organised to allow us to provide a first class service to our clients and our care assistants.
Our Client Admin team is the one that you will talk to first if you are interested in receiving care for yourself or a loved one.
The Bookings department will then work with you to ensure you get the right care assistant to meet your wishes and needs. They are also there on the end of the telephone should you have any questions.
For our care assistants, we have Recruitment and Training teams who help our applicants for care work, from the initial application form stage right through to completing their training.
They are then supported by our Carer Support Team, which gives them all the support they need to help them do their job well for our clients.
Finally, we have a number of service departments, such as Accounts and IT, who work in the background to ensure that everything comes together successfully.
