Meet our Local Area team

Supporting you, wherever you are

We provide expert care, nationwide

Our Local Area Managers are the people who ensure we get your or your loved one’s care right.

While our HQ is based in Saxmundham, Suffolk, our Local Area Managers live in your community, know your area, and are there to meet you face-to-face.

Our Local Area Managers are responsible for building and maintaining our client’s personalised care plans and risk assessments. This starts with an initial meeting with you as a potential client, as well as your family.  We want to get to know you and understand your needs, wishes, and concerns.  We can then work with you to create a care plan that best supports you and what you want.

Another key responsibility of the Local Area Manager is helping our carers. Care is tough work, and our carers need people to talk to, who will listen and give sensible advice.

Our advanced training sets us apart

Our Local Area Managers are expertly trained. Having completed our full carer induction training, they hold an additional EDGE People Handling and Risk Assessment Key Trainers Certificate.

This exemplary Advanced Level 4 training is quality-assured by RoSPA Qualifications and is a Royal College of Occupational Therapists (ROCT) Approved Learning Award.

Our Local Area Managers are not only able to demonstrate outstanding knowledge and practical skills in risk assessment and moving and handling of adults in a care setting, they are also trained to convey manual handling knowledge and skills to others. This means that if you or your carer needs advice, we have people in your area who can come and help you.

Throughout your care journey with Christies Care, your Local Area Manager will be there as a friendly representative.  Wherever you are in the country, you can have peace of mind that there is always someone with whom you can have a face-to-face meeting and who will be able to make things better.

Hannah Kent

It’s wonderful to see clients of all ages living their lives in familiar surroundings and, as much as possible, with the support of their live-in carer, having control over how they do it. I have the greatest respect for our carers who always put themselves out and show great commitment in order to assist their clients. It’s very satisfying when things are running smoothly and when client and carer just ‘click’!

It’s wonderful to see clients of all ages living their lives in familiar surroundings and, as much as possible, with the support of their live-in carer, having control over how they do it. I have the greatest respect for our carers who always put themselves out and show great commitment in order to assist their clients. It’s very satisfying when things are running smoothly and when client and carer just ‘click’!

Isabella Kwiatkowska

I have worked with Christies Care for 12 years now, the last 10 as a Local Area Manager, the job I truly enjoy.

Seeing the difference having a live-in carer makes to people is very uplifting as well as thought provoking. It is so great to see a good bond between carer and client. 

I have worked with Christies Care for 12 years now, the last 10 as a Local Area Manager, the job I truly enjoy.

Seeing the difference having a live-in carer makes to people is very uplifting as well as thought provoking. It is so great to see a good bond between carer and client. 

Gemma Chapman

Prior to joining Christies Care, I cared for and supported people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties, as well as individuals with behaviours that challenge. I found empowering individuals to live as independently as possible and engaging them in meaningful activities, immensely rewarding. This also provided me with the valuable experience of working in partnership with many different professionals who are involved in someone’s care.

Prior to joining Christies Care, I cared for and supported people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties, as well as individuals with behaviours that challenge. I found empowering individuals to live as independently as possible and engaging them in meaningful activities, immensely rewarding. This also provided me with the valuable experience of working in partnership with many different professionals who are involved in someone’s care.

Christine
Charters-Young

My younger sister has ME and a dear friend lives with MS. The experience of supporting them through difficult times and empowering them to live life as fully as possible is what helped to inspire me to become an Area Manager for Christies.

My younger sister has ME and a dear friend lives with MS. The experience of supporting them through difficult times and empowering them to live life as fully as possible is what helped to inspire me to become an Area Manager for Christies.

Ruth Barnard

I’m really enjoy working for Christies Care, ensuring our clients receive the highest standard of care and remaining as independent as possible in their own homes.

I’m really enjoy working for Christies Care, ensuring our clients receive the highest standard of care and remaining as independent as possible in their own homes.

Bryan Ellison

I used to get asked a lot by my friends why I work in the care industry and my answer was, and still is, that I get a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I have made a difference to someone’s life.

I used to get asked a lot by my friends why I work in the care industry and my answer was, and still is, that I get a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I have made a difference to someone’s life.

David Segal

The support that everyone at Christies Care provides to our diverse base of clients is truly inspiring. Having previously been a carer supporting some of our valued clients, to being an advisor and getting to meet so many wonderful people- I feel a real sense of purpose in my work everyday.

The support that everyone at Christies Care provides to our diverse base of clients is truly inspiring. Having previously been a carer supporting some of our valued clients, to being an advisor and getting to meet so many wonderful people- I feel a real sense of purpose in my work everyday.

Katie Clements

I have found my role as a Local Area Manager both enriching and rewarding, the ability to make a difference to an individual’s life is why I work in the care sector.

I have found my role as a Local Area Manager both enriching and rewarding, the ability to make a difference to an individual’s life is why I work in the care sector.