KNIGHTS CARE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Head Office Team
Adam Knights is the Managing Director of Knights Care. Adam is an owner-operator working full time in the care sector since 2001. Knights Care currently operates homes in the North East, East & West Midlands and Humber Regions, specializing in Nursing and Specialist Dementia care.
Adam graduated from Brunel University with a degree in Business Studies and has always had a passion for the care sector since he started in the family business at 8 years old. This passion for supporting vulnerable adults has continued throughout his whole career and whilst always maintaining the highest standards.
Adam believes the key to his successful care homes is in making sure his residents live a life they choose and not one that is forced upon them. Whilst continuing to support and develop his staff who are integral to his company.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
- Lead Senior Carer
Alison has spent most of her life working in care homes and has worked her way to her current role. Alongside her vast experience, she has also amassed a wealth of qualifications, including NVQs in Health and Social Care, Customer Service and Activity Provision. When not at work Alison is kept busy - she has 3 children and 7 grandchildren, Rosie the dog and an allotment, all of which need a lot of attention!
Amanda has worked for the company for seven years as HR Manager.
She gained a master's degree in 2020.
Amanda is a people's person ,very charismatic and a great communicator.
In her spare time Amanda loves to cook delicious food for her family and loves spending time with her friends.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Head of Maintenance
Brian has worked for the Knights care family since 1994. He assisted in the building of Adams' maiden home Abbey Court, before Adam took over operations in 2006. Brian is a highly skilled person in the company offering a wide range knowledge to our maintenance team in general and operating larger tasks outside of the daily maintenance needs. By having Brian we know the quality of the work will always be to the Knights Care standard and he has become a great familiar face not just to staff, but more importantly to the residents, while he is improving and maintaining the homes they live in. Therefore helping us stay ahead and compliant. Brian is a great asset working in care homes for over 25 years he understands the needs and compassion required in the environment.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
- Dementia Lead Nurse
Carol began her career in 1975 as a Cadet Nurse. She wanted to progress in her career so trained to become a Registered Mental Nurse and then a Registered Nurse in Adult Health. Carol worked at Leek Moorlands Hospital until her retirement from the NHS in 2014.
Carol has now been working at Abbey Court for approx 4 years in the role of Dementia Lead Nurse. She also assist and works closely with the Clinical Lead Nurse.
Carol states that she loves working at Abbey Court due to the diversity of her role and feels it is a pleasure to look after our residents who are all different and have different needs, thus requiring her to remain updated with her skills.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
- Home Manager
Carol Woodliffe has 26 years experience in the care industry, 13 years at management level. This experience has armed her qualifications including NVQ Level 2,3 & 4 Health & Social Care; QCF Level 2 (Management structure) in Dementia care, Mental Capacity Assessment, End of life Care, Person Centred Care Planning and Medication management. All this training has underpinned skills and extensive knowledge in the care industry, specifically older people.
Carol has utilised the rationale for good person centred practise by honing excellent people skills, a professional approach and versatility. She is a self-motivated individual with commitment to high standards of quality care provision. She focusses on sharing her ethos of ‘resident first and foremost' with staff in her employ ensuring a driven, compassionate and empathetic team continues to evolve positively.
Carole is our Care Home Administrator for Branthwaite Care Home and is very organised and methodical in her approach to any task. Carole originally started her role in 2015 as Receptionist and was promoted in 2023.
Carole is a friendly, bubbly person, who likes to help others and loves to travel abroad and experience new countries and their culture. Carole also has a great passion for Netherland Dwarf Rabbits who she regularly brings in to see the residents.
Charlotte has twelve years' experience working in a Primary school with SEN and children with challenging behaviour.
Specialising in nurture and care, she enjoys making a difference in people's lives.
After visiting Cherry Holt on lots of occasions throughout 2020 to 2021 with a groups of school children interacting with the resident, she decided for a career change.
She started working at Cherry Holt as receptionist/admin she has recently been promoted to Personal Assistant to the Home Manager.
Charlotte enjoys socialising and watching her granddaughter play football for the local community team Retford United girls.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Administration Apprentice
Charlotte started here at Knights Care in January 2022 as the Administration Apprentice.
After starting her A-levels, Charlotte realised it wasn't the route for her and wanted to gain her business education and skills in a practical and friendly work environment.
Charlotte is currently studying her NVQ level 3 in business administration. She is looking to successfully complete her course in the next year.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Compliance Apprentice
Charlotte Lowe started with Knights Care in May 2020 as the Compliance Apprentice. After studying her GSCE's, Charlotte wanted to further develop her business education in a friendly work environment. Charlotte is currently studying her NVQ level 3 in Business Admin and looking to successfully complete her course in a couple of years' time.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Member of the Drovers Call Team
Charlotte has a background working in Administration before she had her children and then worked in retail up until she started at Drovers Call in August 2022 as a Receptionist. Charlotte was promoted to the role of Administrator in early 2023 where she is now thriving in developing her skills.
Charlotte has a have an NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Business Administration and has completed A level I.C.T, Sociology and Psychology.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Randolph House Team
Coralie is Acting Deputy Manager at The Maple Care Home. Having worked firstly in Home Care, then moving on to working in Care Homes, Coralie has over 12 years' experience of working in the Care Sector. Outside of work Coralie likes to spend valuable time with her grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Manager
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Payroll Manager
Danielle Petrillo joined the Knights Care Team in January 2020 as the Accounts Assistant and has recently been promoted to the role of Payroll Manager . With a background as a payroll officer, Danielle wanted to expand her skillset and gain maximum opportunity within a company. Knights Care were able to offer her the role, and Danielle is now exceeding in her professional development. She is versatile and takes great pride in the work she does. Her positive attitude brings a great atmosphere to the Head Office and her motivation to exceed proves her commitment and dedication.
David started working for Knights Care in 2014 as the cook at Drovers Call. David was promoted to the Kitchen Manager role at Randolph House in 2021. As well as studying Cattery at South East London Tech College, David has a NVQ in Health and Social Care and has 8 years' experience working in a Special Needs College. David can't live without music and like to read every day.
Deana Wharton previously worked in the hairdressing industry for 20 years and for the last 7 years as the assistant manager of a hair salon in which she carried out all administration duties. Deana started working at Ladysmith care home in July 2020 as an administrator and is now settling into the role very well and enjoying working in a care home setting, which she finds very rewarding.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
- Home Administrator
- Reception / Admin
Deana Wharton previously worked in the hairdressing industry for 20 years and for the last 7 years as the assistant manager of a hair salon in which she carried out all administration duties. Deana started working at Ladysmith care home in July 2020 as an administrator and is now settling into the role very well and enjoying working in a care home setting, which she finds very rewarding.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
- Care Manager
Debbie Macleod started working at Ladysmith as a cook when the care home was first built in 2011. Debbie had worked in the care industry for a few years before this but decided she wanted a change in direction. After a year of working as the care home's cook Debbie decided to go back into the role of a carer and after two years became a senior, as Debbie's confidence and skills grew, she was able to move on to become lead senior before taking on the role as care manager.
I started working at Cherry Holt on the 29 th December 1998 in the Laundry working only three days a week, part time due to having a 8 year old son. After a couple of years I added another day to that and worked four days a week. During this time, I also helped out in the kitchen doing teas mainly and also helped out on the morning shifts too, so after a few months I then took on a full time varied role. Following Knights Cares take over, I was offered a new position of front of house receptionist in November 2022 which I gladly said yes too.
Donna started at Branthwaite as a senior carer in 2015 and then moved on to Care Coordinator where she spent many years learning so much about all our residents and building wonderful relationships with their families.
Donna was promoted to the role of Deputy Manager in 2023 and her current roll expands her mind and capacities daily, and she is proud to be part of the team at Branthwaite. In her time away from work, Donna enjoys running, and socialising with family and friends.
Job Titles:
- Customer Relations Manager
Ellie joined the Knights Care Team in January 2021 as an Accounts Assistant. She has over 17 years' experience working in accounts in a variety of different roles. The need for our accounts team to grow presented the opportunity for Ellie to join us. The ability to adapt her accounting knowledge to the care sector has enabled her to settle into the role with ease. Ellie has great attention to detail which is needed as she creates the invoices for our residents' care and also comes in handy for her hobby as a cake maker. Ellie was promoted to the position of Customer Relations Manager in 2022.
Job Titles:
- Customer Relations Manager
- Member of the Head Office Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Randolph House Team
- House Keeper
Elsa has been in care for the last 2 years and started working at Randolph House as a Domestic and has been promoted to the Head Housekeeper. Elsa enjoys her role and ensuring the home is kept clean and tidy at all time. Elsa likes to maintain a good and friendly atmosphere for all the residents, staff and relatives.
Job Titles:
- Compliance Manager
- Member of the Head Office Team
Emily has 10 years of experience in working with people with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours that challenge. She has a real passion working with the care sector and completed her NVQ level 3 in health and social care. Knights care was a great step forward for Emily to use her skills and knowledge in a different setting and she is very grateful for the opportunity to learn new skills. Emily enjoys meeting new people, being out in nature and BBQs in the sun.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
- Head of Housekeeping
Hayley has worked at Abbey Court for five years and has progressed to managing the housekeeping team. She has completed professional qualifications in laundry operations and cleaning services. Hayley takes a professional pride in ensuring the home is tip top clean, and in leading her team to achieve this. She will be the first to tell you that she loves her job.
Jackie Hurne started working for Knightscare in 2019 as an Administrator. She previously worked for a large Quantity Surveying firm for 35 years as a Secretary. Jackie also has a Level 2 in Health and Social Care and worked in Home Care on a weekend for 3 years.
Job Titles:
- Accounts Assistant
- Member of the Head Office Team
My name is Joanna Gracey. I joined Knights Care on the 14 th March 2022, as an Accounts Assistant. I really enjoy working with the team and have settled in well. I have come from an accounts/hr background and wanted to focus more on accounts and I'm thankful to Knights Care for giving me that opportunity
I've been married to my husband Rob for just over a year although we have been together for 5 years now. Between us we have 2 sons and a daughter whose ages range from 17-32.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Manager
- Member of the Drovers Call Team
Julie Whittingham joined the Knights Care Team at Drovers Call Care home in January 2020. Julie was promoted to the role of Deputy Manager in 2023. With a 1st Class Honours Business & Administration Degree and a background from the Travel/Hospitality Industry, Retail/Corporate, Groups & Sports Travel, Julie has had the opportunity to travel all over the world with her work. Her favourite place was living & working in the Lone Star State of Texas, USA, where she resided for some 7 years working in the Hotel & Country Club Industry in Sales & Marketing. Julie has worked with some major sporting events, where she was Team Wales Travel Manager at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006…..other events also include working with the Beijing Paralympics 2008, & also London 2012 Paralympics.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
- Reception / Admin
Katie Barnard began working at Ladysmith Care home in April 2019.
She completed an NVQ Level 2 in Business & Admin back in 2005 when she finished school. Since then, Katie has worked either reception jobs or admin jobs, gaining experience along the way.
Job Titles:
- Lead Activities Co - Ordinator
Kelly Hubbard started working for Knightscare in 2019 as a Lead Activities Co-ordinator. Kelly enjoys spending time with the residents, organising different events for the residents to keep them occupied. Kelly previously worked in retail and also took time out to be a full time parent.
Laura started working at Cherry Holt in 2008 as a Senior Care Assistant and has worked her way up to the role of Dual Registered Manager for Branthwaite and Cherry Holt Care Homes. Laura has 14 years experience in various settings, including nursing, residential, domiciliary and complex care management. Laura's qualifications include Advanced diploma in Health and Social Care, Level 5 in Management and Level 6 in Person Centred Dementia.
Laura has a passion for making a difference for those we care for by ensuring that residents live the highest quality of life possible through positive interactions with staff.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Executive Assistant and HR Lead
Leah Meade started with Knights Care in September 2019 as the Personal Assistant to the Managing Director. After moving to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in 2017, she began working on the reception in the Head Office building. This experience opened doors for Leah and when the opportunity to work as part of the Knights Care Team came available, she felt it was an opportunity she could not turn down. Since accepting the position, Leah has developed her professional career and has been promoted to the role of Executive Assistant and HR Lead.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
- Care Manager
Liam has been in the care sector since the age of 18, he came to Ladysmith Care Home in 2011.
Whilst at Ladysmith he has developed his career from care assistant, Senior Carer and Senior Lead.
Liam has also completed multiple qualifications including NVQ level 3 Diploma in management and leadership which has enabled him to be promoted to the position of Care Manager.
Liam is very passionate about his role and promoting our values, ensuring our residents receive the care they deserve.
Louise Clements started working with Knights Care in June 2022 as a Home Manager. She began working in the care sector in 2011 as Administrator, progressing to Home Manager in 2018. She has qualifications in Management, Leadership, Care planning, Medication Management and NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social Care. She has gained a wealth of experience working residential, dementia and nursing homes. Louise is a very professional and motivated individual who has a commitment to delivery the highest level of care and believes residents should be at the centre of everything we do.
I am new to the role of Receptionist at Branthwaite although I have been working here since August 2021 in another role, so I do already feel part of the Branthwaite family.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Drovers Call Team
- Member of the Randolph House Team
- Registered Manager
- Home Manager
Luke is the Dual Manager at our Drovers Call and Randolph House Care Homes.
Luke has worked in the sector for over 17 years and has a wealth of experience and skills through managing care homes for adolescents with complex needs and autism.
He started in a corporate organisation where he achieved outstanding ratings, then moved to a charity organisation to support in the development of services. Now he works in the Care Sector where he ensures systems and processes are embedded into the services to ensure the most vulnerable in society are care for with dignity and respect.
Luke prides himself in leading care teams by using empowering leadership skills which help to add values and commitment to flourish within services.
Luke holds a reputation for delivering high standards of care, which has been recognised in CQC outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Administration Manager
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Abbey Court Team
- Home Manager
Job Titles:
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
Job Titles:
- Financial Controller
- Member of the Head Office Team
Job Titles:
- Financial Director
- Member of the Head Office Team
Job Titles:
- Deputy Manager
- Member of the Ladysmith Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Head Office Team
- Management & Financial
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- Member of the Abbey Court Team
- Clinical Lead
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- Member of the Randolph House Team
- Home Administrator
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- Member of the Drovers Call Team
- House Keeper