Melody - Founder
Melody is our Business Owner. Graduating from Engineering School, she worked in the world of Finance for 10 years. Once she became a mum, she went down the route of self employment to have a good work/life balance. It wasn't till 2010 that through word of mouth she learned about the Care Sector and made it her mission to learn as much as she could about the industry and finally applied for registration in 2015. Melody is very aware that Edinburgh Homecare is only as good as her worst staff, therefore she puts a lot of money and energy into training and empowering staff.
Karen - Care Manager
Karen is our Care Manager. She got into Care after experiencing a personal tragedy and experiencing at first hand how helpful a good Care Provider can be in helping difficult situations in life. Before that she worked as a manager in Sky for 20 years. Karen joined Edinburgh Homecare as a Care Supervisor and soon became one of the most trusted members of the team. She joined our team part time, however soon was working around 60 hours a week. Karen is very passionate about her work and has a way of getting the best out of her staff. She embraces new opportunities and loves empowering staff by delegating a lot of responsibilities to them. In return staff respect her and know where they stand with her. Karen has completed her SVQ3 in Health and Social Care and is in the process of completing her SVQ4 in Leadership and Management. She is also qualified in Train the Trainer in Moving and Handling and Medication Training.
Kim - Care Coordinator
Kim is our Senior Care Coordinator. She joined Edinburgh Homecare as a Care Assistant and worked her way up. She is one of those people who goes an extra mile to make sure her clients are happy and also has a good relationship with her staff and is very well respected. Kim has completed her SVQ3 in Health and Social Care and is qualified in Train the Trainer Moving and Handling and Medication Training.
Dawn - Care Coordinator
Dawn is the first person being recruited by Edinburgh Homecare. Mother of 3, with over 10 years of experience, she joined us as a Care Assistant. She was soon promoted to a Care Supervisor due to her knowledge and training skills, where she monitored and mentored staff. she is now in the office as a Care-Coordinator managing staff and clients. Dawn is in the process of completing her SVQ3 in Health and Social Care, and is qualified in Train the Trainer Moving and Handling and Medication Training. Thank you Dawn for having faith in Edinburgh Homecare and joining us when we first started.
Stef - Recruitment Officer
Stef is our Recruitment Officer . Graduating from a Multimedia Degree, he joined the Care Sector after having a personal tragedy and experiencing at first hand how helpful Care Assistants were to his family. Stef joined Edinburgh Homecare as a Care Assistant and soon moved into the office as a Care Coordinator managing staff and clients. After a short break from Edinburgh Homecare, he returned as a Care Supervisor training staff in the field. Stef has completed his SVQ3 in Health and Social Care and is qualified in Train the Trainer Moving and Handling and Medication Training. He now works in the office as a Recruitment Officer.
Vikki - Training Officer
Vikki is our Training Officer. She joined Edinburgh Homecare as a Care Assistant and was promoted to a Care Supervisor due to her knowledge and hard work. She then joined our office as a Care Coordinator and was involved in Managing and Coordinating all staff and Clients. After being a Coordinator for 18 months, she developed an interest in training and mentoring new staff and therefore became involved in Training. Vikki has completed her modern apprenticeship in SVQ3 in Health and Social Care and is qualified in Train the Trainer Moving and Handling and Medication Training.
Lorna - Office Manager
Lorna, is our Office Manager. She joined Edinburgh Homecare as a Finance/Payroll Assistant. However with 30 years of Office Administration experience, she soon took control of managing the whole office in a way that we cannot imagine the office without her and we felt having the title of Office Manager is more suitable to her roll, although she still helps with the finance side of things.