Grove Park Care Home - Avery Healthcare

I have a rich 21 years experience in health leadership roles and hold a strong passion and commitment to person led care.

For my team I encourage a supportive, enabling and reflective culture in which we learn and grow through individual and shared experiences. With this approach at Grove Park we have a long serving core team that offer stability and consistency in care. I hold qualifications in management, mental health, teaching, dementia care, psychological and social interventions at a degree level, as well as being a psychiatric nurse.

The team at Grove Park, where I have worked for 8 years, takes pride in the delivery of good standards of care, and we work hard to ensure through what we do, the lives of those in our care are enriched through our eclectic approach to well-being. Our team has strong values around dignity in care, who commit to being champions, and the whole team are involved in ensuring excellent outcomes and enrichment of life for those in our care.

As a home we are proud of our embedded approach to caring for those living the dementia and age related cognitive decline. The whole team receive person led memory care training at induction and ongoing. Our environments through-out the home are both supportive and enabling to the resident community and serve to optimise quality of life and overall wellbeing. As a team we are great ambassadors of person led care.

I look forward to welcoming you to our loving care community.

Leanne like all of the core team at Grove Park is a long-serving team member, who has been supporting those choosing Grove Park as their new home to make this a seamless and enjoyable transition.

Leanne is always there as a welcoming and helpful presence for all of the community to access including visitors who may just want a reassuring catch-up over a coffee in the social hub of the home- the coffee shop.

Leanne has worked for Avery Healthcare in many roles over the years and is a trusted, committed and valued member of the team who I'm sure you will enjoy meeting.

Jenny is a valued member of the team, having worked for Avery Healthcare at Grove Park care home for 8 years. As the head housekeeper Jenny assists in the personalising of resident rooms on moving in.

Jenny has proudly led the housekeeping team to achieve gold status in the prestigious CAP awards- an industry housekeeping benchmark of excellence, as well as meeting the rigorous requirements of the local infection control team over the last 8 years.

As you arrive in the home Jenny will be one of the first faces to welcome you to our lovely home.

Steve is a long-serving team member of over 8 years and remains a core member of the team, proudly leading the culinary team through success.

Throughout his time at Grove Park, Steve alongside his culinary team has upheld an exceptional standard in our home dining and culinary experience, subsequently achieving Gold in 2019 through the prestigious CAP (Continuous Advancement Programme) Awards, successfully achieving Vegetarian for Life accreditation for the home, as well as upholding 5 stars with the food standards agency.

Steve has also been at the forefront of success after receiving the Managing Directors Award presented to him by John Strowbridge.

Steve is always keen to meet new families and loved ones to ensure the personal touch to dining is in place from moving in.

Emma has a vast amount of experience of working within administration in the care sector.

She has a keen eye for detail and will be able to support you regarding funding your stay here at Grove Park.

Emma would love to welcome you to Grove Park and make your journey towards calling Grove Park your home as smooth as possible.

Beth has worked at Grove Park Care Home for almost 6 years, having started her working life with the Grove Park family as a valued member of the care team.

Beth is a committed and compassionate member of the team who utilises her care skills and personable qualities every day in her role as part of the front-of-house team.

Beth will be one of the first in the team to welcome you either face to face or by phone, Beth is a font of information, she always has time to ensure that moving into Grove Park is as seamless as possible.

Tracy is a trusted and long-serving member of the team having worked for Avery Healthcare for over 10 years and at Grove Park for 8 years.

Tracy Leads a team of 3 well-being assistants who bring with them a plethora of unique qualities, skills and interests.

Tracy has a wealth of experience in developing and successfully delivering well-being and activity programs to suit eclectic needs so that our offering fully supports inclusivity and so that there is always something for everyone.

Tracy really likes getting to know each member of the community individually to incorporate personal interests into the well-being and activity offering.

As a sense of personal well-being is intrinsic to moving into Grove Park, Tracy will be keen to welcome you as part of getting to know the home and when moving in.

I have worked at Grove Park Care Home since 2016. I hold a National Vocational qualifications level 2 and 3.

I am a clinical lead for the home and also lead the extra care suite in line with Avery's Healthcare person-led care approach.

I am one of the first points of contact involved in the development of person-centred care plans for all new residents moving into the home, this is so we can get things just right for everyone from moving in.

I also support information sharing with families in the early weeks of moving in, as well as being continually involved in overseeing care delivery.

I am always happy to help answer any questions you might have when visiting our home.

Our barista Virginija has been welcoming guests to the home for the last 10 years, occupying the highly regarded barista role in the social hub of the home- the coffee shop.

Virginija represents the lived values of Grove Park Care Home as though they were made just for her.

Virginijas’ human qualities are the most treasured, she is warm, welcoming, kind, caring and intuitive.

Virginija looks after our guests and residents exceptionally well, spreading positivity and joy every day.

Virginija loves to get to know all of the residents and guests in the home and loves to create a stimulating and interactive atmosphere in the coffee, be sure to pop in the coffee shop when you visit us.

Mark our maintenance operative has been an amazing addition to the Team of the Year 2023, joining us almost a year ago.

Since commencing in his role Mark has demonstrated a solid commitment to environmental and safety standards within the home.

Mark has a very positive approach and has built up some lovely relationships with the resident community.

Mark supports all of the departments in the home and is a naturally supportive team member.

We appreciate Marks dedication to his role and responsibilities and are pleased to have him in team Grove Park.

On moving into Grove
Park Mark will be happy to assist with making residents bedrooms as homely as possible, adding personal art work, photos etc., and ensuring the room layout is just right.