Helen Petrie, Registered Manager at The Richardson Mews, has left Richardson Care after nine years in her role. She had come back to Richardson Care after also working here as a Senior Support Worker from 2002 – 2012.
We held a lunch for the management team so that we could all show our appreciation for Helen and thank her for all her hard work.→ Read the rest
We’d like to thank Jane Payne, who is moving on after 19 years at Richardson Care.
Jane joined as a Registered Homes Manager in 2003, becoming Service Manager in 2011 and Operational & Clinical Officer in 2020. We are very grateful for the dedication and commitment that she has shown to the service users, their families, the staff and the company during this time.→ Read the rest
What makes a place feel like home? Everyone has their own answer to this question. It could be a place where you feel safe and happy, where you feel supported, where you’re surrounded by your family, or your favourite possessions. It could be where you know you can get a good night’s sleep, as well as any of the above.→ Read the rest
As Staff & Audit Co-ordinator, Laura Griffin, celebrates 20 years of working at Richardson Care, she gives us an insight into her role.
“Although no two days are the same at Richardson Care, they tend to start off the same way.→ Read the rest
We’re very happy and relieved that Jean Woods, Laura’s Grandma is now able to move on to specialist elderly and dementia care. She is so much better than she was when she was admitted to The Richardson Mews at Christmas. We are hugely grateful to Registered Manager, Helen Petrie, and the whole team.→ Read the rest
These are the reflections of Wendy Coleman, Registered Manager at 23 Duston Road, who retires in June after 10 years at Richardson Care. We’d like to thank her for the way that she has led her team and brought stability to the home.→ Read the rest
Natalia Thumwood, known to everyone as Tally, has been promoted to Registered Homes Manager at 2 & 8 Kingsthorpe Grove – homes for adults with learning disabilities. She had big boots to fill as she took over from Jackie Mann, who first joined Richardson Care in 1990 and was very popular with service users and their families.→ Read the rest
The importance of communication is the subject of the fourth blog post in our series about what we’ve learnt so far during the pandemic. It may sound obvious, but it’s easy to get it wrong. The situation was changing on a daily basis and the pressure and expectation on the management team was extraordinary.→ Read the rest
As we’re always supporting our service users with acquired brain injury or learning disabilities to move forward, we rarely reflect on how far we’ve come. Our short series of blog posts looks at the views and experiences of our management team during the pandemic: what we’ve learnt so far about ourselves and how we manage our specialist residential care services.→ Read the rest
<p>Brian Richardson</p> <p>This month we pay tribute to my dad, Brian Richardson, who has died after a short illness: He was diagnosed with Lymphoma in his brain in April this year. Brian was the driving force behind The Richardson Partnership for Care, which he founded with my mum, Jackie, in 1989.→ <a href="https://www.richardsoncares.co.uk/sad-news-tribute-brian-richardson/" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p>
