Meet the Station Court Care Home Team

Hi, my name is Andrea and I am the Deputy Manager at Station Court.

I began my career in care in 2005 as a care assistant, working my way up gaining knowledge and qualifications to become a senior carer and later a unit manager. I began my career with Barchester in 2020 as a care practitioner before taking this recent promotion as Deputy Manager at Station Court, I am looking forward to the new challenge and opportunities within this new role.

What I love most about my job is making a difference and providing a high standard of care to those I care for.

Tracey has been working at Station Court since 2014 and thoroughly enjoys her job. Despite working in the office, she still finds time to chat with the residents and their families and helps out whenever she can.

Hi, my name is Carly and I am the homes Activities Coordinator.  I joined the home in 2011.  I am passionate about our enhancing our residents daily life and delivering a person centred life enrichment activity programme is very important to me to ensure that our residents continue to lead fulfilling lives doing things that they want to and enjoy. Our programme is varied from excursions out on the mini bus ensuring our residents are connected to their local community, hosting events here in the home, virtual events and themed days – no day is the same!

Hi, my name is Dave and I am the Head Chef at Station Court Care Home. I have worked in the hospitality sector for 30 years, completing my qualifications to be a chef in 1994 I have a wealth of experience as a head chef in both restaurants and care homes and look forward to being part of the team at Station Court.

I am passionate about food especially creating show stopping cakes and taking pride in producing the very best for our residents. Myself and my team cater for residents individual dietary needs and ensure that our home cooked menus with freshly prepared seasonal produce offer choice, nutrition and quality.

Hello my name is Phil Archer and I am the head of Maintenance at Station Court.

I began my career in factory work before receiving my NVQ level 3 in management and finding my passion in maintenance work, I have many years’ experience of maintenance in care homes and look forward to my new venture at Station Court with a great team alongside me.

I am responsible for maintaining the home and ensuring it is a safe place to live and to ensure we are providing our residents with the best premium experience. I love all aspects of my role but decorating is a passion of mine.

Jade began her career at Station Court in 2018 as a care assistant before finding her passion on the housekeeping team and has since progressed her career and been promoted to Head Housekeeper keeping our home looking at its best and always on hand to help our residents, family members and colleagues.

Hello, my name is Olive and I am the resident ambassador at Station Court, I have lived here since 2021.  I am the life and soul of any party and love the social activities at our home, especially the live entertainers that come in. I am an active member of the baking club and knit and natter group and love nothing better than putting the world to rights!

I love my role as resident ambassador assisting the activities team organising and planning events, I have formed many friendships within our home and enjoy helping new residents find their feet and being a voice for others in our monthly residents meetings and I take great pride in contributing to make Station Court a brilliant place to live.

Hello my name is Jason Brown, I am a senior carer here at Station Court and have been part of the team since 2014.  I began my career in the care industry in 2009, as a care assistant and have worked my way up, gaining qualifications within the company to the senior position I am in today, and have been since 2016.

I love my job, especially getting to know the life history of individuals. I love nothing more than making someone’s day and bringing laughter and joy to the people I care for.

Hello my name is Andrew Larman and I am a senior carer at Station Court. Before my career in care I worked for HMRC and then for crisis in Newcastle supporting the homeless.

I began my career in Barchester as a care assistant and gained qualifications through the company for my senior role today, the most important thing to me is delivering person centered care and really getting to know the people I support and care for.

Hello my name is Liam McCrostie, I am a senior carer and have worked at Station Court since 2011.  I began my career as a care assistant and worked my way up to a senior role gaining qualifications through Barchester

The most important thing to me about my job is truly making a difference to the lives of the people I care for and support. I am a dementia champion and I am passionate about providing a fulfilling life for residents living with dementia in our memory lane community and supporting family members.  

Hello, my name is Sharna Thompson and I am part of the Activities team at Station Court.

My job is to physically and mentally stimulate our residents by offering a range of activities for them to enjoy. I want to get everyone involved and make our home community and atmosphere as positive and welcoming as possible.

Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I hold very close to my heart. It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all of the activities and events that we host for them.

A lot of our residents also enjoy our special trips out on our Minibus as we create new, special memories together.