Meet the Chestnut Gardens Care Home Team

A wonderful team will be ready to welcome residents and will include: carers, activities coordinators, chefs, housekeepers and more. This carefully selected team will be in place to ensure that residents enjoy their time at the home and are supported to live life to the fullest.

Gayane Selimyan

Gayane Selimyan

General Manager

Hi, my name is Gayane and I am the General Manager here at Chestnut Gardens. Welcome to our website!

I relocated to the UK and joined the care sector in 2006, previously working as a dentist. Since then, I have specialised in executive and operations management. To date, I have been responsible for managing 14 residential and nursing care homes that provided care to almost 950 residents.

I won the Care Home Frontline Leaders Award at the Great British Care Awards in 2012 and, in a previous role, I achieved an 'Outstanding' CQC rating. I look forward to bringing my skills and experience to Chestnut Gardens.

Chestnut Gardens is an amazing home with a great atmosphere and I am looking forward to delivering the best care with my team to those we support in a friendly, warm and happy environment.

Please drop in for a coffee, cake and an informal chat to learn more about our beautiful home and discuss various ways we can support your loved ones to enjoy safe and happy life in our care community. Please do not hesitate to contact me on Gayane.Selimyan@barchester.com with any questions you may have.

Radina Peycheva

Deputy Manager, Dementia Champion

I feel extremely privileged to be part of Chestnut Garden’s team! I bring my long held passion for care and wanting to make a difference to resident’s lives putting them right at the centre. I believe in supporting residents to live active and fulfilled lives. I am confident that my open, engaging and hard-working spirit will energise, support and assist our high-skilled care team to maximise our combined potential and deliver that great care so valued by the residents and their loved ones. My enthusiastic drive and experience in various management positions can add, strengthen and develop the essential quality of care we strive to offer to all our residents. I am looking forward to welcome you all to our exceptional and unique home! Thank you!

 

Marcio Silva De Souza

Community Lead

Good day, My name is Marcio and I am one of the Community Lead's here at Chestnut. My role is to make sure all our residents are well supported not just with well being but appointments, medication and paperwork. We really work as a team here and value each of our residents as individuals. 

Kuldeep Gill

Administrator

Hello, my name is Kuldeep Gill, and I have recently joined Barchester at Chestnut Gardens.

 I have previously worked for Crown Courts and Civil Service leading a team where I achieved an Employee Award for Excellent Customer Services.

 I moved on to the Care Sector in 2014, and soon after the Company achieved an ‘Outstanding CQC Report’ and carried  ‘Outstanding’ throughout my working period there.  Working in the Care Sector, not only I gained a lot of experience in the Business Administration, but also learnt that making peoples’ lives happy and meaningful  is such a rewarding accomplishment.

 As a strong believer in positive thinking in workplace, I bring in my years of experience and it is my  pride and joy  to work with such an excellent, passionate and thriving team in a beautiful home.

Louvina Lane

Activities Co-ordinator, Well being Champion

I am so proud to be part of the Chestnut Gardens team and to be able to make a real difference to the quality of our residents lives. As the Activities Lead, I put our residents well-being at the heart of everything I do. I take pride in the warmth and support i can offer residents and their families. I am proud to promote independence, dignity and quality of life at all times by providing outstanding and person-centred care in a supportive environment here at Chestnut Gardens. 

Roshan Kalahparanavithana

Head Chef

My career in hospitality and catering started in 1995. I started working as a chef in the care sector for Maria Mallaband where I worked my way up to head Chef. I chose to join Barchester as their standards and expectations are so high. I believe a good chef is an artist and should be able to create delicious and nutritious menus from the local, seasonal produce on offer.

We have a strong passionate team here at Chestnut Gardens and we are looking forward to welcoming our residents to their new home.

Andrew Kyriacou

Head of Maintenance

Hi, I'm Andrew, Head of Maintenance at Chestnut Gardens Care Home. I take great pride in maintaining our beautiful home, and ensuring it is the most comfortable environment for our residents. No job is too big or too small, and I will always make sure that Chestnut Gardens is your loved ones 'castle'.

Sadie Pearce

Head Housekeeper

Hello, My name is Sadie, I am the Head Housekeeper at Chestnut Gardens. I strive to ensure our home is looking pristine. I respect that this is our residents home, and take pride in making it a beautiful living environment for them all. I lead an excellent team who's high standards and attention to detail keep Chestnut Gardens immaculate at all times. 

Maxine Lawrence

Receptionist

My name is Maxine and I am the homes receptionist. I have been part of the team since September 23. Previously I worked with the corporate sector for seven years. Dealing with high profile clients on the frontline service reception desk. Since joining the home I thoroughly enjoy interacting with the residents and their families always trying to resolve and support with anything that may arise. No two days are the same at Chestnut Gardens making it an interesting and fun place to work.

Priya Philip

Care Assistant

Hello I am Priya, I am a carer here at Chestnut Gardens. I have worked with Barchester since May 2023. I really enjoy taking care of our residents and ensuring they have everything they need. We are a family here and all support each other.

William Jr Gyantero

Senior Carer, Speak Up Champion

Hello, My name is William and I am one of the Senior Care team here. I started my role not long after the homes first opened its doors. I have been enjoying role role ever since. We are a really close team and put the care of our residents before any thing else. Every day here is different, interesting and very worthwhile. You will always seen me around the home and I love a chat so please always come and say hi.

Nelli Aghajanyan

Hostess

My role as the Hostess for Chestnut Gardens is pivotal. I support not only our residents making sure they have all their hospitality needs. I also help various teams in the home, kitchen and housekeeping to name a few. This means we all work together and like any well oiled machine we work wonderfully well. I used to be the deputy manager of a well known baby store. So I have lots of experience in working in a team. This one i can honestly say is one of the best.

Tinu Vincent

Care assistant

Hello, My name is Tinu. My role here as a care assistant is a role I take much pride in. Supporting our residents with day to day tasks. Ensuring they remain as independent as they can. Knowing that I am here makes them feel safe and happy.

Rose Asomani

Care Assistant

Hi everyone, my name is Rose. I have worked at Chestnut since the doors opened this year. It is wonderful to watch it grow and meet new residents that always become like family. Making sure everyone is happy and healthy means so much to all of us.

Mihaela Rus

Care Assistant

Welcome, My name is Mihaela, I joined the Barchester team before the home opened and have watched it grow. It is a wonderful place to work. I do my job with passion and empathy. I enjoy helping our residents and showing off our beautiful home to everyone that visits.

Jessica Pearce

Housekeeper

Hi im Jess. I am the youngest member of the team here at Chestnut Gardens. You will always find me with a duster in hand making sure our home is kept beautiful. I really enjoy listening and chatting to our residents and hearing their stories.

Isabella Pearce

Housekeeper

Hi, I am Bella I support the Housekeeping team. I am usually in the laundry making sure everyone has fresh clothes, linen and towels. It is a busy job but one that I really do enjoy. We have a nice team and work well together.