Meet the Wimborne Care Home team

Hello, I'm Janet and joined the team at Wimborne Care Home in 2018 as a Senior Carer, I got to know our residents and their families really well during this time. I have recently been promoted to Head of Care to provide additional support to our General Manager, ensuring we provide the very best care for our residents. 

Hello, my name is Alisha and I am the Activities Lead at Wimborne! I was born in East Sussex so I am quite new to Hayling Island, however I am not new to working within an Activities role. I have a background in musical theatre and drama, and have always loved performing and making people smile through singing and music. Working within a home is such a rewarding and fun job and I love being able to make a difference to someone’s day, I am really looking forward to working with the residents here at Wimborne.

My name is Hayden and I am the Head Chef here at Wimborne.

I have recently been promoted to head chef and am really enjoying my role, I am very passionate about cooking for the residents here at Wimborne and look forward to the feedback I receive. I am passionate about getting to know the residents likes and dislikes and enjoying trying new recipes and also taking requests to incorporate into my menus. I also look forward to cooking at our big events and hope that the families also enjoy my cooking.

Hello, my name is Kerry and I joined the team at Wimborne nearly 9 years ago, my experienced is varied from catering on film sets for actors, many who are household names to chef at restaurants! I love cooking the traditional dishes our residents enjoy, pies and roasts are favourites plus sweet cakes and pastries. My Victoria sponges are very popular. I regularly try new recipes and get feedback from residents, its so important they have have a choice of dishes to tempt them, from the meals they cooked for their families to the more adventurous.  

Hello I'm Danielle and my role is to support our housekeeping and laundry team to keep everything sparkling in our home! I joined the team in January 2021 as a member of the bank staff, then took a permanent role and promoted to Head of Housekeeping at the end of 2021. This is my first job in care and I have loved getting to know our residents 

Hi, my name is Kate and I am the Life Enrichment lead here at Wimborne Care Home. I have been working at the home for 6 months as a care assistant and I recently decided I wanted to step in to this new position so I could make an even greater impact on our resident’s lives and the lives of their families. I have been a scout leader on the island for 10 years and this is something I really enjoy. I have always wanted to make a difference and I am really looking forward to doing that here.

Please meet Rizalisa, Zoe, Dawn and Ann, a few of our care team members.

Our dedicated caring staff provide the highest level of person-centred care for those we support, with a wide and varied activities programme, insuring that residents always sit at the centre of everything we do at Wimborne.

Hello, my name is Gemma and I am a Clinical Development Nurse for Barchester. I have worked in the Nursing Home sector all my working life and have worked in a variety of roles. I worked as a carer throughout my nursing training and I qualified in 2008. I worked as a Nurse in a Nursing Home on the Isle of Wight, before becoming the Manager of the home. I was the Manager for 2 years before joining Barchester in 2017.

I cover a region of 10 homes and my role as a Clinical Development Nurse is to support the care homes within my region to deliver quality care to our residents. I am the person our General Manager’s and the nursing and care teams can contact if they need support, advice and guidance on any clinical elements of care within the home. I am dedicated and passionate about the delivery of high quality care and clinical standards.