Priory Court Care Home

I am proud of the wonderful team we have here taking care of our residents, their families and friends. I enjoy my job as no two days are the same!

I started my career in Healthcare at the age of 17, joining the Ambulance Service where I trained and qualified as a Paramedic. I worked my way through the Ambulance service ending as a Response Manager and Clinical Audit Lead

I have been working at Priory Court for nearly 13 years now. I started working as a care assistant with no experience on the residential unit and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the residents and working with them. This encouraged me to achieve my NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care. After a couple of years I was promoted to a senior care assistant on the nursing unit. This helped me gain more knowledge to complete my NVQ Level 3.

I was then promoted to Senior Care Officer and transferred back to the Residential Unit. I was a Senior Care Officer for around 6 six years before finding the confidence in myself to accomplish NVQ Level 5 in Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care.

I have been at the Home since November 2018 following years of being self employed – handling domestic jobs in my local area. One contract lasted for twelve years. I do enjoy working at Priory Court. I believe I make a difference to the lives of our Residents. Simple tasks make them happy and important, and I take great pride in keeping a clean, safe and happy home for everyone to enjoy!My favourite pastime is fishing and I regularly go with my partner to Willow Farm in Aldershot where I can enjoy horse riding. 

I left school at 15 years old and became a plasterer, a trade I stayed with for many years. I worked for various companies and eventually became self-employed for some time. I then entered into the refurbishment management sector, working for various companies. I was involved in many projects such as care homes and housing developments; some of these projects went on for five or six years.I came to work to Priory Court in September 2015. I’d say the camaraderie with the staff is fantastic and I just love the warm and welcoming atmosphere here. It’s very satisfying seeing everyone so happy and always helping each other.I enjoy making our home and facilities safe for residents, their loved ones and our staff.

Hi, my name is Debbie and my role at Priory Court is Lifestyle Coordinator. I have worked at Priory Court now for 8.5 years, and I absolutely love my job. I have an amazing team of activity coordinators who are passionate about what they do.

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My name is Debbie and I work at the front desk at Priory Court. I assist with both, reception and administration, and am always happy to help people. I enjoy chatting to and getting to know the families of the residents and the residents themselves. Being able to improve their lives provides me with a great sense of fulfilment. I love animals and have quite a few pets.

I left school in 1979 with a view to becoming a chef; I left school when I was sixteen and went to the College in Ireland to study business. I started work in the care sector, the love of cooking came to the fore as I began to see there was more to catering for the elderly than I had given credit for. I recognized very quickly this was my forte as it were, and it was.

For a while, I wanted to train as a social worker and go to university as I had a strong desire to help and care for elderly people. Unfortunately, this did not happen as finances would not permit this venture. However, working in the care sector was a way to carry out of my desire to help others.

In 1992, I moved down to York in North Yorkshire as an area catering manager for a private care group. I stayed in this role for three years and was in charge of two homes. I then moved on to the MS Society respite care center in York as Chef Manager. I stayed in this role for 23 years.