Our Team
Bennetts Castle Care Centre is managed by a senior professional nursing team led by our Management team. We operate a values based recruitment system that ensures only the most dedicated, respectful, warm and caring people and strongly believe in the further up-skilling and education of our staff. Bennetts has been noted to have an extremely low turnover of staff with many of our staff with us since the centre opened. The corridors often echo with laughter and we believe this is testament to the happy atmosphere in the home.
Our Key Team
Basil Hollington
Owner/Director
Basil Hollington is the owner and Director of Bennetts Castle Care home. He designed and built the home in 2004 and it has provided the highest level of care for Nursing residents ever since. He has a hands on role within the home and has an extremely caring nature.
Joanne Barlow and Helen Norris joined Bennetts Castle in 2013 to run the finance department. Their roles soon evolved into overseeing the general management of the home and making sure that Bennetts Castle has the family feel and qualities that any Nursing Home deserves. The dignity and respect of our residents is our main focus and priority. As sisters we strive to create a family feel within our home that we would hope and expect for any family member of our own.
Joanne Barlow
Director
Helen Norris
Director
Alina Radu
Manager
Hi my name is Alina and I joined Bennetts Castle in 2021. I trained as an adult Registered nurse over 17 years ago and developed a diverse clinical background, namely in geriatric medicine. Over the years I developed a true passion for palliative care and obtaining great outcomes in difficult situations.
Bennetts Castle is a wonderful home, each one of our residents has their own story to tell and each one of them deserves the best quality care that our team is able to provide
My aim to create a positive culture, led by example, demonstrating positive values and a strong commitment to continuously improve our service and provide high quality person-centred care.
Hello my name is Jo and I am the Deputy Manager of Bennetts Castle Care Home, I joined Bennetts Castle in 2017 as an administrator and have developed my role to become the Deputy Manager. I thoroughly enjoy my role assisting the Home Manager ensuring the smooth running of the home and I love spending time with our residents and meeting all our family members.
Joanne Stoneman
Deputy Manager
Sharon Goddard
Receptionist
Administrator
Hello, my name is Sharon and I am the administrator of Bennetts Castle Care Home I am based on reception assisting the management and the staff in the smooth running of the centre. I love meeting new people and spending time with the residents and relatives. I am always here to help.
Ruta is our Head chef and has been with Bennetts Castle since we first opened our doors, she lovingly prepares all the meals for our residents along with her other team members. She prides herself on making sure each and every residents dietary needs are met and above all else that the food is tasty and enjoyable.
Ruta Motiejauskiene
Head Chef
Every member of the team has been selected for their empathy and contribution to the family atmosphere. We believe this genuine spirit of caring makes a vital contribution to the health and well-being of the ‘whole person’. This ‘family atmosphere’ is something that can only be created by truly dedicated people, not just those with formal qualifications, important though these are.
We have a highly skilled nursing team that supervise the care team and provide guidance and support to both staff and residents and the centre invests in specialist training to enhance their already considerable skills and knowledge.
All our nurses have a special interest in caring for the older person and palliative care and we ensure they are equipped to deal with even the most challenging or sensitive of situations.
All staff go through 17 days of class room and practical training with a nurse educator each year to ensure the highest standards are maintained – we pride ourselves our thorough continuing professional development programme.
Particular emphasis is made in training related to care of those living with dementia. It requires a special skill set to ensure people living with dementia get the highest quality care and our staff - from housekeeping to nurses –receive this training.
The centre retains a single GP for all our residents to ensure quality and consistency of resident care and to ensure the GP knows our residents as well as the staff. Furthermore the centre has regular visiting audiology, chiropody, dental and ophthalmology teams to ensure those residents who are unable to attend appoints are seen in the comfort of their own home.
Behind the scenes the housekeeping, catering and maintenance staff make their own essential contributions to the smooth running and happy atmosphere of the Centre enjoyed by all of our residents and are often seen sharing a cup of tea with residents.