Meet the team

John's experience in the healthcare industry is complemented by 3 years in the NHS as Director of Service Development. His MBA and positions in senior management gave him a wealth of commercial and business skills and when the opportunity arose in 2007 he left his employer with Phil to set up Bluebird Care in Newbury.  More recently John has gained the level 4 diploma in Health & Social Care.

John and Phil are both actively involved in the running of the business and share responsibility for setting the strategic direction and values of the company.  With the success of the business in Newbury, John and Phil set up a second office in Hook in April 2012 to extend their coverage across West Berkshire, Basingstoke and Deane and Hart.

With a background in the healthcare industry, Phil's experience is in recruiting and managing large teams of people. Phil left a senior management role in a local pharmaceutical contract sales organisation in March 2007 and with John set up Bluebird Care in Newbury in September that year.

John and Phil are both actively involved in the running of the business and share responsibility for setting the strategic direction and values of the company.  With the success of the business in Newbury, John and Phil set up a second office in Hook in April 2012 to extend their coverage across West Berkshire, Basingstoke and Deane and Hart.

Kelly has worked in the Care industry for over 20 years, working in a variety of different roles. In Kelly's early years working in care she attended University to study Health & Social this is where her passion for providing person centred care began. Kelly's more recent Roles have been in Leadership Positions, a Service Manager with Age UK Surrey running the Help at Home Service covering Waverley and Mole Valley areas. This was a service that was bespoke to the customer, person centred approach enabling them to live as independently as possible. Kelly's career then progressed to being a Registered Supported Living Service Manager, supporting customers with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health. Working along side Social Workers,  Care Managers and Commissioners to provide a bespoke service.

Kieran has been working in the care industry since 2013 where she started with Blurebird Care as a care assistant. Kieran gained her Health & Social Care qualifications level 2 & 3  along with a Dementia Awareness  Level 3 and End of Life Level 2 when she was then promoted to Care Champion and Mentor supporting new care assistants in to their role. Kieran then went on to complete her level 5 in Health & Social Care . In 2020 Kieran left Bluebird to gain more experience as a Care Co-ordinator after 15 months Kieran returned to Bluebird Care and successfully became our Care assistant supervisor and is now our Interim Care Manager 

Sara has a wealth of experience from the care industry, laterly with clients with challenging behaviours.  Sara joined Bluebird Care as a care assistant in December 2013 and after 20 months secured promotion to Supervisor in October 2015.  Sara meets new customers, sets up new care plans and works with our customers and their families to review existing packages of care to ensure they are up to date and meet their needs. 

Kirsty has worked in care for the last 8 years with experience of nursing and residential care  and also dementia care. Kirsty has worked as a care team leader and also as a team leader of an activities team. Providing outstanding care to give customers independence as much as possible is at the heart of Kirsty's care for others.