Meet The Team

Our team are amazing, they are patient, they are passionate, kind and caring. They are superheroes. 

Everyone who works in the health and social care sector are but ours really do have the cherry on the top. 

Why is that you may ask. 

It's because they are part of the Bluebird Care Edinburgh team. We offer premium quality home care and with that comes premium trained Care Assistants, no not Care Assistants, Care Experts. When you receive care from Bluebird Care Edinburgh, you are cared for experts. 

They've received in-house training on the Bluebird Care Way by our Learning & Development Manager, along with shadowing and a dedicated onboarding and support programme. 

Our management team strive for innovation, always looking for ways to continually update our premium home care. There is always room for improvement whether that is new processes, health, and wellbeing initiatives or even technology. No company should stand still and that is why we're continually taking feedback from our customers and team and shaping it into successful ways to move forward. 

We have a dedicated office team who are in place to create care plans, coordinate your care and support our team. Along with an amazing field team who go out in and every day providing the quality home care, supporting, and bringing smiles to each of our customers.

Diane Rawlinson

Supervisor for Bluebird Care Glasgow South

Diane emigrated to Scotland in 2018 from South Africa. She joined the Bluebird Care team as a Care Assistant and still says it was one of the best decisions of her life. Over her time with us, she has progressed from Care Assistant to Mentor to a Support Care Supervisor. She is now a Care Supervisor and supporting our and leading our Glasgow South team. Whilst her focus is Glasgow South, she still supports our Ayrshire and Edinburgh office.

Whilst the care sector can be sometimes difficult, Diane describes it as one of the most rewarding as you're able to touch so many people's lives for the better. 

Diane loves to travel and learn about different cultures; she has travelled extensively throughout sub-Saharan Africa and North America and is now looking to explore Europe in her free time.

Tracy Plunkett

Field Care Supervisor for Bluebird Care Glasgow South

Tracy has spent 15 years in the care sector across a variety of roles. She has extensive experience working with unpaid carers to alleviate the burden of caring roles, and with individuals attempting to access social care budgets and resources using contemporary legislation.

For the past 10 years, she enjoyed being a part-time Personal Assistant for a lady managing her own package of care and really enjoy the variety and value of this role. She is now working as a Field Care Supervisor for our Glasgow South office but often spends time helping out with our Ayrshire and Edinburgh offices.

She is passionate about empowering individuals in any way that she can to enable them to live the lives they want to. Being a part of the care sector helps her feel inspired as she is surrounded by warm, compassionate people who are truly trying to make a difference.

She spends time with her 2 daughters who keep her on her toes and near financial destitution. She’s also close to her sister and her children, family time is extremely special. She loves white wine, a good book and lots of cheese and biscuits.

Chelsea Feeney

Coordinator for Bluebird Care Edinburgh

Chelsea started in the home care sector over 6 years ago with a passion for helping people. Her passion is being able to help people live the life that they want to, how they want to. Working with Bluebird Care, gives her the ability to help customers stay home surrounded by their own things and memories. 

When she's not at work, Chelsea loves to go wild swimming and camping with her family. She has two children and two dogs who love to explore the great outdoors with her. 

Amanda McBlain

Coordindator for Bluebird Care Ayrshire and Glasgow South

Amanda started her journey in care over 8 years ago starting out as a Care Assistant and she is now our Coordinator. While she takes ownership of Ayrshire & Glasgow South, she often spends time helping with our Edinburgh office. 

She loves working in the sector as everyday is different and being able to help people remain in their own home surrounded by their home comforts is always extremely rewarding.

In her own time you'll find her spending time with family and her 3 dogs or she'll have her head buried in a book. 

Hayley Ward

On-Call Coordinator for Bluebird Care Ayrshire, Edinburgh, and Glasgow South

Hayley has joined our team as an on-call Coordinator. She has worked in healthcare for over 10 years with experience in clinics, hospital wards, hospital administration and mental health. With 3 boys in tow, Hayley wanted to keep doing a job where her passion for caring could remain but with work life balance.

In her spare time, you’ll find Hayley with her 3 boys and partner spending quality time or with a cocktail in her hand laughing with family and friends.

Natalie Alexander

Mindfulness and Wellness Specialist for Bluebird Care Ayrshire, Edinburgh, and Glasgow South

Natalie Alexander has over 20 years’ experience in delivering all things Wellness. She holds Diplomas in Understanding Mental Health, Menopause Awareness and Wellness, Life Coaching, Reiki Master, Meditation and Relaxation, hosts Wellness retreats in Athens, Greece and has written a 21-day Anxiety programme, an award winning 7 -week Energy program ,delivered many workshops to businesses and individual clients and is an author. 

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