Meet the team

Alexander is a retired Infantry Officer of the British Army where he served tours in both Bosnia and Afghanistan. Having left the army, he completed a Masters’ business degree and worked in London for a national energy company.  Alexander has spent a lot of his spare time fundraising and organising events to raise money and awareness for the ‘British Limbless Ex Service Men’s Association’, BLESMA.

Alexander enjoys surfing on Bantham Beach and is an avid photographer and is also occasionally seen accompanying Emma on his 1965 BSA Bantam ‘Tom’ when the mood takes his bike.

Emma has a degree in Botany, a diploma in Business and a Master’s Degree in Business and the Environment and has many years’ experience in management roles and providing high quality service to demanding clients. Emma is passionate about providing the highest level of service to each customer and firmly believes in the importance of local working.

In her spare time Emma likes to take her 1955 BSA Bantam D1 ‘Peggy’ out on the road to explore the countryside. She loves walks on the beach and occasionally braves a surf although will more often than not be seen in the white wash close to the shore.

I am very proud to be the operations manager of Bluebird Care Torbay, Plymouth and South Hams. I have been in post for almost three years and since that time I have supported the team to go from strength to strength. In 2019 we were awarded outstanding by the Care Quality Commission which was the best accolade that we could receive as a marker of both our success, and the quality of the support we provide to our customers.

I have over 30 years’ experience of working in the health and social care field and I remain registered with the health care professional council as a Social Worker. I have worked in social service departments and the NHS for a large part of my career.

I relocated to Torbay 15 years ago from Staffordshire with my family and I am very proud to say that I live in the South West.

Dawn has worked in the Care Industry since 2006. She has predominantly worked within domiciliary care and the fact that she has worked as a care assistant, and graduated to more of an office based role, gives her an empathetic view throughout. Dawn has also recently completed her NVQ level 5.

In her spare time, you will find Dawn across the South West, at cat shows, where she will be gaining Championship titles for her privileged felines.

Carol Joined the team as a Locality Manager in Feb 2018, having spent the previous ten years managing a multi-site operation delivering a service to the elderly across Devon.

In Nov 2018, the Live-in Care Manager position became available and Carol was excited to step into this role and begin developing the service.

As the Live-in Care Manager, it is Carol’s responsibility to deliver support packages that enable her customers to live safely & independently in their own homes for as long as possible. She communicates with her customers, family members and health professionals daily, she leads by providing support & guidance to a team of dedicated carers who are passionate about making a difference to the lives of the people in our community.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family & friends, and taking long walks on the beach with her husband and dog Reggie.

Lisa has worked in care since 2005, working in domiciliary care, as an agency carer and then in a mental health care home which she really enjoyed. After doing this for many years Lisa wanted a challenge and moved to being a health and social care assessor. During this time, Lisa supported care staff to gain their care certificates, and level 2, 3 and 4 diplomas.

As enjoyable as this was, Lisa did miss the care side of the sector. This is when Lisa decided to make the move to Bluebird care, and has since, not looked back. Lisa is very family orientated, and has 4 grown children and 1 granddaughter. Lisa loves to spend time with her family and walking her two cockapoos Stanley and Reggie.