Meet the team
Our experienced team is passionate about helping you stay at home as long as possible.
Welcome to our 'Meet the Team' section a chance to get to know the dedicated individuals behind our care. Learn more about their daily roles, the support they provide, and the unique contributions each person brings to our team.
Meet our Directors
Bobby Pawar, Director
Bobby is the owner of Bluebird Care (Canterbury & Thanet, Maidstone, Tonbridge & Tunbridge, Gravesham & Dartford, Folkestone & Dover)) Having a number of years' experience operating a residential care business, Bobby decided to enter into the provision of care at home. Bobby says: We pride ourselves in having a strong work ethic and having exceptional standards. We aim to provide professional care at home alongside a friendly, personal service to all the people we care for whilst maintaining good relationships with friends, relatives and the care managers of our customers. Our role is to manage and oversee the provision of domiciliary care whilst maintaining the high standards we are passionate about. We are a young and proactive team and our goal is to provide excellent care to individuals and give them confidence to live in their own homes while ensuring that our Care Workers are trained to the highest of standards. We are proud that we are a family run business but are part of a high quality network and brand such as Bluebird Care.
Piya Pawar, Director
Piya has a wealth of experience within home care sector. Her aim is to continue providing a high quality service to our valued customers and Piya is focused on looking after the welfare of her teams by supporting and guiding them strengthening the roots of our business and in turn our staff provide the best quality of care in home care sector. “We are a family run business and are committed to providing the best quality service to our customers whilst looking after our care professional and office teams”
Meet our Senior Management team
Tammie Johnson, Operations Director
Tammie has worked in Health and Social Care for almost 30 years, during this time she have been fortunate enough to work with some great people allowing her to develop and grow both personally and professionally. A real ‘homebird’, you will normally find her in the kitchen cooking or baking, then on the sofa watching TV and enjoying her baked delights with her family! Tammie is a proud rugby mum and you will be able to spot her at games, shouting from the side-lines ‘DRIVE IT’. She is also a proud Mum of her two four legged friends Molly and Rolo, as well as a cheeky Guinea pig called Charlie. With 3 boys in the house, she also spends a lot of time re-stocking the kitchen! Tammie is extremely passionate about providing the best care provision possible and is pleased to be a ‘Bluebird' as well as a ‘homebird’!
Gemma East, Registered and Operations Manager
Gemma has worked in the health and social care for over 20 years. She enjoys working in the social care sector and is passionate about educating others in the brilliance and diversity of working in the care industry. Over her years in the sector, she has been able to learn sign language, how to change PEGS and climbed mountains and abseiled with customers in a variety of countries.
Sadie Channell, Head of Recruitment and Retention
Sadie has worked in the healthcare sector since 2015, in care agencies, residential care homes, primary care aswell as a GP surgery. Working in HR, recruitment, and compliance, sadie is passionate about hiring good quality staff and ensuring good working practices and developments to provide the best possible service for those who need it. She holds certificates in HR Management and UKAS Holistic management and is currently studying for a BSc (Honours) in Psychology and Counselling. She loves spending her spare time with her two fur baby cats called Marco and Vincent, enjoys going to gigs and shows, but is equally happy and often found curled up on the sofa watching crime documentaries.
Mel Marriott, Head of Learning and Development
Having worked in roles from Care Assistant to NVQ Assessor and gained over 15 years experience in the healthcare sector, Mel brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. After starting a family, Mel applied to the team as a Care Assistant, however with her achievements as NVQ 2&3 in health and social care along with NVQ assessor and QA awards we decided to offer her the role of Training Manager. Mel brings many new ways of learning and development to our franchise ensuring our carers and staff have the highest possible standard of training.
Meet our Operations Team
Sinead Alderson, Care Coordinator
Sinead joined the care sector following the COVID-19 pandemic, where she has been able to out work her passion for looking after people. Initially joining the team as Care Assistant, Sinead showed so much passion and drive that she became a Care Supervisor within just three months. Sinead showed us just how well she knew her customers and her colleagues her organisation was amazing it seemed only fitting to give her the role of Care Coordinator.
Lyubitsa Babunska, Care supervisor
Lyubitsa Babunska, Care supervisor
Emma Mannering, Care supervisor
Our Supervisor Emma has a vast knowledge of social care, with a background of providing care, supervising and coordinating rotas, she brings 20 years of experience to the team. While caring for her family, Emma devotes her working week to supporting the staff and customers in our Maidstone area. As a mum of two teens, who loves cinema trips, travelling and fine dining, Emma spends her time away from work planning her next family adventure.
Simone Harmer, Care Coordinator
Having started as a Care Assistant in 2017, Simone has an excellent grasp on the day-to-day deliver of care in the community. This experience has given her an excellent understanding of the importance of ensuring our Care Assistants and customers have everything they need. Being passionate about high quality care, Simone feels privileged to have such a pivotal role in supporting our customers!
Donna Neve, Care Supervisor
Donna joined Bluebird Care in September 2021 as a Care Professional, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in the care sector. Her background has equipped her with a deep understanding of the needs of both clients and care teams. With her extensive experience, Donna has now transitioned into a new role within our office as a Care Supervisor. In this position, she continues to apply her expertise to ensure high standards of care and support for our clients. We are excited to have Donna in this leadership role, where her dedication and insight will greatly benefit our team and the community we serve.
Meet our Customer and Employee Support
Kerry Beautridge, Trainer
Kerry has a life long passion to care and support others A level four qualification in Health and Social care gives kerry the perfect understanding and skills to carry out her role to an extremely high standard. Kerry has recently moved on from her role as Care Supervisor to her now role as training & development supervisor to utilise her experience to support new and existing colleagues in their new and existing roles.
Alise Oakley, Care Advisor
Alise Oakley, Care Advisor
Julia Nimaga, Care Advisor
Julia has been part of the Bluebird Care team since 2023 where she joined to complete her placement year and ever since has worked hard to improve her knowledge of financial management during. She shows a strong desire to learn new things and is quick to lend a helping hand to people in need. Julie particularly enjoys solving financial challenges and making sure everything runs smoothly. Her commitment to learning new abilities guarantees that our clients get nothing less than the best service possible. A passion for travelling and attempting new things keeps Julie enthusiastic and driven at work and in her personal life.
Annabel Hurrell, Care Advisor
Annabel has been working in care for over 10 years, gaining experience in domiciliary care, nursing and residential care homes. Her passion for looking after others shows through in her role as Supervisor, always supportive, caring and smiling! Annabel has 3 sons who take up a lot of her time along with her dog Chewie. A very sociable person she loves spending time with friends and hosting BBQs and dinner parties.
Meet our Live-in Care Team
Liz Farrington, Live-in Care Manager
Liz has worked in healthcare for 15 years, starting her career working as a community carer in Kent, then worked in a care home supporting adults with mental health before joining the Bluebird Care team. The reason Liz chose to work in healthcare is that she enjoys making a difference to peoples lives. Having worked in a managerial role with Bluebird Care for four years and completed a level five qualification in Health and social care, Liz brings a wealth of experience to the role of Live in Care Manager. Liz works closely with the office team in supporting our live in staff and customers and visits our live in care staff weekly to provide support. Also being passionate about providing our customers with an extremely high quality of support, Liz is extremely dedicated to her role and enabling our customers to remain at home for as long as possible.
Tracey Vinton, Live-in Care Supervisor
Tracey has been part of our team member at Bluebird Care for over 6 years starting her career as a Care Professional before progressing onto her role as Care Supervisor. Following her clear passion for Live-In care she has recently joined our Live-In Care team, working alongside our Live-In care manager. Tracey was attracted to a role in healthcare because she is incredibly passionate about people. She loves the interaction that she has with our customers as well as the opportunity to invest in and help our Care Professionals build their careers in care. She is proud to work for a leading provider of homecare and in particular, passionate about helping our customers remain at home for as long as possible.