Deborah started her career as a Learning Disability Nurse, before moving into NHS management,and has enjoyed a varied career in senior management roles across all care sectors including nursing , complex care, learning disability, forensics, and neuro rehab.

Her career journey began as a project lead on resettlement programmes and the closure of the long stay hospitals in Surrey. Deborah then moved into various registered manager roles in domiciliary care, nursing, brain injury rehab, and residential care across the NHS, Local Authorities, charitable organisations and the private sector. Most recently, Deborah held Regional Operations / Service Development Director roles, having responsibility for large portfolios within care services and domiciliary care agencies across the UK.

Asked why she chose to join LDA, Deborah says, “I was attracted to the uniqueness of the organisation and the fact that every support package is designed and delivered with the person at the centre of everything. The flexibility to adapt the support to evolving needs and the way staff are selected and trained to meet the person’s specification, before being delivered at a time and in way chosen by the individual, is something which really appealed to me. I know I will enjoy empowering individuals with LDA who need reasonable adjustments made to live a quality life.”
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Sarah has worked within the Health & Social Care sector for over 18 years, the vast majority of which has been spent providing clinical and support services to help individuals with complex care needs live independently in their own homes.

“I love the huge satisfaction (and overcoming the challenges!) that delivering great care provides. Our clients are the most important consideration, and meeting their differing needs and requirements means that there is never a dull, nor repetitive day in health care.  I consider it a privilege to support people and to facilitate their choices, however small, enabling them to live the life that they want to live.”

Sarah considers herself very fortunate to have always worked with a great team of people, whose primary objective is to ensure individuals remain safe and supported. Watching people progress in their rehabilitation through the right support and enabling an individual to participate in an activity which they never thought possible are two of the main reasons why Sarah continues to work within the sector.

Louise started her career in health and social care, when she qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1996. She then spent the next five years working in the community, in rural Cheshire, until she relocated to Norfolk in 2001 and took the decision to move in to operational management.

In 2003, Louise was instrumental in the development and implementation of a community continuing healthcare delivery model, working in conjunction with Norfolk Primary Care Trust (setting the strategy for the delivery of complex care in the community). She has spent the last 20 years working in a number of different operational management, service development and leadership roles, within complex care and domiciliary care, including Registered Manager, for a large high acuity complex care business.

“My passion throughout my career, has always been in supporting and enabling individuals with highly complex needs, to live a fulfilling life at home. It is such a privilege to be leading the complex care service for Bespoke Health and Social Care. I am very lucky to work with a team of people who are truly passionate about facilitating high quality, individualised care and support and are so committed to really making a difference.”