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Dee Whitehouse

Registered Manager at Aspen House

Dee has 20 years of experience working in Health and Social Care, including 8 years in SEND schools, 9 years with Adults with LD needs and 3 in Children’s residential home’s.

Dee is extremely passionate about the care and support of children and young people and is driven to succeed.

Qualifications

Undertaking NVQ level 5 in Children’s Residential care

NVQ Level 3 diploma in Health and social care

NVQ 2 Teaching assistant

NVQ 2 Health and Social Care

Safeguarding of children

Safeguarding of vulnerable adults

Awareness of child abuse and neglect training

Protecting children from child sexual exploitation training

Caring for vulnerable children training course

Volatile substance abuse training

COSHH training

Fire training

Health and safety awareness training

Infection control

Level 3 administration of medication

Autism and Asperger’s awareness training

Challenging behaviour training

Team teach

MAPPA

County lines

Restorative practices

Bev Banks

Financial Controller and Office Manager

Bev has 33 years of experience working in Finance positions for a wide variety of companies and different sectors across the North East. From small family owned businesses to Multinational corporations, so brings a wealth of various experiences and practices.

This is her first time within children’s services. This is an exciting time to be working at Hennessy group and she is looking forward to this new challenge and growing with the business.

Qualifications

ACCA

BSL Level 2

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Please list below all your employment and voluntary roles including those overseas, in chronological order, starting with the most recent first going back to leaving education. You must include details of any gaps or breaks in service giving full reasons, including those outside of employment. There cannot be any unexplained gaps in your employment history.

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It is also necessary for us to contact all previous employers regarding your period of employment working with vulnerable children and/or adults.

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I understand that I cannot be offered a post until a satisfactory response has been received with respect to my Enhanced DBS check, and that should I subsequently be offered a post, that offer will be subject to receipt of three satisfactory references, one of which must be from my current employer.

If the post I have applied for is as a Registered Nurse, my confirmation of employment will also be subject to a satisfactory search of the Nursing and Midwifery Council records and registers.

By my signature, I authorise the organisation to request an enhanced DBS check before employment starts and at any time during my employment thereafter. I undertake to inform my employer immediately if my DBS Register status or criminal status changes at any time during my employment, such as by being charged with an offence including motoring offences, the administering of a warning, criminal conviction, referral to any register of barred care workers, or withdrawal of any registration required by my employment status.

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We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing with this we need to collect monitoring data. This monitoring form is voluntary but the information we collect here is very useful to us as it helps us to make sure that we are an inclusive employer and to find out if our workforce is diverse. The information you supply on this form will be kept confidentially. The monitoring form is not sent to the recruiting panel and has no part in the shortlisting process.

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Lindsey Newbury

Registered Manager

I have over 29 years of experience working with children and young people. I have worked in many areas support children from being a Nanny for 3 years, to a Nursery Nurse for 17 years in a primary school supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. During this time I became a foster carer, a role I still undertake to this day. I have cared for and supported 26 children as a foster carer.

I have worked in residential care for 8 years, working my way up from a support worker through all the ranks to deputy manager, acting manager and now registered manager.

Qualifications:

NVQ level 5 in Children’s Residential care

NVQ Level 3 diploma in Health and social care

Safeguarding of children

Safeguarding of vulnerable adults

Awareness of child abuse and neglect training

Protecting children from child sexual exploitation training

Caring for vulnerable children training course

Volatile substance abuse training

CoSHH training

Fire training

Health and safety awareness training

Infection control

Level 3 administration of medication

Autism and Asperger’s awareness training

Challenging behaviour training

Team teach

MAPPA

County lines

Restorative practices

Home Manager

Rebecca Donnelly

Home Manager

Rebecca is the Manager of Willow Lodge, she is Level 3 qualified and has over 10 years experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health concerns. Rebecca is currently working towards her level 5 in Leadership and Management.

Rebecca has worked in education since graduating from university with a BA (Hons) with QTS in SEND. Rebecca has worked across a variety of settings and has considerable experience of working with children with complex needs.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) in SEND

Qualified Teacher Status

NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

Undertaking QCF Level 5 Leadership and Management

NCFE Level 2 Safe handling of medication

NCFE Level 2 Autism

Paediatric First Aid

Durham Safeguarding and CSE Training

PMVA  Restraint Training

Margaret Jameson

Registered Manager

Margaret has worked with Children and Young People in residential care since 2004 after starting as a support worker. Margaret has been a registered manager for the last 8 years, and has vast experience of working with behaviours that challenge and complex needs of children and young people working in a therapeutic setting.

 

Qualifications

NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social care Children and Young People

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social care Children and Young People

IOSH

Safeguarding Supervision

Safer Recruitment

Team Teach Advanced Tutor

Paediatric first aid

Prevent radicalisation

CSE Awareness

Level 2 Autism

County Lines

FGM

GDPR

Level 3 Safeguarding young people

Mindful Leader

Chris Goundry

Chief Operating Officer

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer for the Hennessy Group. Chris has been promoted through the company from a support worker to Chief Operating Officer, working in every position in between. Chris is responsible for the oversight of each of the services we offer and is the Responsible Individual for three of these services.

Chris has previous experience of working with adults and young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour and gained valuable experience as a Senior Custody Officer in a custodial setting.

Chris has worked in Children’s services for over 7 years, 5 of which have been at senior level supporting children’s with autism, learning disabilities and physical disabilities as well as children with SEBD needs. Chris is passionate about providing positive outcomes and experiences for the children we are fortune enough to support, cascading this enthusiasm and passion through the services he oversees.

Qualifications:

NVQ Care Level 3

Level 5 in leadership and management

Currently undertaking MBA Leadership at University of Lincoln International Business School

Level 2 Handling of Medications

Level 2 Autism Awareness

Diane Jones

Diane Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Diane has been a dynamic force in the care sector for the past 27 years as both as a provider and a commissioner of services. She has spent the last 12 years of her career dedicated to working nationally as a Head of Specialist Childrens’ Service. Including setting up Transition Services, Supported Living Services and Specialist Adult Residential Services where necessary providing a full pathway for the young people.

Diane has a great passion for positive outcomes for children who may require bespoke residential support through her many years as both a front line support and also as a strategic Director of Childrens’ Services. Diane has developed an understanding and a knowledge base that is both inspiring and enlightening for children and younger people, and the management and support team she leads.

Diane has also been a Director of Specialist Adult Services as well as Supported Living, Domiciliary Care and Outreach.

Patrick Hennessy

Chairman

Patrick is a registered nurse, having qualified from Guys Hospital in London. He has worked for many years managing core and care services for vulnerable individuals in a residential setting, both locally and regionally. Patrick has successfully led a crisis management team working nationally.

Patrick undertook Business Administration studies at the University of Huddersfield and is a member of the Institute of Directors. In the last fifteen years Patrick has worked in the area of organisational leadership. His main focus is on organisational business development and strategy.