Dave Davies
Dave Davies has been involved in the care of adults with learning disabilities since 1985.
Initially, Dave worked for a charitable organisation on the day services, and then moved to residential care services.
In 1993, Dave joined a private company which ran five homes for adults with learning disabilities, as a deputy manager of a 20 bed unit. Within 18 months, he had been promoted to Registered Manager where he worked until June 1998.
In July 1998, Dave took over the Registered Manager’s post at Bishops Croft at its opening, and during the first couple of years worked in all aspects of this home including the marketing and assessing potential new service users.
Dave relinquished the manager’s post at Bishops Croft at the end of 2001 to work within the senior management team at New Directions as, by then, the company had 2 homes and was planning further expansion.
Dave still has regular weekly contact with the home in the capacity of Operations Manager and is involved in all 4 of the New Directions homes. Dave takes responsibility for Health & Safety Issues and the implementation of the maintenance schedules in all of the homes, together with dealing with outside contractors and the professionals who come into the homes to conduct risk assessments on an annual basis.
Dave is also in and around the homes on a regular basis and supports the registered managers as and when needed.
Dave now works 2 days each week and is looking to reduce his hours still further in 2012 to one day each week. He intends to stay with the company for at least another year before thinking about full retirement.
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