Staff

Karyn Brady

Young Carer Support Worker (part-time)

Offers information and support to young carers (both individually and in group settings) under the age of 18 and works to raise the awareness of young carers abount both professional and public.

Karyn has an honors degree in Psychology. She was a young carer herself and still helps to care for a member of her family. Karyn also has experience of voluntary work with children in primary schools.

June Dickson

Volunteer/Outreach Worker

Works with volunteers, many of whom assist with the Sitting/Befriending Service which enables carers to take a break from their caring role.

June has qualifications and training equips her to work with a wide range of people and has previously worked with volunteers.

Caroline Forster

Young Carer Worker (Maternity Cover)

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Linda Hadden

Administration/Finance Officer

Linda provides administrative and financial support.

Linda has an HNC in Administration/Information Management and previous experience in an administrative role. She also has experience of having been a carer herself in the past.

Lynne Kelly

Carer Development Worker (Transitions)

Lynne supports carers at times when their caring role is at it’s most demanding or difficult. This can be when a person first becomes a carer, when their caring role comes to an end, or at any point in-between when they feel in need of focused emotional or practical support.

Lynne has qualifications in Community Education, Counselling and Business Studies and has experience of working in Community Mental Health, Community Mediation and within a Healthy Living Centre setting.

Lorna Ross

Young Carers Worker (full-time)

Offers information and support to young carers (both individually and in group settings) under the age of 18 and works to raise the awareness of young carers among both professional and public.

Lorna has a HNC in Social Care and a degree in Community Education. Lorna has worked with Capability Scotland and The Inclusion Group where she supported children and young people who have disabilities. During her degree course she also had experience in a variety of community education settings.

Sam Senkel

Young Carers Worker (Siblings)

Sam works with young carers specifically those who care fo rtheir brother or sister. Her experience of working within social care in various settings brings useful insight to her work. Sam has a NHC in Health & Social Care as well as SVQ III.

Anne Smith

Carer Support Worker for Health

Anne is seconded from NHS to work with Angus Carers. She has a District Nursing background with many years experience working in Primary Care. Anne's remit is to work with G.P. practices in Angus to raise awareness of carer issues with practice staff and to enable them to recognise and refer carers fro appropriate support.

Katy Webster

Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for the day to day management of the centre, its staff and volunteers inclusing liaison with funders and accessing funding arrangement, planning and development of services.

Katy has previous management experience with other charities and studied for post-graduate qualification in administration, marketing and management.