Staff

Yvonne Adams

Administration Assistant

Provides administrative support.

Yvonne has previous experience in a variety of administrative roles and has a wealth of local knowledge and information.

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.

Karyn Ferguson

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.

Linda Hadden

Information/Administration Officer

Linda provides administrative support and keeps information up to date. She develops our library to ensure that information that is required by carers and professionals involved in the field of caring is available.

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.

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.

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

Centre Manager

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.