High Quality Specialist Support at Home

Truly personalised domiciliary care to meet complex health and social needs for a life well lived

Read our latest report: September 2021

Who are we?

Brightening Lives Ltd is a brand new CQC registered care company, established in 2019 by people from different professional backgrounds who all share the belief that people’s lives shouldn’t be restricted through living with a complex health or social need. 

What do we offer?

Person Centred Care Across Yorkshire


Brightening Lives specialises in providing personalised care for children, young people and adults with a range of disabilities in their own homes and in the community. This includes support with:

Coronavirus 

(Covid 19) Update

We are working in line with government legislation and we update our policies and practices with any change of this guidance. We are fully stocked with all appropriate PPE and our practices are set up and managed by experienced clinical lead nurses.

Physical needs

Providing you with the support you require to make sure your physical needs don’t hold you back.

Complex care needs

From assistance to manage your medication through to support with tracheostomy care, and everything in between, we’ll manage the more complex side of your care so you can get on with the things that matter to you.

Behaviour & communication support

We recognise that no two people are the same and we will work with you to ensure the support you receive around any behaviour or communication needs truly reflects this.

Care around the clock

We can provide care from a few hours a week all the way up to 24 hours a day, just tell us what you need.

We offer support across Yorkshire and work with each individual to ensure the care they receive is carefully planned and personalised to fit the way they want to live their lives.

If you are interested in finding out more contact us we’d love to hear from you.

Brightening Lives also works in partnership with other local services that provide training and opportunities for people living with a variety of needs.

Brightening Minds offers training in health and  care related subjects including the Safe Administration of Medication, Moving and Handling, Person Centred Planning & Gastrostomy care.

Opening Minds is a social enterprise promoting equality for disabled people in local communities by offering organisations support and training from experts by experience.

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    • Work for us

    At Brightening Lives we really value all of our team members. We know that confident, competent and happy team members provide the best support and get the most out of working for us too.

    We work hard to match team members with the right people, and ensure you have the training, ongoing support and supervision, fair working hours, and the opportunities for development and career progression you deserve.


    If you live in the Yorkshire region and think we sound like the kind of company you might want to work for, then we want to hear from you.


    Follow the link below for information about current available full and part time positions with Brightening Lives:


    Brightening Lives Job Vacancies | (Indeed)

    Do you have questions about working for us? You can contact us on the email address jobs@brighteninglives.co.uk

    Friendly Work Environment

    Brightening Lives Ltd truly value all team members and our ethos is a mutually respectful environment for everyone that is friendly and welcoming to all. We value diversity.

    Supportive

    We are a happy team that want to help each other. We will support and supervise, train and appraise all employees regularly in order to support safe and happy members of staff. 

    Mental Health First Aider

    Brightening Lives wants mental health to be openly discussed and supported for our staff team, the people we support and their families. Brightening Lives have a Mental Health First Aider on the team who has in depth skills for providing first aid to people who may be experiencing mental health issues.

    Secure

    We offer our employees contracts of employment and aim to build long term teams with a career you can rely on for a secure work life.

    Professional Development

    We offer career pathways to promotion and have structures in place to recognise employees that want to develop into further roles and qualifications. We will always support professional development and welcome ambitious people.

    Meet our team

    Clare
    Flynn

    Registered Manager / Clinical Lead Nurse

    Clare is a registered nurse with 16 years experience of supporting people with complex health and communication needs. Clare’s passion for ensuring people are at the centre of their lives and that their voices are heard and listened to drives her role. Clare feels strongly that well supported teams provide the best support to people.

    Catherine
    Bursell

    Team Leader / Training Lead
     
    Catherine is a qualified teacher with 11 years experience in the education sector and 8 years experience utilising these skills in the care sector, Catherine has always placed the voices and opinions of those she works with at the centre of the work she does. Supporting children and adults to feel empowered and to strive to achieve their personal goals, Catherine feels it is essential to provide an environment and ethos where everyone can thrive, whether they are part of a team providing care and support or receiving the support themselves.

    Jo
    Martin

    Nominated Individual / Quality Assurance Lead
    An experienced social worker Jo uses her knowledge and experience of working in children and adult services in both the local authority and independent provider sector to develop and share good practice. Jo’s main aim is to make a positive difference in the way support is provided to people in what are challenging times for both health and social care services.

    Contact us

    Want to know more? Get in touch and talk to us about the kind of support you are looking for.
    Office Hours
    Mon - Fri
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    Sat - Sun
    Closed
    Contact Details

    01423 642989

    hello@brighteninglives.co.uk

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