Kate Purdy

Care and Support Manager
​Adults & Children

​Specialism:
Supporting case management for People with a wide range of Catastrophic and Life Changing Injuries.

Location:
North East & Yorkshire

Kate is highly skilled in managing care teams including recruitment, induction, training and supervision.  She works in partnership with clients, referrers and stakeholders to ensure compliance with CQC regulated activities, legislation, policies and procedures, and ensuring excellence in the delivery of care and support packages for clients.  Starting her career as a support worker has given Kate insight into the challenges faced by clients, their families and their care teams.

Kate's warm, sensitive and supportive approach enables her to build positive relationships with clients and those close to them. She is experienced in supporting clients to achieve their personal goals and to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. She is a reflective listener who can synthesise information and plans to design effective personalised care plans.

Having extensive experience working with both adults and children with complex health needs and challenging behaviours in various settings has given Kate both resilience and resourcefulness to deliver and attain the best outcomes for clients.  As a Level 5 practitioner in Health & Social Care, she has managed safeguarding issues and prepared support plans and risk assessments.
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Kate is passionate about continued personal development and has completed a number of specialist training courses including a PROACT SKIPr Instructor course, Oliver McGowan Learning Disabilities and Autism, PEG/PEJ, dysplasia, epilepsy, catheterisation and positive behaviour support.

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