Welcome to Bluebird Care Careers in South Tyneside

Bluebird Care South Tyneside is led by David & Kelly Haswell. David & Kelly started delivering homecare in South Tyneside to help support customers in the area to receive homecare and support while remaining in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Delivering the highest quality of homecare and support is David & Kelly’s absolute goal and the team would be delighted to hear from anyone who is seeking homecare for themselves or for a loved one, or would simply like to talk to someone about the services we provide.

David has gained a BA in Economics and Accounting and a Masters in International Business Management from University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Previous to setting up the company, David's work roles included Business Development, as well as Product and Marketing Management.

Teresa has worked within the accounts departments of companies in London, Norfolk, Hull and Cheshire and Sunderland for almost 40 years. This gave her a rich and varied experience of techniques and progressing technology’s within the accounting function, whilst the fundamentals remain the same.

Teresa was born in Kent and moved around the country before settling in Gateshead in March 2000. She attended college and gained the AAT Technician certificates to update her qualification status.

Teresa joined David at Bluebird Care in December 2013 to take over the bookkeeping function for three days per week, working Monday to Wednesday. She is now the Finance controller which entails, preparation and payment of the payroll for all employees within Bluebird Care. Teresa also operates the weekly function in payment of suppliers, recording receipts from clients and prepares for monthly reports and annual accounts to trial balance.

Teresa enjoys her time at Bluebird Care very much, no two days are the same, her office colleagues’ work hard behind the scenes to support the carers and clients alike and they are a great team who are a pleasure to be a part of.

John has worked in the social care industry in various roles since 1998 and worked his way up from the very bottom to my current post. He has experience in many areas including adult social care, learning disabilities and complex physical disabilities, complex clinical services as well as older peoples and youth sectors. 

John will be working closely with the two deputy managers in the branch, Amy and Kayleigh to ensure that they support you everyone to deliver the highest quality of care to our customers regardless of if they are End of life, Complex or domiciliary packages. John says "We should always put the customer first and that should drive all we do!".

Ann-Marie has been working at Bluebird Care Newcastle and South Tyneside since June 2022, where she manages all things Finance. Ann-Marie's role is Finance Manager, and her role consists of managing all cost invoices, accounting, company management accounts and more, Ann-Marie helps support everyone around her in everything related to finance and keeps everything organised. Throughout her life she has always done finance, completing a degree in Math's and Business, proving her intricate abilities. The most rewarding thing about Ann-Marie's role is being able to help customers and keep everything organised so everything is done on time.

In Ann-Marie's spare time she likes to spend time with her family, where she likes to take walks down to South Shields coast.

Rob has been working at Bluebird Care Newcastle and South Tyneside officially since December 2022, where he takes on his role as Training Compliance Manager across all franchises. Robs role entails everything training, whether it be overseeing all quality and compliance across Bluebird Care Newcastle and South Tyneside or training staff induction training and mandatory training. Rob ensures all staff have the correct training provided to start their career in care. As well as being involved with the training, Rob also designs all the training across all franchises, this will be for Newcastle, South Tyneside, York, and Darlington. Over the years, Rob has always been heavily involved in care, accidentally falling into the role, however, would not want to have it any other way. The most rewarding thing about Robs role is that he likes “seeing staff come out feeling confident and ready” when starting their journey in care.

In Robs spare time he volunteers for the sea cadets and teaches watersports in areas such as canoeing. All about the camping life, Rob is currently renovating his campervan, where he hopes to visit all around England and Wales.

Amy has worked at Bluebird since May 2023 and her role is Deputy Manager. Within Amys role she ensures that customers are provided with safe and effective care whilst supporting staff on personal development. Amys job is taking care of others and helping everyone around her, receive the outstanding services that Bluebird Care Newcastle and South Tyneside offer. Thriving in education, Amy completed a degree in Health and Social care and a master's in Practice Development, which led her to her role as Deputy Manager. Amy wants to make a difference at Bluebird Care Newcastle and South Tyneside, helping support change within the workplace and improve the service provided.

In Amys spare time, she likes to exercise, one of her hobbies is boxing, which she completes several times a week, as well as, spending her time with her two daughters.