Testimonials
‘It’s so great that staff/service users can make a request to me, I can then speak to Jonathan and the job gets done and they feel listened to. A lovely example of being responsive and well led. It means a lot that I can speak to you both and together we are able to provide a good service’.
A Care Manager to the Company Directors
November 2018
‘I had a wonderful break with our daughter and feel very confident that A will be well cared for if/when we do it again next year. My thanks to Saracen and Y (the staff member concerned) particularly’.
A family member about the respite care that her husband received
November 2018
‘Thank you for your kind words but I think it is you and your staff team that are producing the positive changes, and doing the hard work!’.
A Community Learning Disability Nurse about the care that a service user is receiving
November 2018
‘B is so impressed with both of them and the whole of her team at the moment – she is really happy’.
A Care Manager talking about the feedback given to her by a service user
November 2018
‘Can you thank your staff for being so friendly, engaging and always willing to input to the sessions. They are a pleasure to teach’.
Psychologist about the clinical supervisions that she undertakes with Saracen Care Staff
October 2018
‘Thank you for all the care and kindness’.
A service user about the care that she receives
September 2018
‘I am just writing to say that I am very impressed by your safer recruitment process…Working in the world of vulnerable adults, I know just how important it is to go over and beyond what is required. It sounds like your organisation does that.’
Another organisation who has provided a reference for a new starter
September 2018
‘Thanks for all the support, everyone has been very supportive with me’.
Staff Member abut the management support they have received
September 2018
‘I just wanted to thank all of you for the support you have given me in my first week, you have been amazing…’.
A new starter
July 2018
‘Really nice lady, very clear, easy to understand’.
New starter’s comment on our Training and Development Manager after In-service Training
May 2018
‘Really helpful session today bringing together a team at a difficult time – I have learnt there is more than one way to resolve a conflict’.
Staff member following a clinical supervision session
May 2018
‘I wanted to say how much more R is willing to do things for himself, or help to do things with very much less continual prompting and wish to thank you all that work with R for their efforts in encouraging him to do so. Your all obviously doing a grand job. Please pass on my thanks to the support staff. R does appear a lot happier in his new home and was quite happy to return, something which on many occasions at his previous home he didn’t want to do’.
Service user’s Mother
March 2018
‘Thank you for your services, all the Support Staff are doing really well with J. They deserve recognition for their effort as HD is one of the most complex diseases on the planet. Please thank C, A, T, J and S on behalf of all our family’.
Service user’s husband
May 2018
‘A says this has been the best week she’s had for nearly two years!! Clearly exceeding expectations’.
Service user’s Father
March 2018
‘ That’s brilliant they really do deserve it, they’re all a credit to the company’.
Service users daughter on the news that we have awarded certificates of excellence and gift vouchers to our staff
May 2018
‘From an admin point of view, I have always found your staff on the telephone most polite and helpful, and you have always responded to queries and requests efficiently and promptly, so we are very satisfied with your service to date. Thank you!’.
Service user’s wife
February 2018
‘Working with Colin and Sarah was a pleasure. They know their stuff and were keen to find out new and better ways of recruiting. Making the few changes that we agreed will improve the candidate experience at Saracen even further. Well done!’.
Roger Davies, HR Gazella
May 2018
‘T has 30 years’ experience of working with someone who has J’s condition. T said the Saracen Care staff team consistently demonstrate maturity beyond their years, a steely resolve and are incredibly competent’.
Service user’s husband
March 2018
‘R stated that he thinks highly of our organisation and mentioned you by name (Colin Beard). R said he has no doubt that we have acted protectively with regards to S and within the service in general’.
GCC Commissioning Team
January 2018
‘T said that all support staff have had to “weather the storm” and support J, but our staff have gone above and beyond, to the point of taking home books to do their own research on J’s condition’.
Service User’s husband
February 2018
‘It has been good for C to have some friendly male company and lovely for me to be able to get away with friends for the day, so very positive all round’.
Service user’s wife
February 2018
‘Just a quick email to say how please myself and my mum are with the care M has received so far. In M’s previous care service with another company there was a lot of problems which caused him to be very unhappy and continuously being sent home early due to behaviour problems. Since M has been in this new care programme he has been really happy and gets on so well with all his carers’.
Family member
January 2018
‘We would just like to take this opportunity to tell you how pleased we are with how things are going since you took over the care at the House. The atmosphere when we visit is so relaxed and the young people seem very happy. Every time we visit the house the staff are all happy to talk to us which makes us feel welcome to ask how things are going or to find out what kind of mood A has been in and what he’s been up to’.
Service user’s mother
December 2017
‘ I would like to say a big thank you for the lovely compliments regarding the running of T Road service, I have enjoyed my time there immensely and feel very proud of how it has grown, thank you to Saracen as a company in having faith in me it is very much appreciated. I look forward to the new challenges that you have offered’.
Team Leader, Saracen Care
November 2017
‘I enjoyed working with you, thank you for all your help and your good work with L!’.
Eve Marshall, Team Manager, Adult Community team
December 2017
‘For me as I approach my ‘older years’ and often dreading the thought I might end up in a nursing home… I felt such hope that if the worse came to the worse, I could be cared for in a house where there was the freshness and spirit of younger people too… to keep me more alive and stimulated’.
New Staff member
October 2017
‘C has obviously had a really good time… your staff member was very kind/awesome! Definitely a hit, a big Thank you from us both’.
Service User’s wife
October 2017
‘His family have mentioned that they are really pleased with the support that M is currently receiving from Saracen Care. His sister in particular has said that she has seen a big improvement in his behaviours and M is always happy when he returns home’.
Social Worker
October 2017
‘As a team you have all been very proactive and ensured the essential elements to health , i.e. free from pain; food, fluid and compassion and dental assessment for J was provided brilliantly’.
IHOT Team
November 2017
‘ I [manager] recently completed F’s supervision and he asked me to pass on his thanks to you for being accommodating with his rota/hours, it has been a big help to his family’.
Staff
October 2017
‘I’ve just had a very excited K on the phone telling me that he’s really looking forward to seeing Madness and having fun at Butlins!!! Thank you for your encouragement and support – it’s much appreciated and I’m very excited about going with a happy young man.’
Service user’s mother
September 2017
‘C says she’s very happy at Spa Mews, the carers are kind, helpful and the general atmosphere is more sociable. So good start! Thankyou’.
New service user’s social worker
September 2017
‘Just wanted to say a massive Thankyou for being lovely colleagues, bosses and friends. I will miss you all. Thankyou for my card and presents it means a lot’.
Team Leader
September 2017
‘I must say that so far I am struck by how kind and caring the staff teams have been. Genuine compassion and a keenness to improve people’s lives has really come through. Refreshing’.
Dr Kate Edgar, Clinical Psychologist
August 2017
‘I really appreciate the flexibility that you offered in this situation and thank you for working so well with the other provider to make this happen’.
Social Worker
August 2017
‘Also I wanted to mention how well Hayley has done with J. She has made huge progress in such a short space of time which is really a big achievement as this stage of HD can be very challenging’.
Service users husband
August 2017
‘I’d just like to acknowledge your excellent work…, being supportive and dynamic throughout, and particularly making a, touch wood, fantastic success of Y`s arrival. This has really been everything we could have hoped…. for people who`ve worked with him over months and years, it`s easy to know when he is happy, and reports of the relaxed, smiling Y who has been cooking and gardening is cause for celebration. We know how difficult this sort of engagement can be, so we would really ask you to communicate to the whole team there our admiration and thanks for a very impressive piece of work’.
Named Nurse, Inpatient Unit
July 2017
‘Saracen Care is by far the best care company I have been involved with so far! Your initial contact, attitude, efficiency, and approach to care, the attention to detail for each client is amazing’.
Daughter of service use
June 2017
‘“I can’t express how happy I am she is with you. You {Colin} and Toni made us feel so welcome. It was a real joy that you were both there on the day she moved in. The bedroom looked so lovely and homely even the lovely touch of the plant and a welcome card. I can’t thank you both enough’.
Mother of a Service User
July 2017
‘The IHOT team visited J today. Feedback was really positive, stating that Saracen had done a fantastic job and couldn’t speak highly enough of the service. The IHOT feel that J is developing a really good quality of life and that staff had worked hard to establish a good relationship with him’.
Feedback to Saracen Manager from Intensive Health Outreach Team, GCC
June 2017
‘S states she now feels more motivated and has a more positive attitude about her abilities and future, which she did not have with the previous care provider, preferring to stay in and watch television. S states she feels it is all coming together now’.
Feedback to Manager from Service User
June 2017