Careers Contact WHY I CHOSE BALHOUSIE CARE GROUP From flexibility to rapid career progression to support for their disabilities, our staff tell why they chose Balhousie Care. View Job Board INSPIRING PASSIONATE RESPONSIVE TRUSTED “I wanted to do something to make my children proud.” Sarah-Louise Neilson knew she wanted to do something to make her children proud. A trained nurse, she now manages our care home in Crieff. Read more “Joining Wheatlands after I retired was like coming home.” When May Reid retired from the NHS after 26 years in 2019, she wasn’t ready to stop working completely. In fact, she knew exactly where she wanted to be – back at the place where it all began for her as a nurse, Balhousie Wheatlands. Read more “For a nurse there is so much more opportunity for progression.” Mairead O’Connor learned from an early age to socialise with people with learning disabilities just like she would anyone else. Her mother was a learning disabilities nurse so she grew up accustomed to having her mum’s patients stop by and play. “I grew up with that and so I wanted to do that too,” she says. Read more At 80, this Activities Coordinator is older than many of her residents! She's #bustingthemyths on lots of fronts. Most people when they reach their eighties are thinking about slowing down, but not Liz Thomson. Busting many myths along the way, Liz leads the events calendar in our busy Huntly care home. Read more "We have the right blend of management and clinical experience to run a great home" As the new manager at Balhousie Antiquary care home in Arbroath, Cheryl Roy is using her wealth of management experience to create a supportive environment for staff and residents. Having worked across Balhousie Care Group in various roles, from PA to the Chairman, Tony Banks, to project-based roles supporting the operations team, Cheryl has been able to hit the ground running in her first permanent home manger position in the business. Traditionally, people with a clinical background, such as nurses, tend to be appointed managerial roles in care homes, but Cheryl hopes her experience will inspire people to think differently about what it takes to excel in this type of role in the care sector. Read more Age has never been a barrier for this rising star At age 18, Savanna Henvey joined the team at Balhousie Stormont Lodge as a Carer. Fast forward five years and she’s Deputy Manager. Like so many teenagers, when Savanna Henvey left school she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. When she saw that her local care home in Blairgowrie was recruiting, she decided to apply for a job. “At the time, I didn’t know if working as a carer was for me,” said Savanna. “But, very quickly I got really into it. I was like a duck to water and really loved the work.” Read more "Being able to provide support, and being there for all families living with Huntington’s Disease, is so important to me" Lindsay Wilson is a Huntington’s Disease (HD) Specialist with Scottish Huntington’s Association who regularly works with the team at Balhousie Rumbling Bridge in the Perthshire home’s specialist HD unit. To mark Huntington’s Awareness Month, Lindsay shares her career path, experiences of working with people living with HD, why she’s passionate about raising awareness of the disease and her advice for those interested in working in this field of specialist care. Read more When working with challenging behaviours can offer the greatest personal rewards It might be intense but it’s also rewarding says specialist care support worker Kerrie Nevin. “There is nowhere quite like ASC in Scotland at the moment,” says Kerrie Nevin of her employer ASC. “It is literally the only unit of its kind.” ASC is an advanced specialist care unit based in Balbeggie, Perthshire where Kerrie, 34, is a Senior Support Worker. Every day she works with people with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. Her job itself is one of the most challenging care roles out there, but she believes it can also be one of the most rewarding. “Here the care provided is less clinical and focused on enabling individuals to live as independently as possible,” said Kerrie of ASC, which consists of three purpose-built units, a converted hotel and - a few miles away in Coupar Angus - specialist bungalows “Beyond ASC, the closest option is a hospital environment. Many of our residents have had to travel from all over Scotland to come to our unit.” Read more Gavin's disabilities made it a challenge to find work after losing his job during the pandemic. Thanks to Balhousie Care he found not only support but a whole new career After Gordon Fowler found himself out of work during the pandemic, an opportunity at one of our care homes proved exactly the career change he needed. After a long career in engineering and production, he's finding that he loves his new job supporting people - and wishes he'd started in the care sector sooner. Read more Care home nursing ticks all the boxes for this single mum When Debbie O’Reilly started working for Balhousie Care Group, it was for the love of nursing in a care home environment. Eight years later, she still wouldn’t swap it for a hospital or doctor’s surgery setting. And now that she’s a single mum, Debbie finds it suits her lifestyle perfectly. “There’s always something to keep me motivated, and every day I’m learning new things,” says Debbie, Clinical Lead at Balhousie Moyness care home in Dundee. “But it also gives me the flexibility I need as a single working mum.” Read more Find a Balhousie Care Home Pick one of our locations Aberdeenshire - Alastrean Care Home, Tarland - Huntly Care Home, Aberdeenshire - Milton Mews at Balhousie, Huntly Angus - Antiquary Care Home, Arbroath - Brookfield Care Home, Carnoustie - Lisden Care Home, Kirriemuir - Monkbarns Care Home, Arbroath - The Glens Care Home, Brechin - Willowbank Care Home, Carnoustie Dundee - Clement Park Care Home, Dundee - Moyness Care Home, Dundee - St Ronans Care Home, Dundee Falkirk - Wheatlands Care Home, Bonnybridge Fife - Forth View Care Home, Methil Perth & Kinross - Dalguise Centre Care Home, Perthshire - Coupar Angus Care Home, Perthshire - Dalnaglar Care Home, Perthshire - Luncarty Care Home, Perthshire - North Grove Care Home, Perth - North Inch Care Home, Perth - Orchard Court Care Home, Balbeggie - Pitlochry Care Home, Perthshire - Rumbling Bridge Care Home, Kinross - Ruthven Towers Care Home, Auchterarder - Stormont Lodge Care Home, Blairgowrie - The Grange Care Home, Balbeggie or Home About Us Our Homes Types of Care Careers Care for Myself or Relative Care for a Client Resources Contact Modern Slavery Statement Head Office Balhousie Care Group Earn House, Broxden Business Park Lamberkine Drive Perth PH1 1RA T 01738 254 254 Copyright © 2021 Balhousie Care Group. 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