The Old Vicarage

A safe, homely environment for residents who need support with daily life while maintaining their independence and routine.

Specialist care that focuses on calm, consistency and meaningful connections — delivered with dignity and respect.

Personalised support designed to help residents regain strength, confidence and independence after illness, injury or surgery — with encouragement every step of the way.

Support for residents with hearing or visual impairments, with staff trained in communication and accessibility.

Thoughtful, practical care for those living with physical disabilities — tailored to individual needs and preferences.

Compassionate support for residents and families throughout this important stage, with dignity and emotional care at the forefront.

Short stays or daytime support — perfect for recovery, carer breaks or simply a safe, welcoming place to be.

Lewis joined our family at The Old Vicarage in 2012 as a care assistant after gaining his level 2 qualification at Hull College and wanting to follow in his mother’s footsteps in the healthcare sector. While progressing with us he studied health and social care gaining many high levels of qualifications. His hard work and dedication soon enabled him to progress to a senior carer and then in 2020 he was promoted to deputy manager. His dedication to succeed and face new challenges meant Lewis would be perfectly suited to the role of care home manager some 2 years later.

Residents, their families, health professionals and his fellow work colleagues all have the upmost respect for Lewis and commend him for not only his extensive knowledge and experience in healthcare but mainly for his warmth and compassion he shows every single day.

Lewis has a passion for cars in his personal life and gains his love of mechanics from his father and appreciates the close family values he holds close to his heart. 

In his own words “I am proud of how far I have come working for a close family run business for such a long and enjoyable time and am very much looking forward to progressing my career with The Old Vicarage with the help of my work colleagues and directors I can honestly call my friends.

Ingrid has spent over 30 years’ experience in the care sector, with nearly 10 of those years working for our small but expanding family business working her way up professionally to her current title as a Deputy Manager whilst supporting her expert talent across two of our care homes. 

Throughout Ingrid’s career, she has had the privilege of helping, supporting, and teaching both colleagues and residents. Her role has always been more than just a job - it's a true passion. Even when she may have taken short breaks from the sector, she always found her way back to care, because helping others is in her nature.

As a mum of three, Ingrid knows the balancing act of family life and professional growth. Her interests, like many parents, have evolved over the years, but they always come back to her dedication to both my family and the hard work she excels at.

In her own words, “I'm proud to be part of a team that truly makes a difference in the lives of others.”

Tamara has over 35 years of combined experience in catering with her first job working for her mother’s friend’s café on a Saturday at the age of 14, where she would make sandwiches, serve tea, coffee and bake scones.

Her parents owned a beautiful guest house growing up, so Tamara has lived with catering and hospitality all her life.

When she left school Tamara worked in a very large four-star country hotel, where she gained extensive skills in silver service as a waitress and as a kitchen assistant.

Over the years she has worked in hotels, pubs, delicatessens, café’s, schools, a factory, cafeterias and recently care homes, in many roles, from pot washing all the way up to working as and coordinating part of a team cooking for up to 1,500 people a day.

Since returning to the U.K. for family reasons two years ago, from living and working in Canada for over 12 years, Tamara has been searching for a new work family, somewhere where the work is rewarding, but somewhere she feels at home also.

In her personal life, Tamara is a practicing Buddhist and her belief is that we are all connected, and we should treat each other with care, dignity and respect, ultimately believing that how we treat others directly affects our Karma.

Tamara sees her role as head chef not only as a job, but as an act of service to those that she cooks for and tries to put her utmost best into each and every meal she prepares and serves at The Old Vicarage.

She also loves the outdoors and tries to get out into nature as often as possible, feeling the grass under her feet whenever she can whether it is going on camping trips with her husband and friends, or taking her beautiful pug dog Charlie out for a walk on the beach.

In her own words, “Thanks to the wonderful genuine welcome and support of her colleagues and the management team, I feel that I have finally found my new work family. I am very grateful to have found the Old Vicarage and hope to be able to be of service to our lovely residents for many years to come”.

Before Hayley joined the team in 2016, her passion was that of a sporting nature. From the age of 10 years old she played professional football for Hull City where she progressed throughout the age groups. She was one of the youngest players at that time to break through into the ladies’ squad at the age of 14. Hayley played for the England team, however after a knee injury at the age of 17 unfortunately her football career ended early.

Hayley then went on to graduate from university and then completed her professional coaching awards to a UEFA B certified coach and worked for Hull City for five years.

It was these hard working and dedicated years that Hayley gained her leadership and teamwork skills.

After the birth of her beautiful daughter and then the unfortunate sudden passing of her grandmother, her outlook on life changed very quickly. 

Hayley decided that she would like to make a career within this sector where she could hopefully make a difference and have a positive impact on other people’s day to day lives who really need it most.  

In her own words, “I have worked for the company for just short of a decade, where I progressed throughout a range of different roles. I consider myself a strong member of the team, after working closely with the directors for several years. This is where I gained most of my knowledge which I utilise on a daily basis and project across the workforce, whilst maintaining a team culture throughout the homes”.

Steve has been working with our family business since 2014 and many of our staff and in particular our residents class him as their close friends.

Before he joined the team his background was working in public house and social clubs and for 15 years he managed and owned two public houses and his own social club with over 400 members. Steve had 18 employees all working with him across the three venues which also included a tattoo studio and professional qualified piercing salon. 

Steve is an incredible people’s person and with these many years of life and working experience, this certainly helps him connect with all our residents.

In his personal life Steve enjoys many hours at his static caravan in Skegness and sails on his fishing boat in Bridlington. He has a strong farming background and lots of different hobbies including a classic car and motorbikes which gives him plenty to talk about with the residents from all walks of life.

In his own words, “With my many years of maintaining my public houses and social club, I am able to turn my hand to pretty much anything. When a resident wants a personal item repaired, I can usually help or know someone that can, which is very satisfying to see the smile on our residents faces. I really enjoy working as part of a genuine small family team and will be working with them all until my retirement”.

Adel has worked in the Health and Social Care Sector for many years, where she started off as a carer assistant role, working in the community, delivering care and support to residents in their own homes in which was incredibly rewarding 

In 2012 Adel and her family were given an opportunity to move to Spain to renovate and set up a self-catering business in a small Spanish Village. Adel has two beautiful children who studied at a local Spanish school and integrated quickly, which made her very proud of them both.

They all learnt many new things, including speaking Spanish, meeting new people, looking after guests from many different countries and picked olives from their very own 128 Olive Trees where they produced their own olive oil. One of her daughters performed in many Flamenco dancing shows, one of which was at the Alhambra Palace in Granada, this was an experience she will always remember and cherish.

In 2018 after many successful years Adel and her family sold their Spanish home and moved back to England to pursue her long love of care and secured a care assistant role at Brough Manor. With her hard work and determination Adel soon progressed to a senior carer role at The Old Vicarage some 2 years later.

Over the next 5 years Adel gained the necessary skills and upmost respect from her fellow work colleagues which resulted in her being the perfect person to support our great team across all our care homes and was appointed our group administration manager.

In her own words, “I have an amazing opportunity to work with a great team of directors and staff across all of our care homes and feel this is where I belong as part of our small family at East Riding Care Services.”