Nick Gully - Director
Nick Gully is registered with the Care Quality Commission as the Registered Provider for Brunswick Care and is responsible for the overall running of the organisation.
Nick has worked in the health and social care field for over twenty years and progressed from his initial role as a Nursing Assistant within the NHS in 1987 to the overall management of various social care organisations. This has included working as the Director of a homelessness charity in Surrey, as the Clinical Manager of a Registered Care Home in Surrey, as the head of a prison based addiction treatment programme and as the Director of Addiction Services at the Priory Hospital in London. Nick qualified as an Addiction Counsellor in 1993 and in general Counselling and Therapy in 1999 and has a Certificate in Leadership. Nick specialises in working with children and families and the treatment of eating disorders and is currently studying for his MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Nick is also a visiting Lecturer at Brighton University, specialising in CBT and Addiction.
Augusta Gully - Service Manager
Augusta is registered with the Care Quality Commission as the Registered Manager for Brunswick Care and is responsible for the day to day running of the service.
In 1979 Augusta received the Jubilee Award for services to elderly people in the community. In 1989 she completed a two year training course in Norwich and received a Certificate in Social Care, awarded by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. Augusta spent the next twenty years providing care in the community to people of all ages including; running a Night Shelter for homeless men and women, managing a centre for children with special needs, jointly managing a refuge for women and children fleeing domestic violence and coordinating and providing care for people in their own homes and in the community. Augusta was awarded her Registered Managers Award (NVQ4) in 2008.
Pat Queen – Training Officer and Mobility Advisor
Pat delivers our training in First Aid, Care and Control of Medicines and provides advice to members of our team in manual handling and mobility. Pat is a State Registered Paramedic and is registered with the Health Professions Council. Pat has worked within the NHS for twenty five years, initially as an Occupational Therapist Technician working with the people with mental health problems in both continuing care units and day hospital environments, which included working out in the community. Pat joined London Ambulance Service as a Technician in 1990, progressing to a Paramedic in 1995 and transferred to Sussex Ambulance Service in 2000. As well as working for the NHS covering Accident and Emergency work, Pat has also worked for Private Ambulance companies covering major events, motor cross / speedway and polo events. In 2006, Pat qualified as an Instructor/Assessor in First Aid.
Pat is also a Complementary Therapist and completed a teacher training course in colour therapy in 2007.
Our Care Staff
We recognise that for most of our clients the most important people in our organisation are the care, nursing and support workers with whom service users will have regular contact. We take great care in recruiting, training and supervising our staff.
Our staff are trained and experienced professionals who have been carefully selected for their outstanding skills and approach to their work.
In addition to all necessary clinical training, our staff receive intensive induction training and continuing professional development at our offices in Brighton.
