Home care group Bluebird Care has appointed Melony Fairchild as operations director, overseeing five offices across south east England and London.

Fairchild joins the group from Nurseplus UK where she was managing director for the organisation’s home care business. Before this she was group care services director at Trinity Homecare, having spent more than 20 years in the care sector after beginning her career as a care assistant.

Fairchild will oversee all offices owned by Peter Slough and Tim Rowland-Jones, who jointly operate four Bluebird Care offices, covering eight areas.

The franchise offices within the group include: Bluebird Care (Bristol), Bluebird Care (Bath & NE Somerset), Bluebird Care (Richmond & Twickenham), Bluebird Care (Westminster & City of London, and Kensington & Chelsea), Bluebird Care (Oxford, South Oxfordshire & West Oxfordshire).

“I’m delighted to be joining Bluebird Care and to be working alongside Tim, Peter and our fantastic team of carers to deliver outstanding home care for our customers across south west England and London,” said Fairchild. “I love working with people and seeing the positive impact of quality care for individuals and their families, and I’m looking forward to meeting more of our customers and colleagues over the coming weeks.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Melony to our team,” said Slough and Rowland-Jones. “She shares our passion and commitment to providing quality care and support to our customers, and our view that key to achieving this is supporting and developing our team of brilliant staff. Melony’s role is key to ensuring all of our people feel connected and visible to leadership and that any ideas and observations can be escalated quickly.”