About Wessex Care in Salisbury, Wiltshire

Matthew Airey

CQSW
Founding Director

Wiltshire Care Partnership Chair, Wiltshire Regional Chair & National Director Registered Nursing Home Association.

Along with wife, Pauline, Matthew founded Wessex Care in 2001, having worked in health & social care services for over 40 years, ten of which were in senior management roles within social services. He was responsible for delivering services to children and families in need of support, care and protection in Wiltshire and Hampshire.

Pauline Airey

Cert.Ed. B.Ed, RMN, RCM
Founding Director & Registered Care Manager

Pauline has been a qualified nurse for over 40 years and for the past twenty years has specialised in the care of older people in nursing and residential homes where she has held senior positions including Matron/Care Manager and Clinical Director.

Jodie Scott

Cert. H&SC, RCM, RMA
Operations Director & Registered Care Manager

Jodie joined our team in October 2001 as a junior carer. She worked as a welfare coordinator between our homes and the local community, before becoming Deputy Manager at Milford Manor, Manager at Holmwood, and then set up the Community Care Team with the support of Agnes Atras (Head of Care). She later became the company-wide Service Manager until she joined the Board in 2015 as the Operations Director. Today Jodie is the most senior Operations Manager responsible for all day to day operational matters across the company. She is supported in this role by our Service Manager Jo McMahon, Placements & Quality Assurance Manager Janet Hope.

Christian Airey

BA(Hons).
Business Director

Christian has been with us since November 2002 starting as a maintenance assistant followed by student administrator. Following graduation from Edinburgh Napier University Business School in 2010 he became our Business Administrator then, on promotion, Business Manager. Christian joined the Board in 2015 as the Business Director responsible for all day to day business support matters across the company including Human Resources and Health & Safety management.

Alison Stone

BTEC National Diploma, City & Guilds IT, AAT[3].
Finance Manager.

Alison has been with us since November 2005, starting as an assistant administrator before training at our company accountants for six months. She then took over managing our accounts and was promoted to financial administrator in 2009 and Finance Manager in 2014.

Janet Hope

Placements & Quality Assurance Manager

Janet has worked in the NHS for over 30 years covering development and operational responsibilities including managing 16 operating theatres, surgical, ambulatory and musculoskeletal directorates and became Head of Patient Flow at Salisbury District Hospital in 2014 then heading up the Integrated Discharge Service (IDS) across South Wiltshire.

In her role as Head of the IDS Janet has gained extensive experience in supporting adults and older people in the coordination and provision of appropriate placement and care support. Janet joined Wessex Care as the Placements and Quality Assurance Manager at the end of April 2019.

Jo McMahon

Cert. H&SC, RCM, RMA
Service Manager

Jo joined Wessex care in 2021, she has been working in the care sector for over 20 years, beginning her career as a carer within the learning disability and challenging behavior resident group, then progressing through her career to senior carer, team leader, team manager, manager, Registered manager to Regional registered manager then General manager. Jo has managed within community care and care home sector in areas of complex needs, YPD and elderly care. Jo has a varied span of knowledge and qualifications and offers support and senior line management to all the services we provide within Wessex Care.

Jeanette Erikkson-Gray

Registered Care Manager at Milford Manor

Jeanette has worked in child care and older person care for 20 years starting in her home country of Sweden and latterly specialising in adult and older people mental health. Jeanette started working for Wessex Care in 2015 progressing through senior care positions in our nursing services to joint Head of Care at Milford Manor. In 2020 Jeanette was appointed as Care Manager for Milford Manor and passed her Care Quality Commission assessment to be awarded her legal registration as the Registered Care Manager.

Julie Oakes

RCM, RMA, Dip. Dementia Care.
Registered Care Manager

Julie has been with us since we took over Milford Manor Care Home in 2004, but has worked in elderly dementia care for over 30 years. During her time at Milford Manor she was promoted to Deputy Manager and then became the Registered Care Manager in 2009. Julie began her new role as Operations Support Associate in 2018 and has combined this with her Registered Care Manager role at Holmwood in 2020.

Simon Searle

Executive Chef

Simon joined the team in 2006 as a chef and has been promoted to Senior Chef and then Executive Chef in that time. Simon supports the chefs and oversees the running of the kitchens in all our homes and works with them to ensure all residents receive a balanced and nutritious diet, taking their personal needs and preferences into account.