Who we are

Alicia joined the Safehands team in 2015 as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant and has since become our Senior Branch Manager in Cheltenham.

During her time at Safehands, she has developed a real passion for ensuring the candidates we recruit are quality carers, ensuring we provide a high-quality service for the service users and the clients we support.

Leanne joined Safehands in 2024 and brings a wealth of experience in both healthcare and recruitment management.

She leads the Staffordshire branch to deliver a consistent, first-class service to clients, ensuring they receive the highest quality of care from our team.

Oli has over 25 years of recruitment experience. In 2021 he opened up the first Safehands Recruitment franchise in Bristol. Having this opportunity has been a great journey for him and he is still enjoying his experience. Since working with Safehands, Oli has learnt from the Senior Management team how to support the opening of a new business which he hopes to replicate in the future.

In his spare time, he enjoys going to the gym and cooking.

Oli’s best piece of career advice is to have an aim and put in the hard work to achieve it.

Katie joined us in 2024 following an expansive career in healthcare recruitment. She loves building lasting client and staff relationships and truly believes in the quality of service that Safehands provides.

One of her favourite parts of the job is placing a worker on their first shift and hearing positive feedback.

Chantal has a background in healthcare and joined Safehands as a support worker in 2014. Following this, she became a recruitment consultant and since 2018 has been our Branch Manager in Hereford.

Chantal is known for the high level of customer service she delivers and for always providing an easy, smooth onboarding process for our candidates.

Her best career advice: “If you have a goal in mind, don’t lose sight if you don’t achieve it the first time. If you want to do something in life, be confident in yourself to achieve it”.

Faye joined Safehands in January 2018 and since day one her upbeat personality has helped build fantastic relationships with our clients and candidates in the Telford branch.

Faye loves the daily challenges of recruitment and takes pride in knowing that she makes a difference in many people’s lives. A highly talented recruitment consultant and manager, she recently won a trip to Ibiza for her dedication and passion within the business.

Outside of work, she is a busy mum and enjoys spending time with her family.  She also has weekly PT lessons, is a keen chef and loves to host!

Her best career advice is to remain on your toes, and always try switching things up. Always make people laugh and be a supportive listening ear. Never promise something you cannot commit to, and honesty is the best policy. Feel the hunger to succeed and push every single day for it, and never take success for granted…. keep pushing to achieve it more than once.

With 19 years of recruitment experience, Sarah has gained respectable amounts of knowledge and expertise. She has a talent for building and maintaining relationships with both clients and candidates and working with clients in difficult-to-recruit areas has taught her how to explore alternative methods to successfully support them.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her son and socialising with her friends.

Sarah’s best piece of career advice: “Always remain professional, be resilient, and stay positive because everything is possible”.

Gary McCarthy has worked in healthcare for over 38 years, beginning as a dedicated caregiver and progressing to a manager and teacher. With 16 years of experience as a certified educator, he brings a wealth of knowledge to his role. As a seasoned training manager, he specialises in an array of comprehensive healthcare training courses, delivering them in a friendly, easy-to-follow format.

Natalie has a wealth of experience in the care sector having previously worked as a support worker and a deputy manager with children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities, challenging behaviour and dementia.

She joined Safehands in 2015 as a Recruitment Consultant and was instrumental in launching and growing our Telford branch into the successful service that it is today.

Natalie enjoys walking in the countryside with her dog and mountain biking in the Welsh hills in her spare time.

Her best career advice is to always think positively and that you’re right for the job. With passion, you can succeed at anything.

Before working in recruitment, Jess worked in the care sector for over five years. She is now combining the two and bringing her knowledge and expertise together to make her mark on the
Shropshire area. She is very driven and positive and has high hopes for the healthcare industry. Her priority is providing outstanding care and outstanding candidates for our services.

Hannah is a Recruitment Consultant in our Stoke branch, supporting clients with temporary staffing requirements across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Prior to this, she worked in business development, recruitment and the community care sector and loves to help people. Outside of work, she loves to travel and explore new cities and countries.

Her best piece of career advice is to go with your gut and be confident!