A new regional director has been appointed for a North West homecare firm.
Daniel Stainer, 35, has been appointed to the role and will be responsible for the company’s five branches in South Lakeland, Penrith, Poulton, Fylde and Wyre; Preston and Lancaster and Morecambe.
He will be responsible for new branches the company is hoping to open soon.
During the Covid pandemic, Daniel started working for Westmorland Homecare at its South Lakeland branch, which has offices in Kendal and Grange-over-Sands, and became its deputy manager before moving to the Lancaster and Morecambe branch as manager in February 2022.
He was a finalist in the Home Care Registered Manager category at the North West Great British Care Awards in November 2023
Daniel has recently achieved a distinction in leadership and management at Lancaster and Morecambe College.
Outside work, Daniel and his partner, of Lancaster, are foster parents.
Taking over from him as registered manager at the Lancaster and Morecambe branch is Katie Pennington, 28, of Ulverston.
She said: “They are big shoes to fill but I am confident that with Daniel being such a big part of the company and with the amazing team I have at Lancaster, that the branch will continue to flourish.”
Katie did a Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care at sixth form college before entering full-time employment in the NHS in orthopaedics at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan. After five years she relocated to Cumbria and joined Westmorland Homecare as a care co-ordinator.
