Management team now complete for Deer Park Nursing Home

With the staff recruitment drive for Holsworthy’s Deer Park Nursing Home now in full swing ahead of the home’s opening later this year, operators Camelot Care have confirmed its management team is now complete with the appointment of both manager and deputy.

Amanda Williams has been selected as the home’s new deputy manager, joining manager Suzanne Evans whose appointment was announced last year.

Amanda has already clocked up 27 years in the care sector.

She said: “I knew from a very young age I wanted to be a nurse so I started working as a Health Care Assistant in the NHS.

“I have worked as a home manager in the private sector as well as with the NHS and am excited to start working for Camelot Care: I was attracted by their reputation, their specialism in dementia care and the fact that the organisation is family run.

“It will also be lovely to be working alongside James Marchant, Camelot Care’s operations manager again: we’ve worked together before and he’s a great person to have on your team.

“I was originally attracted to dementia care because I’ve had personal experience of caring for family members living with dementia and I am very passionate about this area of nursing. 

“I particularly enjoy building a rapport with the residents and their family members, creating a trusting relationship in order to enhance the lives of the people we care for.”

Outside work mum-of-two Amanda, who lives in Barnstaple with her partner Caroline, loves the great outdoors, especially walking their three dogs in the woods and on the beach, as well as hiking – they climbed Snowdon in May 2023 – and camping in the camper van the pair converted together.

Deer Park Nursing Home, previously known as Deer Park Care Home, was acquired in September 2024 by award-winning dementia care providers Camelot Care, who have other homes in Plymouth, Bridgwater, Wellington and Yeovil.