Care provider names new MD

Heathcotes Group, the Derbyshire-based care provider, has appointed a new managing director.

Brendan Kelly was regional director at a national charity prior to joining Heathcotes Group in 2009, when he became regional director for Heathcotes Northern.

In his new role Kelly will oversee the firm’s nationwide operations.

He has over 20 years’ experience in health and social care, primarily in adult mental health and learning disabilities.

Heathcotes Group currently provides 72 specialist residential services supporting adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs. It also offers specialist children’s services.

Kelly said: “I’m delighted to be appointed to this position, with some exciting times ahead for Heathcotes.

“The company’s ethos remains the same as it was when I joined ten years ago – a commitment to providing a better quality of life and greater opportunities for some of the most vulnerable people in society. We have achieved a great deal in recent years, including the development of a unique model of residential therapy for people with personality disorders, an award-winning apprenticeship programme which has become a benchmark for recruitment in the care sector and the successful introduction of a new independent supported living provision to complement our full-time residential care services.

“Heathcotes has the potential to achieve much more in the coming years and I’m looking forward to being part of that.”