Meet the team
Mia Waterall
Apprentice Administrator
Mia has recently joined the VP team as our Apprentice Administrator. Mia is responsible for supporting our business to find Healthcare Assistants and Qualified nurses to support our colleagues in secure hospitals and residential settings. Keen to make the most of every learning opportunity, Mia has been keen to develop an understanding of the Healthcare industry as she continues to study towards her Diploma and wants to develop a career as a Recruitment Consultant.
Did you know?Mia has previously joined in the Big Sleep Out to support a charity raising money for the homeless.
Ingrid Meskauske
Field Care Manager
Ingrid joined our team in April 2022 as a Field Care Manager. Ingrid’s strengths lay in her fantastic organisational skills ensuring deadlines are met and our clients and staff needs are met. Ingrid supports a range of clients and has a passion for understanding our clients to make sure that their package is truly person centred and that support is delivered in a way that upholds our clients preferences, likes, dislikes and personal goals.
Did you know?Ingrid is our most travelled office member. Having visited the most amazing places on Earth (22 countries so far) including China, UEA and Thailand. Next on the wish list is New York.
Amber Breame
Field Care Manager
Amber has been with the VP team since December 2022 and initially started with us as an Assistant Field Care Manager. In 2024 Amber had a proven record for delivering person centred support and having built a positive rapport with both our clients and our staff teams was promoted to Field Care Manager. Amber’s sincere drive to always consider her clients personal thoughts and feelings means she has developed a wonderful spirit for how to lead person centred care.
Did you know?Amber loves to attend live music events and can boast seeing 15 individual performers in the last three years.
Wayne Knight
Finance Manager
Wayne joined VP in 2004 as the Finance Manager but during his long service to VP, Wayne has offered a hand in all aspects of the business. Wayne’s knowledge of VP is second to none. He is very committed to his role and his number one priority is to warrant that payroll runs to perfection and that all staff members are treated fairly.
Did you know?Wayne bravely leaped out of a plane to skydive from 13,000 feet, raising money for Headway.
Dr Shelley Parkin BSc (Hons), MSc, DClinPsy, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council
Dr Parkin has worked within the NHS for approximately 10 years across a range of environments, and now works solely in private practice. She has worked for VP Forensic Ltd. since 2011. Alongside her work with us she undertakes private work with general members of the public – both children and adults. Her roles are varied and include direct therapeutic work with clients, teaching multi-disciplinary colleagues, consultation, and service development.
Did you know?Shelley has a huge passion for animals but the feeling was not mutual the day she was chased across a Yorkshire field by an aggressive sheep!
Olivia Hutsby
Assistant Field Care Manager
Olivia joined our team in August 2024 as an Assistant Field Care Manager and has repeatedly demonstrated a keen enthusiasm and motivation to develop her understanding of our clients to ensure that each individual care package reflects the unique needs of our clients. Resourceful and determined, Olivia’s problem solving skills have flourished here at VP meaning Olivia has positively impacted our recruitment, supervision of field staff and most importantly our client experience.
Did you know?Olivia is one of the most active members of our team and has competed and medaled in trampolining, gained belts in kickboxing whilst also playing in netball and badminton teams on top of which, Olivia is also a qualification in gym instructor.
Magda Szatkowska
Administrator
Joining our team in January 2021 as an Administrator, Magda has taken her strong organisational skills and passion for results to ensure new candidates are recruited swiftly to meet the needs of our clients living in the community. Magda has developed fantastic working relationships with our Field Care Managers and has continued to develop in her role to solve problems and remains always resilient with a keen eye for detail.
Did you know?Magda is our most creative team member enjoying interior design and creative projects using resin pouring.
Amelia Cresswell
Apprentice Administrator
Amelia joined our team in November 2024 and has supported our Field Care Managers to resource, screen and book in interviews swiftly and completing the compliance process. Amelia has demonstrated a keen interest in understanding our clients needs to make sure she can use this knowledge to person match our clients to the right staff that are going to be most effective in meeting needs. Amelia is making great progress in her knowledge and skills seeing her also meeting her goals within her diploma criteria.
Did you know?Amelia is our office bookworm and has set herself the goal this year to read 40 books in 2025 (most of which she says will be in the genre of Romance)